Comments on: Mack and Jacks African Amber Clone Recipe

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:37:50 +0000

Thanks for the post Mike. As you know this clone took about 2 years to get right. It was mostly getting the yeast right, and I used about 10 different types, before I settled on the wlp005.
For the people out there that are planning to make this, I know the orange peel is tough to get past, but believe me it will give you a nice light barely noticable citrus flavor. The flavor is so light, that a few people have begun to add it in other recipes to jack the hops up a bit, as that is all the orange peel does is accentuate the hop flavor.
For all his words of praise Mike has yet to make this one, and it’s kinda giving me a complex, Ha ha.
I’m sure everyone who makes this will be very satisfied, and suprised with the results, it’s a very drinkable beer that appeals to everyone.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:07:05 +0000

My Beersmith has it. Its called ‘Pale Malt, Maris Otter’.
Marris Otter is an english 2 row. If you can’t find it just select Pale Malt (2-row), UK. The malt stats are close enough generally. Furthermore, unless a brewer actually gets the malt analysis sheet for the specific lot of malt they buy you wouldn’t be any more accurate then just using the presets (which are averages anyway).
I hope that helps.

By: Jerry van West

Jerry van West — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:56:29 +0000

Trying to load this into BeerSmith however I do not see a Marris Otter malt listed. Do you have the specifics on this ingredient?