Brewin a beer for a friend's wedding

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Brewin a beer for a friend's wedding

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My friend loves amber ales so I am making a special one for him. I went back and forth between the two hops I am using and just using an ounce of Sterling hops. I may go ahead and use the sterling

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Recipe: Ralph's Wedlock Amber
Brewer: Roger
Asst Brewer: Ralph The Wonderdog
Style: American Amber Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 5.70 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.20 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.052 SG
Estimated Color: 14.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 25.6 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
9 lbs 8.0 oz Munich 10L (Briess) (10.0 SRM) Grain 1 92.7 %
12.0 oz Caramunich II (Weyermann) (63.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.3 %
1.00 oz Hersbrucker [2.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 Hop 3 8.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Tettnang [3.90 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 4 17.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Yeast (Lallemand #BRY-97) Yeast 5 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 10 lbs 4.0 oz
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That looks nice and malty with all that Munich. Where would you use the Sterling?
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MadBrewer wrote:That looks nice and malty with all that Munich. Where would you use the Sterling?
I would use it to FWH instead of the two hops I chose. This is going to be strictly a malty beer.
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Would you plan on bottling the batch or bring along a corny keg and serve it on tap?
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I plan on taking my picnic kegerator

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Oh man that is sweet. how big of a keg is in there?
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Just a 5 gallon. I upgraded to a twin tap tower and used my old one to make this

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I have a wedding I need to brew beer for. I am gonna steal this idea. is that a cooler in there?
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I like dat, Roger!
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That is so awesome, Roger! That'll be a great party tap. That amber ale is gonna be intense with all that Munich malt.
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