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Joe Formanek's Old Grandma's Amber Ale

For 5 gallon batch

Grain

8# Munton's Pale 2 row
1# Weyermann's Wheat
3/4# DMC Caramunich
3/4# DMC Carapils
1/2# Cargill Special Pale 2 row
1/2# DMC Caravienne
1/2# DMC Biscuit
1/2# DMC Aromatic
1/8# DMC Special B

Hops

(All whole) 1/2 oz Centennial (10.0% aa) - 60 min boil
1/2 oz Centennial (10.0% aa) - 10 min finish
1 oz Willamette (5.0% aa) - 10 min finish
1 oz American-style Homegrown (?% aa) - 10 min finish
1 oz Centennial (10.0% aa) - Dry hop in secondary
1 oz Willamette (5.0% aa) - Dry hop in secondary

Yeast

White Labs WLP002 British Ale

Mash

1 tsp gypsum per 5 gal

Standard infusion mash: 4 gal 173F water - add grain. Hold at 157F - 60 min till converted. 170F - 10 min mash out. Sparged with 3 gal 170F water.

Boil

75 min with hops and Irish Moss additions.

Gravity

SG: 1.068 FG: 1.016