Bruce’s AHA Rally Brew: From Bruce Buerger's BrewBlog

Bruce’s AHA Rally Brew

From the BrewBlog of Bruce Buerger Waukesha, Wisconsin USA
Printed September 4, 2010

From the BrewBlog of Bruce Buerger
Waukesha, Wisconsin USA

Printed September 4, 2010

Specifics

Style:	American Amber Ale
Brew Date:	May 16, 2010
Yield:	5 gallons
Color (SRM/EBC):	7/13.8
Bitterness:	20 IBU (Daniels)
BU/GU	0.36
Calories:	180 (12 ounces)
ABV:	6%
ABW:	4.7%

Batch No:	1
OG:	1.055
OG (Plato):	13.57° P
FG:	1.010
FG (Plato):	2.56° P
Real Extract:	4.55° P
App. Atten.:	81.1%
Real Atten.:	66.5%

General Information

Method:	All Grain

Method:

All Grain

This is the wort that I received from the 2010 AHA Membership Rally hosted by Northern Brewer and Lakefront Brewery. I brought the wort home, pumped in some oxygen, and pitched a second generation slurry of White Labs California Ale yeast.

Comments

Fermentation took off within an hour of pitching the yeast! Love those slurries. Blick! Went lactic in the fermenter. After a day I noticed that the trub was coming out of the sides of the blow off tube where it connected to the carboy. I tried to adjust by wrapping some cling wrap around the area but something must have still crawled in there. What a bummer!

Fermentation took off within an hour of pitching the yeast! Love those slurries.

Blick! Went lactic in the fermenter. After a day I noticed that the trub was coming out of the sides of the blow off tube where it connected to the carboy. I tried to adjust by wrapping some cling wrap around the area but something must have still crawled in there. What a bummer!

Recipe

Grains
11.75 pounds	American Pale Malt (2-Row)	82.7% of grist
0.83 pounds	Crystal Malt 10L	5.8% of grist
0.83 pounds	Crystal Malt 40L	5.8% of grist
0.80 pounds	American Roasted Barley	5.6% of grist
14.21 pounds	Total Grain Weight	100% of grist
Hops
0.25 ounces	Columbus 14% @ 90 minutes Use: Boil	3.5 AAUs
0.50 ounces	Cascade 5.5% @ 0 minutes Use: Aroma	2.8 AAUs
0.08 ounces	Williamette 5.5% @ 0 minutes Use: Aroma	0.4 AAUs
0.83 ounces	Total Hop Weight	6.7 AAUs

Yeast

Name:	California Ale
Manufacturer:	White Labs
Product ID:	WLP001
Type:	Ale
Flocculation:	High
Attenuation:	76%
Temperature Range:	68–73°F
Amount:	10000 ml

Water Profile

Milwaukee, WI

Calicum:	96 ppm
Bicarbonate:	107 ppm
Sulfate:	26 ppm
Chloride:	16 ppm
Sodium:	7 ppm
Magnesium:	47 ppm
PH:	7.5%
Notes:	Famous for Pilsners and Lagers.

Fermentation

Primary:	9 days @ 64° F
Secondary:	14 days @ 64° F

BJCP Style Info

Style:	American Amber Ale
O.G.:	1.045 - 1.060
F.G.:	1.010 - 1.015
ABV:	4.5 - 6.2%
Bitterness:	25 - 40 IBUs
Color:	10 - 17 SRM

Info:
Like an American pale ale with more body, more caramel richness, and a balance more towards malt than hops (although hop rates can be significant). Commercial Examples: North Coast Red Seal Ale, Tröegs HopBack Amber Ale, Deschutes Cinder Cone Red, Pyramid Broken Rake, St. Rogue Red Ale, Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale, Lagunitas Censored Ale, Avery Redpoint Ale, McNeill’s Firehouse Amber Ale, Mendocino Red Tail Ale, Bell's Amber.

Info:

Like an American pale ale with more body, more caramel richness, and a balance more towards malt than hops (although hop rates can be significant).

Commercial Examples: North Coast Red Seal Ale, Tröegs HopBack Amber Ale, Deschutes Cinder Cone Red, Pyramid Broken Rake, St. Rogue Red Ale, Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale, Lagunitas Censored Ale, Avery Redpoint Ale, McNeill’s Firehouse Amber Ale, Mendocino Red Tail Ale, Bell's Amber.

Brew Day Data

	Target	Actual
Str Water Amt:	4.7	______
Str Water Temp:	______	______
Mash Temp:	______	______
Mash Time:	______	______
Sp Water Amt:	6	______
Sp Water Temp:	______	______
Pre-Boil Grav:	______	______
Pre-Boil Amt:	6.7	______
Post-Boil Amt:	5	______
Boil Time:	60	______
O.G.:	______	______
____________	______	______
____________	______	______

Printed using BrewBlogger 2.3 Personal Edition, brewing log software for PHP and MySQL, available at http://www.brewblogger.net.