Single hop Amarillo amber

[octoscott]

Was having a look through my hops to see what I could use up and found a whole lot of Amarillo. Going to give it a go in a simple single hop amber up to about 56 IBU's, but was wondering if it's complex or interesting enough on its own? Recipe below;

Amarillo Amber
American Amber Ale

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 12.5
Total Grain (kg): 3.000
Total Hops (g): 50.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.053 (°P): 13.1
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013 (°P): 3.3
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.21 %
Colour (SRM): 10.8 (EBC): 21.3
Bitterness (IBU): 55.6 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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2.500 kg Maris Otter Malt (83.33%)
0.250 kg Crystal 60 (8.33%)
0.250 kg Munich I (8.33%)

Hop Bill
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25.0 g Amarillo Leaf (8.6% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (2 g/L)
25.0 g Amarillo Leaf (8.6% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (2 g/L)

Misc Bill
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10.0 g Irish Moss @ 15 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 154°F for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 68°F with Danstar Nottingham

[Barley Water]

The only reason I wouldn't use Amarillo for bittering is because it is relatively popular and so more expensive and sometimes harder to find. I personally like Warrior to bitter (or Magnum) because you get a nice clean bitter flavor. The Amarillo I save for late/dry hopping. By the way, I like the grain bill; it will be a nice beer whatever you decide to do. As it turns out, I have one on tap at home right now although if I remember correctly I used Amarillo and Simcoe along with the afore mentioned Warrior. I also boiled down some of the first runnings just to jack up the toffee/caramel flavors a bit.

[octoscott]

Cheers Barley.

I've got a bit of columbus kicking about so i'll use that for bittering.