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bottle condition just like any other beer.. as far as dry hopping./.. makes a great American Amber if you dry hop with some American hops. I did it with Citra... loved it

the amount of water needed depends solely on how you are mashing , if you sparge, and your equipment. For me, I do my 5 gallon batches BIAB and 10 gallon batches I do traditional 3V with batch sparge. If you setup your equipment correctly in beersmith2, then it should be close on the water...

if you have the starter made... use it. you won't be disappointed. otherwise I'd say use the WLP001 or US05

that's my tried and true award winning recipe in post 1

it's the sampling that'll kill your supply...

there are several in the recipe database... I can't vouch for them since I haven't brewed them.. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f73/

Hmmmm... it's been years since I brewed an extract. I would shoot for at least 30 minutes... ferment at 65F just like any other ale and you'll be fine.

put a light behind it

Yep...very happy with it.. although I tend to use US-05 now since it's cheaper. both are great clean yeasts... WLP004 is a good choice too...

you really don't need the roasted barley. the red color is there.. its REALLY there

hehe... ABV is around 6%

avp??

as it is right now... its a DARK red. unless you back light it, then the red shines through.

I've brewed it without honey several times... I only included the honey to boost the ABV a little and help dry it out a bit. it's so little that you really don't taste it. honey malt might give you a beer that is a little less dry. not a bad thing mind you. It'll be great either way.

I would cut the recipe in half or go buy a bigger kettle. at least 7.5 gallon if doing a 3V all grain setup or 10 gallon if doing BIAB. Aluminum is perfectly fine and cheap too.

I would sub ultra or willamette for crystal. As afar as the spelling of the malt. Both seem correct it just depends on who packaged it. It's the same either way :)

the honey was there to boost the ABV. honey malt will achieve the same thing.

wet paper or wet cardboard taste is oxidation. http://www.winning-homebrew.com/off-flavors.html

you can add it in, but if you did I would skip the honey. it's going to be plenty strong as it is :) I'd say brew it as is. enjoy the beer. while not an Irish Red it'll be closer to a pale ale and should be quite a nice beer.

by subbing both carraoma and melanoiden that took out the red from the beer. crystal 120 is a sub for carraoma not crystal 10. what you'll have is a very tasty beer by the time its done, but it won't be the same beer. now, here's how you need to do this BIAB (I do about 95% of mine as BIAB)...