Amarillo Ale

On this recipe I went for a very small amount of bittering hops (only 5g at 60 mins and 5g at 30 mins), with fairly high amounts of late hops contributing more IBUs. My goal was a hops dominent beer with low levels of bitterness.

Style Information

Name: American Pale Ale
Recipe Type: Partial Mash

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Maris Otter Malt 2.5 kg
Liquid Malt Extract - Light 1.3 kg
Caramalt 0.3 kg
Crystal 60 0.2 kg

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
Amarillo 0.005 kg 8.6% 0.043 60
Amarillo 0.005 kg 8.6% 0.043 30
Amarillo 0.03 kg 8.6% 0.258 10
Amarillo 0.03 kg 8.6% 0.258 1
Amarillo 0.03 kg 8.2% 0.246 0

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
Safale US-05 Yeast starter made from yeast harvested from previous batch

Mash Steps

Name Step Type Step Time Temperature
Saccharification Rest Infusion 60 67 C

Boil

Amount: 25.3 liters
Water Description:
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 23 liters

Profile

Actual OG: 1.046
Actual FG: 1.012

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