New Coopers Recipe - American Amber Ale

[Paddy Bubbles]

Hi. I thought Coopers fans would be interested to know that they've put a new featured recipe on their website - Parity Amber Ale. It's in the style of an American Amber. Worth a try I think.

http://www.coopers.com.au/the-brewers-g ... -amber-ale

Personally, I'd up the flavour and aroma hops in this recipe.

Parity Amber Ale - 21 litres

STEP 1: The Background
News of the Aussie dollar reaching parity against the Greenback caused quite a stir. Well, in Australia, at least. So an appropriate recipe to mark the event might be American Amber Ale (BJCP 10B.).
According to the BJCP style guidelines - American Amber Ale, is like an American Pale Ale but with more body, caramel richness and a balance more toward malt than hops (although hop rates can be significant). The dry hop addition, in this recipe, will give a fresh citrus aroma blended with biscuity, caramel notes from the Amber Malt while not being overtly bitter.

STEP 2: Ingredients
1.7kg Thomas Coopers Traditional Draught Beer kit
1.5kg Thomas Coopers Amber Malt
30g Cascade Hop Pellets (or North American Hop of your choice)
15g American Ale Yeast (US-05) or kit yeast

[6470zzy]

Personally, I'd up the flavour and aroma hops in this recipe.

I am with you there, I would be putting some more aroma and flavour hops into it myself. An ounce or two more wouldn't be amiss.

Cheers

[Paddy Bubbles]

Defo. I'll be putting plenty of Simcoe and Centennial in this when I get round to it..

[Stomach]

Would you add 40 - 50g of cascade? Or a different hop altogether?

Hop virgin! I have been sent some hop pellets to experiment with, just not got round to them yet!!

Ta

[Paddy Bubbles]

Would you add 40 - 50g of cascade? Or a different hop altogether?

Hop virgin! I have been sent some hop pellets to experiment with, just not got round to them yet!!

Ta

Absolutely! If that's what you have, use it. Cascade is very common in American ales. 50g is not excessive - not to my tastes anyway. But then I like really hoppy beers.