Saturday, October 6, 2012

American Amber

This is from a kit from Brewer's Best.

19:50 Put 2.5 gal in brewpot and put on burner

20:18 Water temp = 160 F.  Put grains, 1 lb of Crushed Caramel 80 L into pot to steep.

20:40 End steeping of grain, remove grain bag from wort.  NOTE:  Water temperature did exceed 170 F for a brief time during steeping.

21:09  Add malt extract.
3.3 lb Amber LME
2.5 lb Amber DME

Raise flame to restart boil

21:22 Boil restarts

Add bittering hops: 1 oz. US Brewer's Gold - Alpha 9.9%, Beta 5.5%

21:40 Add 2 tsp each of Irish Moss, Yeast nutrient and Yeast energizer

22:17 Add aroma hops 0.5 oz hop pellets: alpha 4.9%, Beta 3.5%

22:22 Remove from heat and put in cooling bath.

22:27 Transfer to glass carboy.  Temp 100 F.

22:35 Add 2.5 gallons of bottled water

23:51 T = 87 F
OG = 1.072
AOG = 1.076

Pitch yeast WLP060

Install air lock and put in closet










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