critique my Red Ale Recipe

[ila970josh]

Just looking for a little input for a Red Ale, Something on the sweeter/maltier side and IBU's around 20
Ran this through Beersmith and Everything is within specs for the style, just wondering how the grains
would go together, I've done a couple extract Kits and I've got a Centennial Blonde almost ready to Bottle,
this will be my first All Grain Brew, Thanks for any assistance given

Style: Irish Red Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.87 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.59 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.13 gal
Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 15.6 SRM
Estimated IBU: 20.9 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 80.7 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5 lbs Pale Ale Malt 2-Row (Briess) (3.5 SRM) Grain 1 45.5 %
12.0 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 3 6.8 %
0.75 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 50.0 min Hop 7 12.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 15.0 Hop 9 8.1 IBUs
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.5 %
4.0 oz Roasted Barley (Briess) (300.0 SRM) Grain 6 2.3 %
4 lbs Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2 36.4 %
0.50 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 8 -
1.0 pkg Nottingham (Danstar #-) [23.66 ml] Yeast 10 -
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 5 4.5 %


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 11 lbs

 

[Catt22]

I would alter it like this:

8 lbs 2-row
4 oz Melanoidin Malt
6 oz Crystal 40
2 oz Crystal 120 or 150
2 oz Roasted Barley

E. K Goldings @ 60 min(enough to get you to low/mid 20's on the IBU's)

Mash at 150*F

Wyeast 1084 - Irish Ale Yeast

I dropped the Carapils malt, Muunich malt and the Willamette hops. Added the melanoidin malt. Cut back the crystal and roasted barley considerably.
I just brewed this recipe a couple of weeks ago and it's looking very promising so far. If you go with these changes, you will need to make adjustments according to your expected efficiency, but you knew that I am sure.

 

[ila970josh]

thanks for the input, anyone else have any advice?

 

[jonmohno]

I would go for it, it is your recipe.To me it looks pretty decent. I would mash around 151-2. or higher for sweeter maltier,Light body with crystal malts doesnt seem to make sense much, to me its color, i could be wrong but when i mash low with them i get nothing of much in flavor. Got any 04 yeast? Sweeter maltier to me seems medium bodied.wich would mean mash 152-155. You could probablly cut back on the carapils to significantly.

 

[ila970josh]

thanks, i was actually thinking of using s04 instead, here's an altered recipe.

Ingredients:
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Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 15.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 18.8 IBUs

6 lbs 4.0 oz Pale Ale Malt 2-Row (Briess) (3.5 SRM) Grain 1 56.8 %
3 lbs 4.0 oz Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2 29.5 %
1 lbs Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) (60.0 SRM) Grain 3 9.1 %
4.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.3 %
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.3 %
0.75 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 50.0 min Hop 6 12.8 IBUs
0.75 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 15.0 Hop 8 6.1 IBUs
0.50 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7 -
1.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast 9 -