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by wightie
Saturday Nov 12, 2005 9:33 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: FG question and others for amber ale recipe
Replies: 5
Views: 4484

Hi Chris and NTR,

Thanks for the info and tips. I've rolled it around a bit and also lowered the fermenter into a shallow sink with warm water in it. The temp has gone up from 22 to about 24 and it seems to be bubbling very slowly again through the airlock, so it might be doing the trick. :D I took ...
by wightie
Friday Nov 11, 2005 3:42 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: FG question and others for amber ale recipe
Replies: 5
Views: 4484

FG question and others for amber ale recipe

Hi,

I am new to the art of brewing and in my first batch tried to emulate the James Squire Amber Ale. On the advice of my HBS I used the following recipe:

1 tin Morgan's Royal Oak Amber Ale
1kg Amber Malt
Hops (teabag - 12g)
Kit Yeast.
(23litres)

Unfortunately I started my brew on Wednesday which ...
by wightie
Friday Nov 11, 2005 2:04 pm
Forum: Recipes
Topic: Close to Squire's Amber
Replies: 6
Views: 5936

Hi Greg,

Thanks for your reply. Yep - I had thought about the fact that the reading may have been out due to temperature. I took the reading at about 20 degrees, which I think is the standard, so 1016 must be pretty close.

I'll give the tub a swirl as you suggest and see what happens. You reckon ...
by wightie
Friday Nov 11, 2005 1:32 pm
Forum: Recipes
Topic: Close to Squire's Amber
Replies: 6
Views: 5936

Hi,

I am new to the art of brewing and in my first batch tried to emulate the JSAA. On the advice of my HBS I used the following recipe:

1 tin Morgan's Royal Oak Amber Ale
1kg Amber Malt
Hops (teabag - 12g)
Kit Yeast.
(23litres)

Unfortunately I started my brew on Wednesday which was 35 degrees ...