Recipes: American Amber Ale

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Style Profile based on 4,312 recipes

OG

1.056

FG

1.013

IBU

34

ABV

5.7%

BU:GU

0.61

Hops

4.7 g/L

Grain Bill Composition

  • 82% Base
  • 14% Toast
  • 11% Crystal
  • 3% Acid
  • 2% Roast

Median % of grist by malt category

Common Hops

  • 31% Cascade
  • 17% Centennial
  • 10% Amarillo
  • 9% Willamette
  • 9% Citra
  • 9% Magnum (GR)
  • 8% Chinook
  • 8% Columbus
  • 8% East Kent Goldings
  • 8% Simcoe

% of American Amber Ale recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

  • 18% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
  • 9% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
  • 8% Munich Malt
  • 8% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
  • 8% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L
  • 7% Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L
  • 7% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
  • 6% Chocolate Malt
  • 6% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L
  • 5% Victory Malt

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

  • 25% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
  • 8% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
  • 7% California Ale Yeast (WLP001) White Labs
  • 6% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
  • 3% LalBrew Nottingham Lallemand
  • 2% American Ale II (1272) Wyeast Labs
  • 1% English Ale Yeast (WLP002) White Labs
  • 1% San Diego Super Ale Yeast (WLP090) White Labs
  • 1% Dry English Ale Yeast (WLP007) White Labs
  • 1% American Ale Yeast Blend (WLP060) White Labs

% of American Amber Ale recipes using each strain