Amber Ale

[Kingy]

After a night out in my old home town of newcastle i ended up at the queens warf brewery and settled into many pints of kilkenny before i noticed they had squires amber ale on tap, so i gave one a try and slightly remembered it was very nice and settled into a few pints of these.Followed by kilkenny and so on

Not so sure the next day (sunday), i decided to buy a few recovery beers of this drop before the drive home and it was actually a nice drink.

i did find some recipes here but i cant seem to find them tonight so does anyone have any Ag recipes that have turned out like this beer.

cheers kingy

 

[hockadays]

yep one of my favorites,

3.4kg pale malt
400g of crystal 75L
200g carapils
500g munich

northern brewer 60min to 28IBU
willamette 20g at 30mins
willamette 30g at 5mins

21.5L batch size
OG 1.049
10 SRM
Yeast US56

Slightly maltier cause of the munich and they probably use POR for bittering but close none the less. Mashed at 66degc for one hour.

 

[ale_snail]

the golden ale is much better

 

[ironxmortlock]

the golden ale is much better

Completely agree. The Golden Ale is one of the best commercially made beers I've ever tried. :beer:

 

[Kingy]

tried the golden ale today and it was nice but the amber ale has now stolen my heart from coopers which IMHO has been going downhill in the last 9 months or so. And is almost undrinkable.
I stand in the bottleshop and think i cant believe i have to buy something from here when i have a perfectly good HB at home (which i would rather drink anyway)

Now im hooked on this squire amber and i dont feel bad because im buying a beer that i like for the drive home from work

thx for the recipe hockadays im going to brew it up tomorrow,let you know how she go's in a month or 2 :beerbang:

cheers,kingy

p.s i love this hobby :super:

p.p.s and i love drinking my hobby :chug:

 

[Kai]

Can't speak for writing an actual recipe, but I do know that Squire's Amber is fairly heavy on the crystal (in the realm of 10-20% iirc) and has enough sugar added to bring the gravity back down to ~1.008. I'd aim for low 20's on BUs. Memory is hazy but I reckon that's a good start. I like the beer too.

 

[Mr Bond]

the golden ale is much better

Hardly comparing apples with apples though, is it?

One is an english style the other an american blonde.

 

[Darren]

Now im hooked on this squire amber and i dont feel bad because im buying a beer that i like for the drive home from work


cheers,kingy

p.s i love this hobby :super:

Can't speak for writing an actual recipe, but I do know that Squire's Amber is fairly heavy on the crystal (in the realm of 10-20% iirc)

Hey,

Crystal aint everything. Squires Amber is quite a bit too sweet for me,

cheers

Darren

 

[Kai]

It sure as heck ain't, but MSB use a lot of it in the amber. Maybe some of the other Adelaideans who attended the night at the Worldsend a couple years back can back me up there?

 

[Darren]

Kai,

I believe you. Thats pretty much all I can taste. Seems to dominate the beer.

cheers

Darren

 

[dicko]

Hi Kingy,

I dont mind the Amber ale either which prompted me to attempt a clone.
I did three beers starting off with a simple recipe of base malt munich malt and wheat malt and fiddled about by changing ingredients to taste until I got what was IMO very close.
Now in light of what Kai has said you may want to substitute the wheat malt for carapils.
Anyhow here is the recipe.


JSOAA Clone 2.

A ProMash Recipe Report


Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (L): 51.00 Wort Size (L): 51.00
Total Grain (kg): 9.40
Anticipated OG: 1.049 Plato: 12.05
Anticipated EBC: 10.9
Anticipated IBU: 25.0
Brewhouse Efficiency: 78 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Pre-Boil Amounts
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Evaporation Rate: 13.00 L Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 64.00 L
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.039 SG 9.68 Plato

Formulas Used
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Brewhouse Efficiency and Predicted Gravity based on Method #1, Potential Used.
Final Gravity Calculation Based on Points.
Hard Value of Sucrose applied. Value for recipe: 46.2100 ppppg
Yield Type used in Gravity Prediction: Fine Grind Dry Basis.

Color Formula Used: Morey
Hop IBU Formula Used: Rager

Additional Utilization Used For Plug Hops: 2 %
Additional Utilization Used For Pellet Hops: 10 %


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
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67.0 6.30 kg. JWM Traditional Ale Malt Australia 1.038 7
10.6 1.00 kg. Invert Sugar Home Made 1.046 0
10.6 1.00 kg. JWM Dark Munich Australia 1.039 25
9.6 0.90 kg. JWM Wheat Malt Australia 1.040 4
2.1 0.20 kg. JWM Caramalt Australia 1.036 56

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
38.00 g. PRIDE OF RINGWOOD Pellet 10.20 25.0 60 min.


Extras

Amount Name Type Time
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
0.50 Tsp Koppafloc Fining 20 Min.(boil)


Yeast
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DCL Yeast S-04 SafAle English Ale


Water Profile
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Profile: Arno Bay
Profile known for:

Calcium(Ca): 68.0 ppm
Magnesium(Mg): 18.0 ppm
Sodium(Na): 90.0 ppm
Sulfate(SO4): 67.0 ppm
Chloride(Cl): 160.0 ppm
biCarbonate(HCO3): 68.0 ppm

pH: 8.31


Mash Schedule
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Mash Type: Single Step

Grain kg: 8.40
Water Qts: 32.06 - Before Additional Infusions
Water L: 30.34 - Before Additional Infusions

L Water Per kg Grain: 3.61 - Before Additional Infusions

Saccharification Rest Temp : 67 Time: 60
Mash-out Rest Temp : 78 Time: 15
Sparge Temp : 78 Time: 30


Total Mash Volume L: 35.95 - Dough-In Infusion Only

All temperature measurements are degrees Celsius.



Notes
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First step of a clone of JSOAA. Base recipe was the xmas ale 2006 (very clo
se)

Increased wheat malt and added Caramalt.

JSOAA 2 has had some sugar
Replace the base malt and increased the IBU's

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The OG of 1049 will suit if you are to bottle as the priming sugar will raise the ABV to around the desired result.

If you try this recipe let us know how it goes as most who have tried my most recent version say it is uncanny on its similarity.
Good luck

 

[goatherder]

I read a promotional flyer for JS Amber at a bar not long back. It said williamette was one of the finishing hops.

 

[Screwtop]

Hey,

Crystal aint everything. Squires Amber is quite a bit too sweet for me,

cheers

Darren

Don't think he's after your opinion Darren, just a recipe.