I think this may have to go into specialty? slightly boozy, warm, malty quality is balanced by resinous, piney hop character and a dry finish. Special b gives a hint of prune/raisin. This was a split batch with spruce and orange tincture added at bottling to half. It is completely indetectable in comparision to the normal half. I brewed it orginally as a ‘holiday ale’ but not sure it will fit there or not. Any ideas?
Ok cool. Yeah its kind of like a double american amber or something but the special b gives it a unique feel. I guess it is pretty dark as well. I would say deep copper/brown. The goal was to make it more red so if I do it again I will probably shoot for 15 SRM
make sure it fits the specialty information you provide. as in, ignore the recipe stats if necessary; don’t say it is 50 IBU if it doesn’t taste like it.
as it is, “imperial American amber; 8%, 50 IBU” should get it a fair shake.