Hoppy Red Ale

[flanneltrees804]

Brewing up a beer for a friend and he's looking for a red ale with plenty of hops. I'm thinking I'll make something around 5%abv, <50ibus and with interesting malt character. The crystal malts are for body, the aromatic I thought would add complexity and 1lb of rye to make you wonder what's going on with this beer. Here is the full write up...


Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 5.72 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.20 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.056 SG
Estimated Color: 15.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 40.5 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8 lbs Canadien 2-row (1.9 SRM) Grain 1 69.6 %
1 lbs Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 2 8.7 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 3 8.7 %
1 lbs Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 4 8.7 %
8.0 oz Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) (60.0 SRM) Grain 5 4.3 %
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 19.1 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7 -
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 7.6 IBUs
1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 13.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast 12 -

 

[uncommonsense]

I use those hops alot. But i also tend to dry hop with an oz of amerillo and an oz of cascade.

 

[user 57668]

Interesting recipe; you might need a higher percentage of Rye for it to really come through in the flavor of the beer. I use about 22% in my rye IPA and it has strong but not overwhelming Rye character; under 15% it was almost imperceptible in the brew.

 

[PantherCity]

Looks good, Might be a little heavy handed on the Aromatic. I have been told that anything over 1/2# is too much and you will get a flavor that is over the top on the melanoidin flavor. I have never used more than 1/2# in a 6 gallon batch.

 

[flanneltrees804]

What I'm hearing is, use only 1/2lb of aromatic and bump up the rye to 1.5lbs. I'll see how it tastes after primary and then decide if I want to dry hop it. I'm looking to mash around 152-154 for 60 minutes and ferment at 64*. Thanks a lot and if you have other ideas please let me know.

 

[flanneltrees804]

I altered the hop schedule and changed the yeast... am going to brew this in two days and will report back once it is kegged.

Hops:
Chinook @ 60min
Falconer's 7c's 4oz added from 20min to flame out, dry hop with 2oz

Yeast:
s-05

 

[JLem]

FWIW, I made a rye ipa with 13% rye and found it a bit too much. Friends really liked it, so I gave a lot of it away.

 

[ArcticBear]

i have a friend that wants to brew something similar this weekend. i think he wants to try and use a clone for Hop Head Red