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Beer recipe - Belgian Amber Beer
| ABV 6.5% | Color 22 EBC | Bitterness 20 IBU |
Description
The combination of Château Abbey and Château Cara Ruby gives this beer a beautiful amber color with a great touch of sweet maltiness. Refreshing and drinkable beer.
The combination of Château Abbey and Château Cara Ruby gives this beer a beautiful amber color with a great touch of sweet maltiness. Refreshing and drinkable beer.
Service:
Glass: American Pint Glass
Temperature: 4 - 8°C
Glass: American Pint Glass
Temperature: 4 - 8°C
BREWER`S TIP
Keep the yeast pitching rate high at 0.75- 0.8 g/L for a cleaner fermentation.
Keep the yeast pitching rate high at 0.75- 0.8 g/L for a cleaner fermentation.
RECIPE FOR 100L
MALT
| Château Pilsen 2RS | 60% / 13.5 kg |
| Château Munich Light® | 30% / 6.7 kg |
| Château Abbey® | 6% / 1.3 kg |
| Château Cara Ruby® | 4% / 0.9 kg |
HOPS
| Saaz (3.5% aa) | 180 g |
| Hallertau Mittelfruh (4.5% aa) | 140 g |
YEAST
| SafAle S-33 | 80 g |
Mashing temperature
Step 1: Mashing
Mash-in and follow the profile below:
Mash-in and follow the profile below:
| pH | 5.3 | Mix Ratio | 2.8 L/kg |
Mash-in at 63°C
Rest for 50min at 63°C
Rise to 72°C at 1°C/min
Rest for 20min at 72°C and do the Iodine Test
Rise to 78°C at 1°C/min
Rest for 2min at 78°C to mash out
Once the mash is done, filter and sparge with water at 78°C
Rest for 50min at 63°C
Rise to 72°C at 1°C/min
Rest for 20min at 72°C and do the Iodine Test
Rise to 78°C at 1°C/min
Rest for 2min at 78°C to mash out
Once the mash is done, filter and sparge with water at 78°C
Step 2: Boiling
Boil for 60min.
Hop addition 1: After 10min add 90g of Saaz and 70g of Hallertau Mittelfruh.
Hop addition 2: After 55min add 90g of Saaz and 70g of Hallertau Mittelfruh.
Whirlpool to remove the trub
Boil for 60min.
Hop addition 1: After 10min add 90g of Saaz and 70g of Hallertau Mittelfruh.
Hop addition 2: After 55min add 90g of Saaz and 70g of Hallertau Mittelfruh.
Whirlpool to remove the trub
| Total evap | 6.0% | Batch size | 100L | OG | 14.5oP | Efficiency | 85% |
Step 3: Fermentation and Maturation
Cool down the wort to 16°C and pitch the yeast.
Ferment at 16°C for 2 days then rise to 20°C. Once the fermentation is done (FG reached and off-flavors removed – about 7 days), drop the temperature to 8°C and rest for 1 day, and then harvest the yeast. Drop the temperature to 2°C and rest for 7 days.
Cool down the wort to 16°C and pitch the yeast.
Ferment at 16°C for 2 days then rise to 20°C. Once the fermentation is done (FG reached and off-flavors removed – about 7 days), drop the temperature to 8°C and rest for 1 day, and then harvest the yeast. Drop the temperature to 2°C and rest for 7 days.
| Attenuation | 81% | FG | 2.80oP |
Step 4: Cold Aging and Packaging
Cold age the beer at -1°C for 5 days, remove the residual yeast, and carbonate until 2.6 volumes of CO2. The beer is ready to package and drink. Enjoy!
*For refermentation in the bottle, add brewing sugar and SafAle F-2.
This recipe is provided by Castle Malting®. Please note that this recipe is just a guideline. Some modification might need to be done to meet different technologies, efficiencies and ingredients yield as grain dry extract and hop alpha acid percentage.
For further information & service please contact: info@castlemalting.com
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For further information & service please contact: info@castlemalting.com
Brewing is an experiment! Brew your own beer!
Send us your recipe, and we’ll be pleased to publish it on our website
