Next week I’m planning to brew around 70 liters of homebrew in two batches. The first batch will be some kind of a ‘kitchen sink’ Amber Ale, i.e. a batch similar to the Brown Ale I brewed last April, where I try to use up as many opened malt bags, hop bags and expiring yeast vials as possible. I’m aiming for about 33 liters of Amber Ale wort, which will be split into three smaller 16L vessels. Each vessel will then get its own yeast: WLP007 Dry English Ale, WLP090 San Diego Super Yeast, and my recently cultured Conan yeast. To further experiment with different ingredient combinations, I might dry-hop all three vessels with different types of hops. The recipe is quite hop forward, with loads of late hop additions to hopefully keep the bitterness down while keeping the hop flavors up. This should hopefully result in some tasty and different amber ales from the same wort batch. The proposed recipe is:
Recipe: 3X Red Ale
Style: American Amber Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 43 l
Post Boil Volume: 38.5 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 33.00 l
Bottling Volume: 31.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.060 SG
Estimated Color: 34.2 EBC
Estimated IBU: 37.7 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 60.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8.000 kg Pale Ale (2-row) (6.0 EBC) Grain 1 73.4 %
1.200 kg Crystal Malt - 60L (Thomas Fawcett) (118 Grain 2 11.0 %
0.800 kg Munich (20.0 EBC) Grain 3 7.3 %
0.800 kg Vienna (8.0 EBC) Grain 4 7.3 %
0.100 kg Chocolate Malt (Thomas Fawcett) (1000.8 Grain 5 0.9 %
10.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 8.7 IBUs
25.00 g Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 5.2 IBUs
25.00 g Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 7.3 IBUs
25.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 10. Hop 9 8.5 IBUs
25.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 7.9 IBUs
50.00 g Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Aroma Steep 60. Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
50.00 g Citra [12.00 %] - Aroma Steep 60.0 min Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
50.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Aroma St Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
50.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Aroma Steep 60.0 min Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Conan [35.49 ml] Yeast 15 -
1.0 pkg Dry English Ale (White Labs #WLP007) [35 Yeast 16 -
1.0 pkg San Diego Super Yeast (White Labs #WLP09 Yeast 17 -
The second beer for next week will be an approximately 40 liter batch of American Pale Ale (will really try to push the limits of our 50L brew kettle), that I’m brewing as a ‘celebration beer’ for March, when I will submit my Master’s Thesis and hopefully graduate. The beer is slightly inspired by Firestone Walker’s amazing Pale 31, and am hoping to brew something light, drinkable and balanced, yet still with a hoppy aroma and flavor. If I brew this next week, it should be just perfect in two months time. The recipe is:
Recipe: M.Sc. Pale
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 50 l
Post Boil Volume: 45.5 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 40.00 l
Bottling Volume: 38.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.047 SG
Estimated Color: 13.1 EBC
Estimated IBU: 13.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 60.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8.250 kg Pale Ale (2-row) (6.0 EBC) Grain 1 80.5 %
1.144 kg Munich (20.0 EBC) Grain 2 11.2 %
0.440 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (3.9 EBC) Grain 3 4.3 %
0.290 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett) Grain 4 2.8 %
0.087 kg Crystal Malt - 60L (Thomas Fawcett) (118 Grain 5 0.8 %
0.034 kg Crystal 150 (170.0 EBC) Grain 6 0.3 %
15.00 g Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 90.0 min Hop 7 4.5 IBUs
12.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 8 7.5 IBUs
6.00 g Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 30.0 Hop 9 1.4 IBUs
40.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Aroma Steep 30.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
40.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Aroma Steep 30.0 Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
8.00 g Fuggles [4.50 %] - Aroma Steep 30.0 min Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
8.00 g Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Aroma Ste Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
1 pkg English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) [35.49 Yeast 14 -
11.50 g Oak Cubes (Primary 7.0 days) Flavor 15 -
40.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
40.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
40.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 18 0.0 IBUs
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