Although it's the end of winter and spring just sprung, we're definitely in the mood for something hoppy and malty whilst the nights are still quite cool, so an amber ale seems to be in order. Our first attempt at an amber ale, dubbed Headspace, turned out great, so our next iteration of an American Amber Ale is quite similar but with a slightly adjusted grain bill and hop schedule, since we like to continuously change things up and keep it interesting.
Recipe Rationale
This one was dubbed "Flying Horses", simply because when messing around with some AI generation for names and images for this beer, ChatGPT threw out the image you can see above. It was generated with minimal AI prompts and makes absolutely no sense, but we're homebrewing so it doesn't need to, and we felt it was just too good to pass up, so "Flying Horses" it is!
All Grain Recipe
Vitals
- Batch Volume: 23L
- Boil Time: 30 minutes
- Brewhouse Efficiency: 75%
- Original Gravity: 1.051
- Final Gravity: 1.010
- IBU (Tinseth): 35
- BU/GU: 0.70
- Colour: 24 EBC
- Expected ABV: 5.4%
Mash Schedule
- Mash In: 67°C - 60 minutes
- Mash Out: 75°C - 10 minutes
Fermentables
- 4.2kg - Gladfield American Ale Malt
- 0.4kg - Gladfield Medium Crystal Malt
- 0.4kg - Gladfield Munich Malt
- 0.1kg - Gladfield Biscuit Malt
- 0.05kg - Gladfield Light Chocolate Malt
Hops
Boil Hops
- 30 mins - CTZ - 12g - 15 IBU
- 10 mins - Cascade - 20g - 5 IBU
- 10 mins - Chinook - 12g - 7 IBU
Whirlpool/Hopstand - 10 mins @ 85°C
- Cascade - 30g - 2 IBU
- Chinook - 19g - 3 IBU
- CTZ - 16g - 3 IBU
Dry Hop (after reaching final gravity)
- Cascade - 30g - 3 Days
- Chinook - 30g - 3 Days
- CTZ - 15g - 3 Days
Yeast
- Fermentis Safale US-05 - 1 packet (dry)
Fermentation
- 20°C - 12 days
Carbonation
- 2.4 CO2-vol
Water Profile
- "Balanced" water profile
- Ca2+ (Calcium): 34
- Mg2+ (Magnesium): 10
- Na+ (Sodium): 29
- Cl- (Chloride): 70
- SO42- (Sulfate): 70
- HCO3- (Bicarbonate): 37
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| Flying Horses American Amber Ale |
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