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Hello,
I'm new to this forum so let me know if I'm posting this in the wrong place.
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My only comment is to dump the Amber extract (if it's not too late) and go with the most Pale (and fresh) extract you can get your mits on. If it's too late i.e. you have already bought it... well, I'm sure it will still be fine.
The reason is with the Amber extract, there is already some colour additives / malt in there that you don't know what it is. These may not work as well with your hops as some of the grains you intend to steep... like that 250g of Crystal in you recipe might make up for a total of even more crystal that is already in your Amber extract... giving you some very sweet wort: then... your hops may not be bitter enough to compensate for this.
The remedy is use the absolute most Pale extract you can find, and beef it up with the steeped grains that you absolutely know you have added into your wort. I would recommend the DME on www.libertybrewing.co.nz (of course) as this stuff is extremely pale when diluted with water. Makes great starters too.
Anyhow - I would call this beer a Pale Ale if you're scratching for descriptors.
Cheers.
I'm really a newbie too, but one thing you might want to consider is when you add the malt extract.
With the partial boil, your wort in the kettle is going to be ~ 1.13 which will mean you get less out of the hops and greatly increase the risk you caramelize the extract on the bottom of the kettle. But the extract only needs to be boiled for ~ 15min to pasteurise it. If you add a little LME at the start and the bulk of it w/ 15min to go you get the most out of your early hop additions and decrease the risk of caramelisation.
I went early edition of LME -> late LME/partial -> late DME/partial for my first three brews and definitely go better at each step.
You could bring the additional extract to the boil in another pot then add it to main boil once its hot (or just cool it separately and add it to the fermenter.)
Andrew - I think boiling hops in some extract might give you a different result to boiling the hops in water alone. The difference might be for the better or it might not be.
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