California Red(wood) Ale

This is an attempt to meld the American Amber style with the west coast penchant for hopping everything to death. Ok maybe that's a bit of an overstatement on the hops, but this recipe does call for some dry hoppage which I don't think is typical of amber ales.

Notes

This recipe is for a partial boil of 3 gallons, with topping it up to 5.5 gallons before adding the yeast.

For the dry hopping, obviously flowers are preferable.

Ingredients

Fermentables

• 6.6 lbs Pale LME
• 1 lbs Crystal 40
• 1 lbs Crystal 90
• 3 lbs Pale DME - Added post boil

Hops

• 2 oz Horizon - Boil for 60 minutes
• 1 oz Cascade - Boil for 10 minutes
• 1 oz Centennial - Boil for 10 minutes
• 1 oz Simcoe - Add at flameout
• 1 oz Simecoe - Dry hop added at day 3 of fermentation

Yeast

• WLP001 - California Ale Yeast

The Numbers

BG: 1.090
OG: 1.071
FG: 1.019 - 1.014
ABV: 6.8% - 7.4%
IBU: 69
SRM: 15