All Amber Malt

4/9/2010

True Brew- All Malt Amber

Fall 2009

BG: 1.042-1.044                 FG: 1.01-1.012                   ABV: ~4.2%

Hop Bittering Units: 13.0

Ingredients

Hopped Amber Malt extract- 1 can

Light dried malt extract- 2 lbs

Hop pellets- 1 oz

Ale yeast- 1 pack

Priming sugar- 5 oz

Start time to drink time: ~2 months

Process

It was a pretty standard brewing process looking back.  We boiled the water then added the malt and hops, boiled that, and then added to the fermenter.  I don't remember any problems or issues that we had.  We fermented in a glass carboy in the basement for a week or two.  Then bottled and let it sit for about a month

Comments

Our first attempt at brewing was a mild success.  We forgot to take a hydrometer reading so we don't know the exact ABV, but after tasting it I would say it was somewhere around 4-5%.  It tasted good.  Just a generic amber beer, although it was more of a brownish-reddish color.  I don't know what beer to compare it to.  It was a 5 gallon batch that made about 50 bottles. 

It was a thursday night at the old house when we started brewing.  It took us all night.  We didn't go to bed until around 2.  Craig had made a spontaneous purchase of all the equipment the weekend before.  We studied up on the specifics and got to it.  I sampled it to my parents and they enjoyed it too.