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Vacation Amber
This is my best amber to date. Beautiful color, head retention,
flavor and crystal clear. I will definitely brew this one again!
| Brewer: | funsoul | Email: | funsoul@hotmail.com | |||||
| Beer: | Vacation Amber | Style: | American Amber Ale | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 39 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.055 | FG: | 1.015 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 5.1% v/v (4.0% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | none | |||||||
| Grain: | 8 oz. British Munich 4 oz. American victory 8 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) |
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| Steep: | Put all grains into a muslin bag and placed in the pot of water. Applied heat and just before the start of the boil, removed heat, covered and steeped for 20 minutes. Sparged with about 1/2 gallon of very hot water. |
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| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.080 | 3.75 gallons | |||||
| 4 lb. Light malt extract 3 lb. Amber dry malt extract |
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| Added 1 tsp. of Irish Moss 15 minutes prior to the end of the boil. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1 oz. Chinook (9.2% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Cascade (5.4% AA, 30 min.) .5 oz. Cascade (5.4% AA, 15 min.) .5 oz. Chinook (9.2% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (aroma) .5 oz. Chinook (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | Used Wyeast European yeast | |||||||
| Log: | Start 5/28 primary fermentation: 8 days secondary: 14 days (could have bottled sooner) bottle condition for about 4 weeks |
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| Carbonation: | Used 3/4 cup light brown sugar to prime. | |||||||
| Tasting: | Oh my! What an excellent beer! It was great after 4 weeks in the bottle. It's spectacular now at about 6 weeks. DELICIOUS!!!! |
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Recipe posted 08/03/99.
