JakeSparrow
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So my Wheat IPA recipe is going to have to wait until next time. I'm trying to put together a recipe for a "mostly" Irish Red. It's a tribute beer to my late stepmother, who recently passed. I told y dad I would brew a beer in her honor and call it by her nickname "The Little Fighter". So which brings me here. I had the idea to do an Irish Red since her heritage is Irish, English and a bit of German, and of course she had red hair so it's fitting. So I will try to only use european ingredients, but since she was an american girl, I wanna throw in Cascades as that really strikes me as a classic American hop. Here's what I have so far. The only iffy one is the NZ hop addition, I wanted to add it because I've heard it has a wine like aroma and she loved wines. If I can't get that with this recipe, I can omit the hop addition completely, though I feel it could make an interesting combo. Anyways, before I ramble on too much further here's what I have, a very rough draft recipe, all critiques and advice is very welcome as this brew will be an important one. Thanks!
HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: Little Fighter Irish Red
Brew Method: BIAB
Style Name: Irish Red Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 10 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 13 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.042
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.054
Final Gravity: 1.015
ABV (standard): 5.09%
IBU (tinseth): 27.06
SRM (morey): 15.05
FERMENTABLES:
20 lb - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (89.9%)
0.25 lb - United Kingdom - Roasted Barley (1.1%)
2 lb - German - CaraMunich I (9%)
HOPS:
2 oz - Willamette, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 16.74
0.5 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 3.55
0.5 oz - Willamette, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 20 min, IBU: 2.79
0.5 oz - Nelson Sauvin, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.5, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 2.55
0.5 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 1.43
0.5 oz - Nelson Sauvin, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.5, Use: Boil for 0 min
1 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 0 min
2 oz - Nelson Sauvin, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.5, Use: Dry Hop for 3 days
4 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Dry Hop for 4 days
YEAST:
White Labs - Irish Ale Yeast WLP004
Starter: No
Form: Liquid
Attenuation (avg): 71.5%
Flocculation: Med-High
Optimum Temp: 65 - 68 F
Fermentation Temp: 65 F
Generated by Brewer's Friend - http://www.brewersfriend.com/
Date: 2014-07-21 22:28 UTC
Recipe Last Updated: 2014-07-21 22:27 UTC
*I have not given thought to mashing and whatnot I wil get to that soon
HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: Little Fighter Irish Red
Brew Method: BIAB
Style Name: Irish Red Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 10 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 13 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.042
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.054
Final Gravity: 1.015
ABV (standard): 5.09%
IBU (tinseth): 27.06
SRM (morey): 15.05
FERMENTABLES:
20 lb - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (89.9%)
0.25 lb - United Kingdom - Roasted Barley (1.1%)
2 lb - German - CaraMunich I (9%)
HOPS:
2 oz - Willamette, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 16.74
0.5 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 3.55
0.5 oz - Willamette, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 20 min, IBU: 2.79
0.5 oz - Nelson Sauvin, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.5, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 2.55
0.5 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 1.43
0.5 oz - Nelson Sauvin, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.5, Use: Boil for 0 min
1 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 0 min
2 oz - Nelson Sauvin, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.5, Use: Dry Hop for 3 days
4 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Dry Hop for 4 days
YEAST:
White Labs - Irish Ale Yeast WLP004
Starter: No
Form: Liquid
Attenuation (avg): 71.5%
Flocculation: Med-High
Optimum Temp: 65 - 68 F
Fermentation Temp: 65 F
Generated by Brewer's Friend - http://www.brewersfriend.com/
Date: 2014-07-21 22:28 UTC
Recipe Last Updated: 2014-07-21 22:27 UTC
*I have not given thought to mashing and whatnot I wil get to that soon