Whats In The Glass

[mofox1]

From memory I adapted the recipe from Brewing Classic Styles.

Can't go wrong there!

 

[fletcher]

A while ago there was a thread about famous/best clone recipes and the Three Floyd's 'zombie dust' featured prominently as a great clone brew. So I found a feasable recipe on brewtoad and wrote it down, fast forward a few months and with 300g of citra and most of the malts on hand I gave it a crack. So glad I did.

holy crap. with 300gm of citra it must be like bitter fruit juice haha

 

[TheWiggman]

Amber ale. Rough variant of Pratty's that I posted somewhere in the WAYB thread.
300g of special B to make up for carafa III that I didn't have. Willamette and Cascade, dry hopped in favour of late additions. The aroma is 5 stars, smells really hoppy and pleasant and while not in IPA territory, is balanced well more towards hops than malt. To taste... the special B is the main player here. It has a Belgian 'edge' to it but combined with the US hops it doesn't work like, well, it shouldn't. It even has more of a caramel colour than amber. The hops are a little muted but I think I was expecting more with the aroma. First time using Willamette - dank, bold and unique. Not a huge fan but plays ok with cascade (what doesn't?). 5.4% but by no means overpowering.
Glad I made this beer. It's not bad despite my review but I've learnt about the style. Special B can stay in Belgians. Willamette can stay in the freezer. More late hops and carafa in ambers.

 

[Chridech]

My American Amber Ale V2. 'Ranga's Revenge'. Drinking very nicely after a couple of weeks in the keg. Amariilo and Centennial, mostly late and dry hopped to 35 IBU.

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

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Amber ale. Rough variant of Pratty's that I posted somewhere in the WAYB thread.
300g of special B to make up for carafa III that I didn't have. Willamette and Cascade, dry hopped in favour of late additions. The aroma is 5 stars, smells really hoppy and pleasant and while not in IPA territory, is balanced well more towards hops than malt. To taste... the special B is the main player here. It has a Belgian 'edge' to it but combined with the US hops it doesn't work like, well, it shouldn't. It even has more of a caramel colour than amber. The hops are a little muted but I think I was expecting more with the aroma. First time using Willamette - dank, bold and unique. Not a huge fan but plays ok with cascade (what doesn't?). 5.4% but by no means overpowering.
Glad I made this beer. It's not bad despite my review but I've learnt about the style. Special B can stay in Belgians. Willamette can stay in the freezer. More late hops and carafa in ambers.

Nice review mate. It's a big thing to post "honest" reviews of our own beers, especially the effort that goes into formulating and making them.

Willamette is fantastic for British style beers, if it helps. Really excellent clean soft earthy bitterer. I made the same mistake with biscuit, amber and something else in an American IPA a few months ago (and it was the last IPA before my surgery came up). I found the same as you - it was an adequate beer, but not what I wanted.

 

[louistoo]

holy crap. with 300gm of citra it must be like bitter fruit juice haha

It's fruity for sure, It's def. a well formulated recipe though and worth the large amount of citra. I really like the yeast choice in this ipa.

 

[mosto]

Drinking a single hopped Topaz Pale Ale while watching the Monaco F1. Originally brewed this a few months ago to discover Topaz and fell in love. Gone back to it to get a feel of what might work in conjunction with it and have a few ideas, but TBH, it's a brilliant hop all in it's own.

 

[technobabble66]

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Tell us more. Please.


And commiserations on watching the F1 [emoji6]

 

[mosto]

Tell us more. Please.


And commiserations on watching the F1 [emoji6]

Cascade's an obvious one as it pretty much goes with anything. Other than that I thought a Galaxy Topaz combo may be interesting.

 

[Dan Pratt]

It's not Summer Ale.

Pilsner 80%
Vienna 10%
Flaked Oats 10%

4.5% abv
22 ibu

Easy quaffer, no questions asked.

 

[Matplat]

It's not Summer Ale.

Pilsner 80%
Vienna 10%
Flaked Oats 10%

4.5% abv
22 ibu

Easy quaffer, no questions asked.

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Love the name beer looks good too!

 

[Matplat]

Cascade's an obvious one as it pretty much goes with anything. Other than that I thought a Galaxy Topaz combo may be interesting.

I'm about to pair it with ella in an amber... what was your earliest boil addition? I'm starting at 30 mins as I read it could be astringent if used earlier....?

 

[rude]

I hate having to fill a few botts after keging but don't mind drinking them bonus when the kegs are empty. Best Bitter with challenger & styrians

 

[Thefatdoghead]

Oatmeal Stout

Ach so oaty you can carv it.

Base of vienna and 18% rye. Dry english yeast.

 

[Mardoo]

Sounds very interesting! Willing to share the full recipe?

 

[Dan Pratt]

Sounds very interesting! Willing to share the full recipe?

I second that.

 

[hwall95]

Robust Porter I brewed around 10 months ago which had 30% brown malt. Intense flavour, super happy with this beer

 

[btrots87]

Aussie Summer Ale

5% ABV
25 IBU

75% Pale Ale
25% Wheat

Galaxy and Summer hops, added at 20 min, 5 min and whirlpool
Recultured Coopers yeast

 

[DU99]

Nut Brown Ale (First Attempt) Nice creamy mouth feel,very light chocolate flavour

 

[louistoo]

Enjoying my ESB
Maris otter mostly
Northern brewer for bittering, a little EKG and fuggle late
S04

Nice.