Into the Brew Pot

A brewing journal and some recipes. Most of these recipes use extract with steeped grains, but a couple are mini-mash recipes that mash a few pounds of grains. Unless stated otherwise, I boil bittering hops for an hour, flavoring hops for 15 minutes, and aroma hops for a minute or less. I use whole-flower hops, unless otherwise stated. I always use either 1 oz. of Irish moss, or a Whirfloc tablet as a clarifying agent, added during the last 15 minutes of the boil.

April 10, 2006

California Amber Ale #2

Tinkering with California Amber Ale #1, I made this batch for the Harvest Moon cabin party at Big Creek Cabin, Oct. 2005. It lasted 28 hours. I preferred #1 and will dry hop this the next time I make it.

Grain bill (steep for 30 min at 155°F)
4 oz Carapils
4 oz Victory (25°L)
1 lb Crystal (80°L)

Extract/fermentables
7 lb Amber LME

Hop schedule

Bittering2 oz Cascade (5.7%AA)
Flavoring0.5 oz Cascade
Aroma 0.5 oz Cascade
0.5 oz Fuggles (4.4%AA)


Yeast
White Labs California Ale (WLP001)

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