Thought I'd modify a recipe from the "Classic Styles" book. This comes up as OG 1.071, 28.5 IBUs, a bitterness ratio of .400. Thoughts? 13# UK pale malt 1.25# Munich 1# Crystal 40 .75# Crystal 120 .75# Victory .75 oz Horizon @60 .25 Cascade @10 .25 Centennial @10 .25 Cascade @0 .25 Centennial @0 White Labs WLP001 Question: with all the cascade, how "grapefruity" will this be? What if I use Williamette instead?
What do you want the beer to taste like? It's only 1/2 an oz of cascade, it shouldn't be overly grapefruity, but willamette would work fine too.
I assume this is not to be confused with a beer like Nugget Nectar, correct? You are going for a straight up imperial/double version of an amber ale? Looks tasty regardless, especially with it getting cooler up here in New England. My preference would be to make this a bit more on the bitter side, but this looks good.
The recipe looks great to me. This should be more on the malty side I would expect, which is exactly how an imp amber should be. Your cascade additions are late and small, I wouldn't worry about grapefruit taking over at all. I'd be interested to hear how this turns out if you end up brewing it!
I'll brew it this weekend. I happen to like Nugget Nectar a lot (not to mention I grew up a few miles from Troegs, but they were just beginning when I moved). Something I've learned over the years is that even though most beers are done fermenting after a couple weeks (often less), and may be ready to keg, there's a lot of flavor-izing that happens. Many times it's seemed like the flavor "peaked" when I'm 1/2 way or more done with the keg. So this one I'll brew this weekend, and save it for Thanksgiving... if I can wait that long. Thanks!
