BeerBorg

ok guys so im getting ready to do my first 5 gallon batch by splitting between two lbks.

ive been throwing around the idea of doing an amber type beer and have a lhbs nearby so i have a good selection to choose from.

so far im thinking i wanna steep some grains with dme

something like


.5 lb crystal 20(steeping)
.5 lb carapils (steeping)
3 lbs light dme
1lb amber dme
havent quite nailed down hops but like lower bitterness thinking pearle for bittering and williamette for aroma
1 oz. of each..... perle for 60 then .5oz of aroma hops at 30mins then .5 oz of hops in last 15 mins or so
safale 05 yeast
any suggestions this is kinda my 1st recipe

Not a bad starting point, but I'd like to suggest a couple of things, which will help with this recipe and future recipes, as well. Sort of a template for basic brewing, if you will.

I ran the numbers through QBrew (and I'd strongly recommend using some kind of brewing software if you're going to get serious about creating your own recipes), and it's a little light on the malt for an American Amber. You could easily go with six pounds of DME in some combination, such as four pounds Light and two pounds Amber, or three/three. That will bring the OG into the style range, and help with the color, as well.

Your hops bill isn't problematic, but your schedule may be (note I said "may"; if you like the way the beer turns out, that's cool). A bitterness boil can be anywhere from 30 to 60+ minutes. Between, say, 15 and 30 minutes is when you get the most flavor from a hops addition (optimum flavor at around 22 minutes), and the aroma boil is very short; after 7 minutes, the aroma oils drop off drastically. So, with your hops schedule, you're going to get bitterness and flavor, but not much aroma.

Other than these two items, this is a simple, yet solid recipe. You'll get a very nice beer out of it.

Thank you Dave .............you're the man

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