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    BlackCurrant Irish Red Grain/Extract Brew

    So I brewed this and at first I wasn't too impressed. It was tart even after 3 weeks in the bottle. But after being in the bottle 4 weeks this has been a pretty darn good beer. I have had lots of really good feedback. One thing though is that it didn't carbonate very well. It may be...
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    BlackCurrant Irish Red Grain/Extract Brew

    So I made this beer yesterday. My recipe was: 7.5 lbs pale malt liquid extract 8 oz Dextrin malt (steep) 5 oz Special B (steep) 4 oz Wheat malt (steep) 1 oz Roast Barley 500L (steep) 0.5 oz Cascade 8.9% at 60 min 1 oz Mt. Hood 6.1% at 5 min 1 tsp Irish moss at 10 min 1 pkg...
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    BlackCurrant Irish Red Grain/Extract Brew

    I haven't yet. I don't think I'll use it because if the preservatives. I found a bottle of liquor that is creme de cassis. And add it to the secondary. My other option is twinings black currant tea and brew it at the end of the boil when it's cooling to avoid the tannins. I will try your...
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    BlackCurrant Irish Red Grain/Extract Brew

    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...
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