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[The Cost] First Beer I Ever Brewed – Amber Ale

Posted on May 18, 2011 · 7 Comments

Here is the cost break down for the Amber Ale:

  • American Yeast Ale: $7.00
  • 7 lbs. Liquid Malt Extract (Amber): $13.65
  • Cascade Hops (Alpha 7.0): $5.00
  • Fuggle Hops (Alpha 4.5): $5.95
  • 1 lb. Crystal Malt Grain (80L): $1.30
  • 0.5 lb. Special Roast Malt Grain (50L): $0.50

Grand Total: $33.40.  Spent for 5 gallons of beer.  One gallon equals 128 ounces.  Times five equals 640 ounces.  Divided by 12 ounce bottles equals 54 bottles (rounded up).  $33.40 / 54 = $0.62 cost per beer.*

Do you keep track of how much your beer costs per bottle?

* This doesn’t take into account the cost of caps, sanitizer, Irish Moss and Gypsum.  These items raise the cost of the beer, but since I can use them for more than one batch I don’t count them.

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First Beer I Ever Brewed – Amber Ale

Posted on April 29, 2011 · 6 Comments

This was the first beer I ever brewed.  I adapted an Easy Pale Ale recipe to create this Amber Ale.

Ingredients:

  • 7 lbs Amber Liquid Malt Extract
  • 1 lb Crystal (80L)
  • .5 lb Special Roast (50L)
  • 1 tsp Gypsum
  • 2 tsp Irish Moss
  • 2 oz Cascade Hops (alpha 7.0)
  • 2 oz Fuggle Hops (alpha 4.5)
  • Wyeast 1056 American Ale Yeast

Hops Schedule:

  • 1 oz Cascade @ 60 min
  • .5 oz Fuggle @ 60 min
  • .5 oz Cascade @ 30 min
  • .5 oz Fuggle @ 30 min
  • .5 oz Cascade @ 2 min
  • .5 oz Fuggle @ 2 min
  • .5 oz Fuggle – Dry Hop (in secondary)

Directions:

  1. Steep grains at 155*F for 30 mins.
  2. Remove grains and add gypsum.
  3. Add malt extract and bring to boil.
  4. Follow hops schedule.
  5. Add Irish Moss during last 20 minutes of boil.
  6. Cool
  7. Top up to 5 galloons.
  8. Pitch yeast.
  9. Relax.

What was the first beer you ever brewed?

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