Gadgets Amber Ale
My first attempt at brewing
Brewer: | Grey Cat Brewery | Email: | gadget369@cavtel.net | |||||
Beer: | Gadgets Amber Ale | Style: | American Ale | |||||
Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 28 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.067 | FG: | 1.010 | |||||
Alcohol: | 7.3% v/v (5.7% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | Used store bought bottled water, 1/3 oz of Burton Water Salts added after boil started | |||||||
Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.147 | 2.5 gallons | |||||
6.6 lb. Light malt extract 3.3 lb. Amber malt extract |
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Irish Moss added last 10 minutes of the boil | ||||||||
Hops: | 1 oz. Chinook (12% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Kent Goldings (6% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Fuggles (4.2% AA, 15 min.) .5 oz. Cascade (4.6% AA, 5 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (aroma) |
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Yeast: | White Labs WLP060 American Ale Blend | |||||||
Log: | Started on 8-5-06 (1.050), racked to secondary on 8-8-06 (1.020)added 1 oz Cascade Hops, Bottled on 8-20-06 (1.010) | |||||||
Carbonation: | 3/4 cup Priming Sugar added and then bottled | |||||||
Tasting: | Cracked open my first one on 8/30/06. Tastes very good. Lots of Hops flavor. Next attempt at this I will cut back on the bittering hops a little and maybe lighten up the color. For a first beer I am more than pleased. |
Recipe posted 08/20/06.