Partial mash irish red recipee feed back

[silverbowarcher]

Going to do an irish red, (a style I have never brewed, or even tasted before.) How do you think this will turn out?)

2.25 # vienna malt
2 # Munich Malt
1 # Caramunich malt
1/4 # aromatic malt
1/8 # roasted barley

Above grains mashed at 153 for 1 hr, fly sparged.

Add:
3.3 # muntons light malt ext.
1 # breiss golden light d.m.e.

3/4 oz. (9.1 %) northern brewer leaf (60 min)
1/2 oz 5.7 goldings leaf (30 min)
1/2 oz. 5.7 goldings leaf (15 min)

4 gal boil, for 60 min.

will add 2.25 gal water after cooling for 5.5 gal into primary
Pitch with 1084 irish ale yeast (1 liter Starter)

with the efficiancy Ive been getting, I expect a OG of 1052-1054.
Also, I am hoping to hit the darker end of the syle

Thanks for any input!!

 

[SkiNuke]

I am still working on getting a good recipe for an Irish Red (Second attempt will be drinkable in a few days, and hopefully the color will be right this time), but I have been doing a lot of reading on Irish Red Ales and from what I have found you don't want too much crystal (.75lbs would be the max I would add). There should be a caramel flavor, but it should not be overpowering. If you reduce the crystal, add a bit more roasted barley to compensate for color.

Also, I would remove the 15 minute hop addition, there shouldn't be any hop flavor in an Irish Red.

 

[silverbowarcher]

Thanks skinuke,

Going to try this with the grain bill as is, because the grains have already been crushed, but moved the 15 min hop addition to 45 min.