carabus

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I am going to make this "India Red Ale" next weekend:

India Red Ale Recipe | The Mad Fermentationist - Homebrewing Blog

They say 40 min saccharification at 149F and 15 min at 153F but this is it. So, I suppose I have to perform protein rest 122F and mash out 168F. I do have beer smith but it is hard to figure the volume of water and its temperature I have to use in each step since it looks like the beer smith does not have this exact option. I am working with a 5 gallons cooler and a boiling pot.

They also say to use 0.5 the spoon of yeast nutrient at 15 min and 0.5 Whirlfloc at 15 min. Is this really necessary if I do not mind about the suspension?

Cheers

carabus

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Seems like I didn't not have much success with this post. I made the beer anyways. Worked good. I did a protein rest 15 mins at 122F, 40 mins at 149F, 15mins at 153F and 10 mins at 168F using a decoction method. I did taste it last weekend when bottling and I think it is going to be a good one. A little darker than I wanted it, I will put less pale chocolate next time which should be soon. Plus I got this Simcoe hop I want to try.

Cheers!

carabus

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FYI, here are the specs given by Michael the Mad fermentationist on his IRA,

India Red Ale

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 10.50
Anticipated OG: 1.060
Anticipated SRM: 13.7
Anticipated IBU: 66.9
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80 %
Wort Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Grain
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85.7% - 9.00 lbs. American Pale "2-row"
6.0% - 0.63 lbs. CaraHell
6.0% - 0.63 lbs. CaraMunich
2.4% - 0.25 lbs. Pale Chocolate Malt

Hops
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2.00 oz. Centennial (Pellet, 8.50% AA) @ 60 min.
2.00 oz. Amarillo (Pellet 6.70% AA) @ 0 min.
2.00 oz. Centennial (Pellet, 8.50% AA) @ 0 min.
1.00 oz. Amarillo (Pellet 6.70% AA) @ Dry Hop
1.00 oz. Centennial (Pellet, 8.50% AA) @ Dry Hop
1.00 oz. Amarillo (Pellet 6.70% AA) @ Keg Hop
1.00 oz. Centennial (Pellet, 8.50% AA) @ Keg Hop

Extras
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0.50 tsp Yeast Nutrient @ 15 min.
0.50 Whirlfloc @ 15 min.

Yeast
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WYeast 1272 American Ale II

Mash Schedule
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Sacch Rest - 40 min @ 149 F
Sacch Rest II - 15 min @ 155 F

samc

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I do a similar beer, with a straight mash temp in the low 150's. All those other rests are pretty pointless IMO, only one I'd consider is a 100F or so for time to adjust PH if so desired.

carabus

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Thanks, good to know. Maybe next time it will be less trouble to do simple mash in mash out.

hoppedupbrewer

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That's quite an interesting mash schedule. Looking at the hop additions, I'm guessing this had a monster aroma? Post some pictures when you get it kegged up! I'm interested to see how this turned out.

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