Irish red recipe critique

[Kris_]

9lbs - Maris Otter
5oz - English Roasted Barley
3oz - Crystal 90

East Kent Golding @60min ~20Ibus

Irish Ale yeast wlabs/wyeast

This is my first time making an Irish red and im trying not to go overboard with the roasted barley/crystal. Any tips are greatly appreciated.

Cheers!

 

[BoozeMedic]

Not to hijack your post, but to hijack your post, could you skip the roasted barley and trade a couple pounds of Maris Otter for some Red X? Should provide you with a lot of red color and biscuity goodness without any added roasted flavors. I'd keep the crystal for flavor, but maybe go with C60 in conjunction with the Red X

 

[Kris_]

Not to hijack your post, but to hijack your post, could you skip the roasted barley and trade a couple pounds of Maris Otter for some Red X? Should provide you with a lot of red color and biscuity goodness without any added roasted flavors. I'd keep the crystal for flavor, but maybe go with C60 in conjunction with the Red X

Hmm, interesting. Never thought about using red x. So say 6lbs Maris otter 3lbs red x and a bit lower on the crystal. Will the Red x give me the sort of flavor profile you’d expect from an Irish red?

 

[BrewingAroundtheRrealm]

There's nothing wrong with your recipe. That's not too far off from the recipe I use for Irish Red. I personally like the roasted barley character.

I have my recipe on my website if you want to take a look: https://brewingaroundtherealm.com/brewing-irish-inspired-red-rye-ale-tormunds-finest-ale/

 

[BoozeMedic]

There's nothing wrong with your recipe. That's not too far off from the recipe I use for Irish Red. I personally like the roasted barley character.

I have my recipe on my website if you want to take a look: https://brewingaroundtherealm.com/brewing-irish-inspired-red-rye-ale-tormunds-finest-ale/

I concur. This is a basic Irish red. I suggested Red X because I was assuming you wanted a lighter version of an Irish red.