Irish Red Recipe

[Happywanderer]

Brewed an extract with speciality grains version of this that turned out good. Anything you would change?

Here's an AG version:
5.5 Gallon Batch, assuming 70% efficiency.

10lbs Marris Otter Crisp (3.75L)
4oz UK Roasted (550L)
4oz Simpsons Golden Naked Oats (10L)
10oz UK Cara malt (17.5L)
1lb Honey (Goes in after wort has chilled to about 120-130*)

.5oz East Kent Goldings at 60
1oz Fuggles at 30

1tsp Irish Moss at 15

Mash for 60 mins at 154 at 1.8qt/lb = 5gals
Single batch sparge 3.6 gals (stir 5mins and rest for 15mins then drain)

Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale. 2-stage 2L starter (.5L gets harvested).

Preboil Volume: ~7gals
Boil time: 60mins
Preboil gravity: 1.048
OG: 1.061
FG: 1.016
ABV: 5.8%
IBU: 21
SRM: 17

RO water built as follows (going for a malty profile):
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO
64.5 9.1 12.1 107.5 70.2 0.000

Should yield mash pH of about 5.5

Ferment in primary at 68 degrees for ~21 days then bottle.

I'll be brewing in about 2 weeks. So I've got time to tweak. Would you mash lower? Ferment higher? I'm wanting a nice malty flavor with just enough hops.

 

[JLP]

How did your brew day go?

 

[Happywanderer]

Brew day went fairly well. Turned out brown... too much Roast (add 6oz instead of 4oz).

Basically came down to the LHBS not having a few things I needed (No golden naked oats, no cara malt. I added Cara Honey and Cara Foam).

SO I made a honey brown ale instead of the Irish Red.

Final verdict? I'll find out in about 2 weeks. It is bottle conditioning now.

Hit OK efficiency of about 72% Kettle/68% brew house. Should have probably mashed a few more minutes. I don't do the iodine test but according to calculations I only converted about 85%. Ah well.

Taste overall isn't bad. But it isn't the red I was aiming for. I'm going to rebrew again with ALL the correct ingredients. I want that RED red.

 

[C-Rider]

I'm planning on using the same base of Maris Otter. I checked online to be sure my LHBS has the grain I plan to use. Mine is a lot more complicated than yours. LOL

I've done it before w/2 row instead of the Maris Otter and I've added this time some Melanoiden Malt for better redness.

This is a 2 gallon batch and I hope to get 3 six packs when done.

3 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 90.3 %
2.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 2 3.2 %
1.5 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 3 2.5 %
1.5 oz Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.5 %
1.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 5 1.5 %
0.50 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 22.5 IBUs
0.07 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 7 -
2.00 oz Malto-Dextrine (Boil 5.0 mins) Other 8 -
0.20 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
0.5 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) [10.00 ml] Yeast 10 -