noobs try on an irish red

[dwart]

I just started brewing and want to make an Irish red. This will be my fourth batch and second all grain. So far my recipe is as follows.
6 lbs maris otter
4oz chocolate
4oz 60L crystal
.25 citra at 60 min 12%
.5 oz cascade at 10 min 5.5 %
this will be a 4 gallon batch as i only have a 5 gallon pot. It is a tight fit but it works and i get to brew more often. Does this look right for an Irish red? any advice will be a great help. my efficiency was about 80% last batch.

 

[SeraphX117]

I would say it is great! I just made something very similar and it turned out awesome. I used a secondary so I could free up my primary, and I sampled the hydrometer sample and it was good before I even bottled it.

I don't know if you did or not, but I would use Irish Moss in the boil..makes the beer pretty to look at, makes it seem more "red" somehow (other than "orange-red") Happy Homebrewing!

 

[buzzerj]

I do 4 gallon boils all the time because my stove doesn't put out enough heat to do a full wort boil. So I brew in a bag. Here's my Irish Red extract with grains recipe. Take what you like.

22% 1.50 lbs Briess Golden Light Dried Malt Extract 60 min 4°L 40.0 12.00
11% 12 oz British Pale Malt Maris Otter 60 min 3°L 37.0 4.16
11% 12 oz Belgian Biscuit Malt 60 min 23°L 36.0 4.05
7% 8 oz British Crystal 50/60 60 min 55°L 34.0 2.55
3% 3 oz Belgian Special B 60 min 220°L 30.0 0.84
46% 3.15 lbs Northern Brewer Gold LME 6°L 36.9 23.25
Steep malt for 60 minutes at 153 degrees F Boil Volume 4 gallons 5 Gallon batch

1.00 oz US Willamette Leaf Boil 6.0% 60 min 5.10 25
1.00 oz East Kent Golding Pellet Boil 4.7% 10 min 4.70 7
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent Pellet Boil 5.0% 1 min 5.00 1

Wyeast 1084

0.17 oz Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) Boil
0.17 oz Irish Moss 20 min. Boil
1.046 OG 1.012 FG 4.6% ABV 33 IBU 12.7 degrees SRM

 

[dwart]

The Irish moss sounds Like a good idea. If you made an irish red that is simmilar to the one I'm planning I must be on the right track.