American Amber Ale Tasting and Recipe - Homebrew Jar of Destiny - Brew Dudes
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- Mikes latest Jar of Destiny beer is category 19A American Amber Ale.
This style is not brewed often enough anymore. This was an American staple in the early days of craft beer. Every brewer had one of these on draft and the range of what you could experience was pretty wide.
Generally speaking you want a malt forward beer that highlights a sweeter malt character than most beers. You want a hint of toastyness and you've got to get somewhere in between the Pale Ale and Brown Ale in color.
This beer makes use of darker Amber malt a touch of Crystal 80 and 120 malt. Most of the color is coming from some Black Patent malt. This style should be malty but not overly sweet. Mike went with a mash profile focused on attenuation. Good attenuation in this style helps you get maximum hop character without having to add so much hop material that it pushed into the red IPA range.
Tell us about your Amber Ale experiences.
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Thanks Guys, I've been trying to create something close to what I remember an amber ale used to be.
Traditional American Amber ale always reminds me of an English bitter, especially balance between sweet malt and hop bitterness. Underated achievement in ale.
Yeah I can see that. Different hop strains, similar backbones depending on how aggressive you want the specialty malt character. Cheers! -Mike
The American amber is what made me want to start home brewing back in '93; so glad you chose this style!
Thanks for your jar test... the red touch in my beer is generaly made with 5% cararye, 1% caraaroma and 1% roasted barley
I like the sound of those combos. Cheers! -Mike
I still love a good Amber Ale. It's a perfect gateway beer. An old still American Amber Ale is very similar to an Irish Red Ale. Both styles are great beers when you want something that is easy to drink but has some wonderful flavor to it.
Looks more like a Brown ale recipe and finish beer; looks great tho! I use Pale Chocolate for the color instead of the Black Patent, which I have used before; the Pale Chocolate is less likely to be ashtray.
Best style there is, a lot to play with I think. I love Pacman yeast in this style, fermented at the lowest temperature possible, it makes such a clean and clear beer. I love Amarillo as finishing hop, I think it goes perfectly with the malt backbone. Cheers !
Woah. Cool t-shirt, Mike. I’ve spent a fair amount of time in Hot Springs and knew one of the original owners of the Superior Bathhouse Brewery (he also plays and teaches tuba). Loving the Jar of Destiny series.
Nice! Hard to find an amber ale these days that isn’t too sweet or too hoppy. I really like the sound of your approach.
A good amber ale like you brewed sounds like a great blast from the past. I'll have to track one down and maybe brew one like you did as well. I've always enjoyed the ones that aren't too syrupy.
I’ve been fantasizing about making an amber ale with some sabro and vic secret hops. With all that caramel character, I would think those coconut and pineapple character would really play well. I did something similar with american brown ale and sabro lupomax and absolutely loved it. Cheers!
Red X is my go to for anything I want to be red or deep amber it really simplifies the mash. There I said it.
This rules! The first local brewery that was on my radar was Mac and Jack's Amber ale. Still on tap at restaurants in and around the area! The best part was the brewery toury, " uhh we kinda brew it over there...and uhhh ..? Who wants to taste beer!" Great stuff guys! Ambers rule!😊
Ha pike brewing company! Writing post before that!
nice. I'm a hop head... my friends are not... and I'm trying to figure out how to appease us both. a hoppy version of this hopefully can make us all happy... if not, as long as I'm happy, who cares :)
Ambers I'm not a fan of idk it's the aftertaste or something
I think it depends in the recipe and how heavy or subtle a hand the brewer uses on those darker malts. Cheers! -Mike