Imperial Red Ale? All Grain

[DrSnake]

8# American 2 Row
1.5# Rye
.5# crystal 60
.5 # crystal 90
.5# carapils
3oz. honey malt
Cascade 3 oz.
Yeast: WLP007 or...WLP001
Temp: 64

Is than an Imperial Red Ale? Or just a red ale? Red ales always bug me out. First time brewing this. Thanks

 

[carton132]

What's the expected OG? Or at least the batch size?

 

[DrSnake]

It's 5.5 gallon. I'm thinking the OG will fall around 1.060.

 

[BryceL]

The jump to "Imperial" happens around 7.5% abv, so if you have an OG of 1.060 you are probably going to end up in the 6.2% range. Just a regular red ale. Bump up that OG if you want an imperial red.

 

[DrSnake]

Thanks BryceL exactly what I was thinking.