Howdy! I went down to my LHBS with my amber recipe in hand. Most of my recipes for the past 15 years have been pales, browns, porters and stouts. Now I haven’t made an amber in 15 years or so. This is what I came up with.
8lbs maris otter
1lb munich
1lb crystal 40
1lb crystal 80
So I walked out with they closest they had. Instead of crystal 80, they had crystal 75. But before I could leave, my eyes spotted Special B and I remember reading somewhere about special B in amber ales. That is when a voice in my head said, “Heeeeyyy! You can switch out half of that crystal 75 with .5 lbs of Special B!” So I was wondering if this would be a great idea, or something other than a great idea.
8 lbs maris otter
1 lb munich
1lb crystal 40
.5 lb. crystal 80
.5 lb. Special B
and I’m going to do some kind of hopping with centennial and cascade to get me 30-35 ibus. I like special B in porters and stouts but I am not sure in the amber. It is only 4.5% so … yah.