I've always wanted to do a Red Ale with a hint of blackcurrant in the background...
The Irish Red Recipe I would use is:
8.5lbs of Pale Malt
5oz Crystal Malt
4oz Wheat Malt
8oz Carapils Malt
1oz Roast Barley
3oz Bullion Hops 75% Boil, 25% Finish (I substituted the original recipe which calls for 2oz Mt. Hood and 1oz Cascade (mixed together) and I will try to source Bullion as it has a blackcurrant background taste apparently)
Ale Yeast (Nottingham)
The addition I was thinking would be Ribena Concentrated BlackCurrant Beverage.
My question would be when to add the Ribena (secondary?), how much to add to a 23L batch (it is 1 part Ribena to 4 parts water as a drink), and if the ingredients in the drink will affect my batch in any way...
Ribena Ingredients:
Sugar, Water, Concentrated BlackCurrant Juice, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C), Natural grapeskin colour, Potassium Sorbate, and Sodium metabisulphite.
I guess I could try and experiment and see what happens, but maybe a trained eye can spot something here that would be an immediate flag.
Thanks for any help
The Irish Red Recipe I would use is:
8.5lbs of Pale Malt
5oz Crystal Malt
4oz Wheat Malt
8oz Carapils Malt
1oz Roast Barley
3oz Bullion Hops 75% Boil, 25% Finish (I substituted the original recipe which calls for 2oz Mt. Hood and 1oz Cascade (mixed together) and I will try to source Bullion as it has a blackcurrant background taste apparently)
Ale Yeast (Nottingham)
The addition I was thinking would be Ribena Concentrated BlackCurrant Beverage.
My question would be when to add the Ribena (secondary?), how much to add to a 23L batch (it is 1 part Ribena to 4 parts water as a drink), and if the ingredients in the drink will affect my batch in any way...
Ribena Ingredients:
Sugar, Water, Concentrated BlackCurrant Juice, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C), Natural grapeskin colour, Potassium Sorbate, and Sodium metabisulphite.
I guess I could try and experiment and see what happens, but maybe a trained eye can spot something here that would be an immediate flag.
Thanks for any help