Decided to brwew last night at 11PM... No recipe idea, no water measured nothing just a hey I'm stuck waiting on the delivery anyhow... so this AM I decided on a sample recipe from BeerSmith...

I modded it based on my tastes and available malts I have on hand.... Pasting this reminds me I need to start adjusting for my normal efficiency values.. Either way style efficiency srm who the f#ck cares it's gonna be a TastyBrew anyhow... Mashed in about to heat sparge water...




Recipe: Liberty Amber
Style: American Amber Ale

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.81 gal
Boil Size: 7.12 gal
Estimated OG: 1.058 SG
Estimated Color: 10.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 21.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 68.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
11.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 79.22 %
1.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 7.20 %
0.55 lb .75 (40.0 SRM) Grain 3.96 %
0.55 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 3.96 %
0.54 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 3.86 %
0.25 lb Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) Grain 1.80 %
0.50 oz Cascade [4.80 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.25 oz Cascade [7.80 %] (60 min) (First Wort HopHops 13.6 IBU
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.30 %] (60 min) (FiHops 8.0 IBU
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 13.89 lb
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Single Infusion, Medium Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 17.36 qt of water at 163.9 F 151.0 F

looks great, But "Liberty" with out Liberty hops????

Also I'm not sure I'd use cascade for bittering hops, I'd probably use something cheaper. No point wasting hops with good aroma/flavoring properties on that.

I didn't name it... really it was a BeerSmith sample recipe...

Cascades are good anytime... I have plenty here. That's my most bountiful hop bine so it's not that expensive.

Besides using them for FWH gives both bittering AND flavor...