American Amber Ale Tasting and Recipe - Homebrew Jar of Destiny - Brew Dudes

This rules! The first local brewery that was on my radar was Mac and Jack's Amber ale. Still on tap at restaurants in and around the area! The best part was the brewery toury, " uhh we kinda brew it over there...and uhhh ..? Who wants to taste beer!" Great stuff guys! Ambers rule!😊

Red X is my go to for anything I want to be red or deep amber it really simplifies the mash. There I said it.

A good amber ale like you brewed sounds like a great blast from the past. I'll have to track one down and maybe brew one like you did as well. I've always enjoyed the ones that aren't too syrupy.

Woah. Cool t-shirt, Mike. I’ve spent a fair amount of time in Hot Springs and knew one of the original owners of the Superior Bathhouse Brewery (he also plays and teaches tuba). Loving the Jar of Destiny series.

Ambers I'm not a fan of idk it's the aftertaste or something

Best style there is, a lot to play with I think. I love Pacman yeast in this style, fermented at the lowest temperature possible, it makes such a clean and clear beer. I love Amarillo as finishing hop, I think it goes perfectly with the malt backbone. Cheers !

Nice! Hard to find an amber ale these days that isn’t too sweet or too hoppy. I really like the sound of your approach.

I still love a good Amber Ale. It's a perfect gateway beer. An old still American Amber Ale is very similar to an Irish Red Ale. Both styles are great beers when you want something that is easy to drink but has some wonderful flavor to it.

nice. I'm a hop head... my friends are not... and I'm trying to figure out how to appease us both. a hoppy version of this hopefully can make us all happy... if not, as long as I'm happy, who cares :)

Thanks for your jar test... the red touch in my beer is generaly made with 5% cararye, 1% caraaroma and 1% roasted barley

I’ve been fantasizing about making an amber ale with some sabro and vic secret hops. With all that caramel character, I would think those coconut and pineapple character would really play well. I did something similar with american brown ale and sabro lupomax and absolutely loved it. Cheers!

The American amber is what made me want to start home brewing back in '93; so glad you chose this style!

Thanks Guys, I've been trying to create something close to what I remember an amber ale used to be.

Traditional American Amber ale always reminds me of an English bitter, especially balance between sweet malt and hop bitterness. Underated achievement in ale.

Looks more like a Brown ale recipe and finish beer; looks great tho! I use Pale Chocolate for the color instead of the Black Patent, which I have used before; the Pale Chocolate is less likely to be ashtray.