Ross's banana amber

[beerdrinker]

Im planning on giving Ross's banana amber a go! im wondering if it could be simplified a little bit and still be near an award winning beer? What does an aroma hop steep mean in an AG brew? Heres theBanana Amber Ale



Type: All Grain
Date: 1/06/2007
Batch Size: 27.00 L
Brewer: Ross
Boil Size: 35 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 47 Brewhouse Efficiency: 85.00
Taste Notes: Lovely Spicy fruit beer with intense banana aroma. 1st place & Reserve Champion Beer of Show QAWBG State Champioinship 2007

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.20 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Bairds) (5.9 EBC) Grain 63.75 %
1.00 kg Munich Malt II (Weyermann) (17.7 EBC) Grain 19.92 %
0.30 kg Cara-Pils (Weyermann) (3.9 EBC) Grain 5.98 %
0.25 kg Caraaroma (Weyermann) (256 EBC) Grain 4.98 %
0.25 kg Carared (Weyermann) (47 EBC) Grain 4.98 %
0.02 kg Chocolate Malt (Bairds) (1000 EBC) Grain 0.40 %
9.00 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (15 min) Hops 6.0 IBU
9.00 gm Chinook [12.00 %] (15 min) Hops 5.1 IBU
9.00 gm Simcoe [11.00 %] (15 min) Hops 4.7 IBU
9.00 gm Centennial [9.40 %] (15 min) Hops 4.0 IBU
9.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.90 %] (15 min) Hops 3.8 IBU
9.00 gm Cascade [6.70 %] (15 min) Hops 2.9 IBU
10.00 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (5 min) Hops 2.7 IBU
10.00 gm Chinook [13.00 %] (5 min) Hops 2.5 IBU
10.00 gm Simcoe [12.00 %] (5 min) Hops 2.3 IBU
10.00 gm Centennial [10.00 %] (5 min) Hops 1.9 IBU
10.00 gm Amarillo Gold [9.00 %] (5 min) Hops 1.7 IBU
10.00 gm Cascade [6.00 %] (5 min) Hops 1.1 IBU
10.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.40 %] (20 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
10.00 gm Cascade [5.00 %] (20 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
10.00 gm Centennial [10.00 %] (20 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
10.00 gm Chinook [13.00 %] (20 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
10.00 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (20 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
10.00 gm Simcoe [12.00 %] (20 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.00 tsp Table Salt (Boil 90.0 min) Misc
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
4.50 kg Banana flesh (Primary 5.0 days) Misc
1 Pkgs CraftBrewer American Ale/Windsor MIX Yeast-Ale


Single infusion mash 65c - Batch Sparged

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.049 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.050 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.2 %
Bitterness: 38.5 IBU Calories: 468 cal/l
Est Color: 23.7 EBC Color: Color

[beerdrinker]

One more thing if you;re around Ross, does the banana flesh go in primary after 5 days of fermenting? Cheers! never had a fruit beer before.A heavy banana aroma would be awesome!

[Ross]

Beerdrinker,

recepie can be simplified a lot, just use any mix of USA hops you like, even straight amarillo will work well.
The important thing is nice bananas. The beer I made, you could smell the aroma across an entire room when you walked in, quite incredible. Freeze the flesh & add to primary when the ferment is basically finished (timing not critical).
you will need to make a larger batch than usual, as you'll have to syphon off the flesh that will settle in the bottom - filtering is a much better option.

cheers Ross

[beerdrinker]

I have some amarillo but wouldnt mind adding like 4 different hop varieties,what hops would you take out of the equation first? is there no hope of using the tap to drain the fermenter with all those bananas? Have never siphoned a brew before. cheers

[beerdrinker]

Heres my modified version minus the simcoe and centenial


Type: All Grain
Date: 1/25/2008
Batch Size: 30.00 L
Brewer: pete
Boil Size: 34.34 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 63.72 %
1.39 kg Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 22.12 %
0.33 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.31 %
0.28 kg Caraaroma (130.0 SRM) Grain 4.42 %
0.28 kg Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM) Grain 4.42 %
16.67 gm Chinook [13.00 %] (20 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
16.67 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (20 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
16.67 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (20 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
16.67 gm Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
13.89 gm Chinook [13.00 %] (15 min) Hops 7.3 IBU
17.78 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (15 min) Hops 6.1 IBU
14.45 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (15 min) Hops 8.2 IBU
18.33 gm Cascade [5.50 %] (15 min) Hops 4.1 IBU
19.45 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (5 min) Hops 2.7 IBU
15.56 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (5 min) Hops 3.6 IBU
23.33 gm Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops 2.1 IBU
16.67 gm Chinook [13.00 %] (5 min) Hops 3.5 IBU
1.59 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1.67 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
4.50 kg banana flesh (Secondary 5.0 days) Misc



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.049 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.70 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 37.7 IBU Calories: 90 cal/l
Est Color: 11.1 SRM Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge Total Grain Weight: 6.28 kg
Sparge Water: 20.25 L Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C TunTemperature: 22.2 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 16.37 L of water at 71.9 C 65.6 C



Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar Volumes of CO2: 2.4
Pressure/Weight: 170.0 gm Carbonation Used: -
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 15.6 C Age for: 28.0 days
Storage Temperature: 11.1 C

Notes

Does this look ok? cheers! maybe i should just add the other two

[Ross]

Looks great.... - good luck

I'm planning a banana bread bitter next...

Cheers ross