Williams american amber ale
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | pounds | American amber malt extract |
| 3 | pounds | Dry American Amber extract |
| 9 | ounces | Crushed dark amber crystal |
| Grain -- steep | ||
| 4 | ounces | Crushed chocolate malt -- |
| Steep | ||
| 2 | ounces | Galena Hop plugs -- 60 |
| Minutes | ||
| 1½ | ounce | Cascade hop plugs -- 30 |
| Minutes | ||
| ½ | teaspoon | Irish moss -- 30 minutes |
| 1 | ounce | Cascade hops plugs -- 10 |
| Minutes | ||
| 2 | ounces | Lactose -- 10 minutes |
| 1 | pack | Cask Ale liquid yeast |
| 4½ | ounce | Corn sugar for priming |
Directions
Steep the grains in separate muslin bags while the water heats to a boil in the boiling pot. Remove & discard the grains before the start of the boil.
Boil the syrup and dry malt with 3-5 gallons of water for 1 hour, adding the hops, Irish Moss and lactose at the specified times. Cool and place in a sanitized container adding the swollen yeast pack to the wort at a temp of no more than 85 degrees.
Hold at 70-80 degrees until fermentation begins, then drop to 60-70 degrees for 12 days. After 12 days, check beer with a hydrometer to be sure the finishing gravity has been reached or exceeded and the gravity has stopped dropping. Once gravity check have been completed, siphon beer to a priming tank, mix in corn sugar and bottle. Age beer for 3 weeks at 60-68 degrees before refrigerating and drinking. Starting gravity: 1.060 Finishing gravity: 1.022
Recipe By : Williams
From: Date: 05/29 File