# 🍺 Top-down Brew: American Amber Ale

## Recipe Variables

Enter the parameters
name: American Amber Ale og: 1.054 malt: American two-row, 82, 2, 80 malt: Crystal - medium, 7, 60, 74 malt: Chocolate malt, 1, 395, 74 malt: Munich, 10, 10, 74 ibu: 32 hop: Cascade, 70, 5.75, 60 hop: Cascade, 15, 5.75, 15 hop: Cascade, 15, 5.75, 0 dry: Cascade, .5 yeast: ale vol: 5.5 system: US eff: 75 prime: 2.5, 72

### Variations

For steeped grains plus malt extract:

- Delete the American two-row malt line.
- For liquid malt extract, add sugar: Liquid light malt extract, 82, 5, 76
- For dry malt extract, add sugar: Dry light malt extract, 82, 3.5, 96
- Set the mash efficiency variable to 55% (eff: 55) for steeping.

Another malt extract strategy would be to use 100% amber malt extract.

The equivalent Metric dry hop dosage wis 3.74 grams/liter.

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## Results

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## Notes

2021 BJCP American amber ale style: "Characteristic Ingredients: "Neutral pale ale malt. Medium to dark crystal malts. American or New World hops, often with citrusy flavors, are common but others may also be used. Neutral to lightly estery yeast.""

Vital Statistics: OG: 1.045 – 1.060, FG: 1.010 – 1.015, IBUs: 25 – 40, SRM: 10 – 17, ABV: 4.5 – 6.2%

The base malt can be either standard American two-row or pale ale malt. Medium crystal malts (40 or 80L) are typically 5 to 10%. Small amounts of darker crystal or roasted malts like chocolate malt, roasted barley, or black malt may be used for color (not roasted flavor). Highly kilned malts (Munich, Vienna, or Victory malt) or lightly kilned malts (Biscuit, melanoidin, etc.) can be about 10%.

The hops are standard American varieties that have pine and citrus qualities: Cascade, Centennial, Columbus, etc. Hop flavor and aroma comes from late boil or possibly restrained dry hop additions. Cascade is often paired with Centennial, Amarillo, or any of the other suggested American hops. Dry hopping is an option. The BU/GU ratio should be about .6: leaning towards bitterness.

A neutral American ale-type yeast, such as White Labs 0001 or Fermentis US-05, is recommended.

## Sources

2021 BJCP 19A - American amber style

Strong, G. (2021, May-June). American amber ale: Rediscovering the joy of crystal malt and American Hops. Brew Your Own, 26-29.

Zainasheff, J. (2007, November). American amber: An easy-drinking patriotic ale. Brew Your Own, 19-22.