High Gravity Amber Ale

High starting gravity with 50% corn sugar to malt plus a pound of honey. Very complete fermentation with nice color and good head retention. Very high alcohol content. Very good bitterness from high alpha hops with subtle hop aroma.

Brewer:	Oxford Brews		Email:	-
Beer:	High Gravity Amber Ale		Style:	American Amber Ale
Type:	Extract		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	18 HCU (~11 SRM)		Bitterness:	33 IBU
OG:	1.067		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	7.3% v/v (5.7% w/w)
Water:	Add 2 teaspoons food grade gypsum, 1/2 teaspoon table salt (yes, table salt), 1 teaspoon MGS04 (epsom salts) to water after removing specialty grains and before stirring in malt extract, corn sugar and honey.
Grain:	1 lb. American crystal 20L
Steep:	Start caramel malt in muslin bag with cold water and remove just before water comes to a boil. If you boil the grains, you can get an astringent character from tannins in the husks.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.167	2 gallons
	5 lb. Amber malt extract 2 lb. 8 oz. Corn sugar 1 lb. Honey
Hops:	2 oz. Chinook (12% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast:	Red Star Ale yeast. But use whatever you want as long as it is a good ale yeast.
Carbonation:	Add 1 1/2 cups dried malt extract or 1 cup of corn sugar boiled in 1 pint of water at bottling.

Recipe posted 02/22/99.