Irish Red Ale Irish Red (1st place HBT comp)

[phoenixs4r]

I only got to age this a month before my pipeline went dry and throw the keg in the kegerator.... its great

 

[phoenixs4r]

Would there be a noticable difference between US 2 row and marris otter?

 

[nemis79]

Hi Saccharomyces,

I have a question concerning the secondary fermentation, do you transfer the brew from the primary fermentation bucket to a new bucket? Or let it sit 24 days in the same?

I used WLP004 - Irish Ale, do you think it will turn out good?

 

[mrcastellino]

Here is a pull from the keg after conditioning for ~1 month and a half. Its dropped crystal clear and has an incredible red hue. Even better its DELISH!!. Incredible malty nose, creamy mouth feel with great lacing. The hints of caramel and slight roastiness are evident while all being extremely quaffable. Kudos to the OP Sacchromyces for the recipe. While I wouldnt consider this a style i typically go to (im more hop-oriented)...i would definetly put this on the re-brew list which is saying a lot!!

 

[phoenixs4r]

Ya I gotta say this is one of the best beers I've brewed. Brewed a 5 gallon batch today using us 2 row. Hopefully its just as good

 

[mrcastellino]

You ll have to let us know how it compares...im sure it will be great but i wonder what the differences will be...

 

[Pdeezy]

Has anyone tried this using all Goldings? I don't have any fuggles, and need to use up this EKG i have laying around.

 

[phoenixs4r]

At 60 minutes I'd imagine the only thing you'd need to match would be AA, but incouod be wrong.

 

[Chefencore]

Mine turned out a bit darker than I expected.

 

[bmickey]

I can't wait to tap in to mine, I brewed it on 3/18. Right now it's still sitting in the primary (i don't rack to a secondary) but it will be the next one I keg as soon as I drain one!

 

[blip01]

This recipe turned out very well. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a good Irish red recipe.

 

[rico567]

Started my Spring brewing yesterday, and this one's in the bullpen now. I had to go through a couple of Irish reds before I found one I liked, and this is it.

 

[phoenixs4r]

Kegged the us 2row version of it on Sunday. Get 3 kegs to kill then on to that one.

 

[bob1852]

Has anyone tried this using all Goldings? I don't have any fuggles, and need to use up this EKG i have laying around.

I've made it with Willamette @ 60 and EKG @ 15, mainly because I don't care for Fuggles. It's a good switch up.

Brewed a 5 gallon batch today using us 2 row. Hopefully its just as good

You ll have to let us know how it compares...im sure it will be great but i wonder what the differences will be...

Kegged the us 2row version of it on Sunday. Get 3 kegs to kill then on to that one.

I've a batch on tap right now using 2-row. Let me know what you think about yours.

 

[Saccharomyces]

Glad everyone's enjoying this. I'm thinking about doing up a batch at 1.045 with lager yeast for summer quaffing. I want to do a lager, and this sounds a lot more appealing than something resembling "used" beer.

 

[rico567]

Yeah, I've only done one batch, but that's all it took to convince me it's a keeper. It's in the bullpen now....just brewed a 2B Cane & Ebel clone. As soon as I can free up a fermenter, in this one goes.....

 

[rico567]

This puppy is mashing in tomorrow morning about 0800. When I did the first batch, my brewing software only predicted 3.9% ABV, so I brewed (5 gal.) with another pound of 2-row and another pound of Vienna. Since I don't really taste any difference between liquid and dry yeast (belgian and hefe yeast excepted), I fermented with a packet of S-05. As someone mentioned earlier with theirs, mine was also a bit more on the brown side. No matter, this is a great beer.

 

[phoenixs4r]

Not on call finally! Got an keg of berry blonde and a keg if imperial porter to drink before I can load the road with us 2 row in the kegerator. I need a bigger kegerator, and more taps!

 

[rico567]

In my experience 1272 is a slow starter but once it gets going it is ferocious. Don't be surprised if it blows off.

H'm. I just experienced this with WY1332 (the NW Ale yeast) on a Two Brothers Cane & Ebel clone. Pitched Monday, had nice, steady airlock action Tuesday - Friday, foamed out and plugged up the airlock on Saturday, found it with the bucket lid domed up. I didn't know bucket lids could do that.

 

[Saccharomyces]

H'm. I just experienced this with WY1332 (the NW Ale yeast) on a Two Brothers Cane & Ebel clone. Pitched Monday, had nice, steady airlock action Tuesday - Friday, foamed out and plugged up the airlock on Saturday, found it with the bucket lid domed up. I didn't know bucket lids could do that.

At least you caught it in time. Most folks learn of their problem when NORAD calls them to inform them they are tracking their lid as a new piece of space junk.

 

[rico567]

At least you caught it in time. Most folks learn of their problem when NORAD calls them to inform them they are tracking their lid as a new piece of space junk.

There was a lot of pressure in that thing. When I yanked out the airlock, I got a big WHOOSH! as the CO2 escaped. I use US Plastics buckets, that have the segmented rim and a real neoprene 'O' ring inside the rim. Those lids actually seal, and they're not that easy to remove. Makes me wonder what would have given way if the pressure kept on building....

My first bucket was one of the generic "Ale Pail" type, and it doesn't really have a gas-tight seal at all, and pops off pretty easily. On June 3, '08 (a day I won't forget) I had an imperial stout in the basement that was just entering into the main phase of fermentation. That night, we got 7 inches of rain in about 3 hours, totally flooded the basement, and incidentally raised the temperatures down there considerably. I had been working getting all the stuff out of the basement, and was resting when I heard a BAM from the basement. Sure enough, lid had blown off the fermenter, beautiful brown foam everywhere. I cleaned and re-sanitized, put it back on, and had exactly the same experience about an hour later. So I just put the lid back on and put a Star San soaked sponge over the hole. That worked until it settled down. I bulk aged about 4 months and bottled as usual....and the beer was great. Always called it the "flood stout."

 

[phoenixs4r]

I've a batch on tap right now using 2-row. Let me know what you think about yours.

How's yours? We just tapped the keg using cheap US 2 row and the color is completely different then the original batch we did using the original recipe for marris otter (Plus making 5 gallons instead of 10). I wish I could blame it on the batch size difference but I don't think that's it.

The color is all wrong and the taste just isn't as refreshing. It's making me contemplate buying the expensive base grain instead of the $36/sack of 2 row I have been using! lol.

 

[bob1852]

How's yours? We just tapped the keg using cheap US 2 row and the color is completely different then the original batch we did using the original recipe for marris otter (Plus making 5 gallons instead of 10). I wish I could blame it on the batch size difference but I don't think that's it.

The color is all wrong and the taste just isn't as refreshing. It's making me contemplate buying the expensive base grain instead of the $36/sack of 2 row I have been using! lol.

I found it to be a completely different beer. Almost an under hopped American Amber. It lacked the pronounced malt forwardness and crisp dry finish so characteristic of Sacchromyces original recipe.

 

[Saccharomyces]

On Saturday I'm going to brew up a 10 gallon batch to split with a buddy. We're going to use Mexican Lager yeast.

RE the base grains, I have noticed a big difference between using Maris Otter and 2-row in my other darker beers (particularly my imperial stout). Unless I'm brewing a batch for someone else, I rarely use 2-row anymore; my go-to base grain for lighter beers is Great Western pale ale malt. This recipe might work OK with the pale ale malt but I like the slight nutty flavor that comes through from the Maris Otter.

 

[shelly_belly]

I love this beer and have made 4 5gal batches. The 4th batch I used WL833 German Bock Lager yeast. A nice smooth beer, however, the yeast seems to have accentuated the roasted barley far greater than the other malts. Next time I make a lager batch of this, I will reduce the roasted barley a little bit.

 

[Bugaboo]

I've made this beer per the recipe and also without the roasted barley.
i liked the original recipe the best, but the recipe without the roasted barley was a bigger hit with my friends. Next time i make it I'll probably compromise between the two and cut the roast in half. I've used S-05, nottingham and british ale II yeast and prefer the wyeast british ale II, though all were good.

 

[TacoBrew]

I'm doing a 10 gallon batch with BIAB and just started the boil. I don't have any goldings, so I'm just using Fuggles for both additions. Hit preboil gravity spot on, and it smells wonderful!

 

[RedFredTractor]

I brewed 10 gallons of this Monday. I split into 2 batches . I used s-05 for one and Nottingham for the other. Tuesday morning i woke up to the sound of vicious gurgling. I had to change the one quart blow off bottle with a five gallon bucket. Judging by the airspace in the carboy i figure i lost at least a half gallon. BTW it was the Notty batch. The S-05 was brisk but never out of control. I guess its time for me to get better/bigger fermenters. Btw thanks for the recipe. My basement smells great.

 

[RedFredTractor]

Drinking this tonight with friends. Only 2 weeks old and amazing. 6 days in primary 7 days in secondary 1day in tthe keg. Its clean and delicious. Thanks for the recipe S. I have never purchased a beer that tastes so good. Friends and family have all had Omg moments while staring at the glass. Amazingly Awesome.

 

[Saccharomyces]

Glad y'all are enjoying it.

... Yes I just said y'all. I've lived in Texas that long now.

The Mexican Lager yeast version totally kicks @$$.... it's definitely one of my favorite homebrews I've made so far out of 88 batches, and isn't going to last long!