Irish Red Ale Raging Red Irish Red Ale

[okcnyyfan]

What would be the best way to convert this to an extract brew?

 

[Mysticmead]

What would be the best way to convert this to an extract brew?

I would use Beersmith to convert it...with a few slight changes...

7 lbs Pale Liquid Extract
12.0 oz Caraaroma
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L
8.0 oz Carafoam / cara-pils
1 oz Crystal hops 4.3% 60 minutes
1 oz cascade hops 5.9% 30 minutes
1 whirflock 10 minutes
1lb honey flameout


that should get you fairly close.
you really should look at moving up to All Grain.. BIAB (Brew In A Bag) is an affordable option for All Grain brewing. Its easy to brew All Grain, its cheaper, and the beer in my opinion tastes better.

 

[jjeremy]

Brewed this today. LHBS didn't have caraaroma or carafoam so used cara-pils and dark crystal malt instead. Smell was awesome :rockin:. OG 1.06. Can't wait to drink.

Makes me appreciate my LHBS

 

[jjeremy]

I would use Beersmith to convert it...with a few slight changes...

7 lbs Pale Liquid Extract
12.0 oz Caraaroma
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L
8.0 oz Carafoam / cara-pils
1 oz Crystal hops 4.3% 60 minutes
1 oz cascade hops 5.9% 30 minutes
1 whirflock 10 minutes
1lb honey flameout

that should get you fairly close.
you really should look at moving up to All Grain.. BIAB (Brew In A Bag) is an affordable option for All Grain brewing. Its easy to brew All Grain, its cheaper, and the beer in my opinion tastes better.

I second this. BIAB all grain is easy and satisfying. Also, spent grain is a good way to make friends with chicken owners and get some free eggs.

 

[h0psnobery]

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[patchedboard]

So I was making another batch of this last night having made it last year and remembering its awesomeness...but half way through the boil I thought I forgot the honey and added it then, instead of at flameout...how do you think this will affect the outcome?

 

[HootHootHoot]

So I was making another batch of this last night having made it last year and remembering its awesomeness...but half way through the boil I thought I forgot the honey and added it then, instead of at flameout...how do you think this will affect the outcome?

You will lose the flavor that the honey adds to the beer. Basically, that is equivalent to pouring pure sugar into the wort

 

[pentiumone133]

Not sure if the typo is OP's or my LHBS's website but I couldn't find "Melanoiden" malt when searching their site. Googled it and found the spelling "Melanoidin" which they did have!

Everything in stock at the LHBS...Placed the order and I'll pick up tomorrow after work. Cant wait to brew, hopefully next weekend!

 

[Big_Blue]

So, I've made two batches of a slightly altered version of this.

The first I brewed on 10/4/12 and bottled on 10/25/12. Looked good, smelled good... tasted sketchy. It had a medicinal quality to it. I kicked up some trub when bottling, so I thought that might be why. I figured it would settle out. After cracking open most of the bottles throughout December, I found that some of the bottles were fine (tasted exceptional) and some were not (tasted like old Band-Aids). I'm not sure what the issue was. Bottles weren't all clean enough? I scrubbed the hell and sanitized them all the same. Excess sediment got dropped in random bottles? Possibly. I really did piss it off when bottling. Was it the honey? Maybe? I bought bulk and racked on top of it, rather than adding it at flame out. Maybe the quality of the honey wasn't as good as it was made out to be. Something, somewhere along the line wasn't as clean/sanitized as it could have been? Possibly, though I'm very meticulous and I figure that would have been 100% bad across the board, rather than 50/50-ish.

At any rate, I drank them all/gave them away, horrible taste or no.

I brewed a second batch almost as soon as my fermenter was empty, on 11/20/12. I had not really discovered that the original batch was funky as I was doing this, but when I had I kinda decided to just let it hide away in my closet. I didn't want to find out that it, too, was funky.

While the beer was being quarantined, I decided to upgrade to a kegerator (I could no longer see myself spending an entire day bottling every few weeks. I'm lazy and I drink quickly -- not a great combo).

I finished my build this past weekend and finally got the CO2 tank on Monday. The second batch went in the keg (the first ever) after seven weeks in the fermenter. I was particularly careful about not disturbing the ginormous cake at the bottom.

The sample (reading at an ideal 1.010) was, despite my trepidation, fantastic. It was also much, much clearer than the first run.

Currently, I'm burst carbing it and should have a glass drawn off tonight. If all goes well, I'll have a picture or two to follow (the original batch made me so sad I forgot the camera).

 

[Mysticmead]

glad you gave it a second shot. that bandaid taste is either a Brett infection or Chlorine.

 

[Big_Blue]

So odd. Really, only 50% of the bottles, so it was like a game of Russian Roulette.

 

[Big_Blue]

As promised, pics!

First pour, lil foamy.

Let there be LIGHT!

5 seconds later...

 

[Mysticmead]

Awesome looking beer!

 

[pentiumone133]

Brewed this today as my first all-grain batch. Switched up the hops a little bit, as my LHBS didnt have crystal. Ended up at about 1.065. Boiled off more than I thought I would, so ended up wit ha flat 5 gallons into the fermenter.

Thanks for the recipe. I'll see you in a month.

 

[Mysticmead]

congrats!! Let us know how it turns out for ya.

 

[Mofoa]

Thanks for posting up this recipe. I will be picking up my ingredients today from my LHBS in hopes of brewing this Sunday, and have already ordered the caraaroma from homebrew warehouse as recommended.

One question I have is since this recipe calls for dry yeast, no yeast starter is required, is this correct? If you were to use liquid yeast, which strain would you use, and how long would you let it ferment? Wanting to get some practice in for yeast starters as I've only made it once.

Thanks!

 

[Mysticmead]

Thanks for posting up this recipe. I will be picking up my ingredients today from my LHBS in hopes of brewing this Sunday, and have already ordered the caraaroma from homebrew warehouse as recommended.

One question I have is since this recipe calls for dry yeast, no yeast starter is required, is this correct? If you were to use liquid yeast, which strain would you use, and how long would you let it ferment? Wanting to get some practice in for yeast starters as I've only made it once.

Thanks!

the recipe calls for Whitelabs WLP001 California Ale yeast which is a liquid yeast. When I make a starter I make a 1.040 gravity wort using water and extract. I normally make 1 quart for ale and 2 quarts for lager. I use a stir plate and it's ready to pitch in 24 hours. without a stir plate I would let it go for 48-72 hours and then pitch the entire starter. If you wanted to skip the starter use US-05 dry yeast.


if you don't have a stir plate they're easy to make. I followed these directions https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-stirplate-cheap-easy-build-86252/

 

[Mofoa]

the recipe calls for Whitelabs WLP001 California Ale yeast which is a liquid yeast. When I make a starter I make a 1.040 gravity wort using water and extract. I normally make 1 quart for ale and 2 quarts for lager. I use a stir plate and it's ready to pitch in 24 hours. without a stir plate I would let it go for 48-72 hours and then pitch the entire starter. If you wanted to skip the starter use US-05 dry yeast.


if you don't have a stir plate they're easy to make. I followed these directions https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-stirplate-cheap-easy-build-86252/

Much obliged for the response. Also, thanks for including the link on building a stir plate. This will be very helpful. Now off to my LHBS.

 

[Hootmon]

I've brewed this recipe twice with a different recipe called Better Red Than Dead in between. While BRTD is very nice, my buddies and I all feel Raging Red is the better brew. It's definitely a regular on my brew list. Thanks for posting!

 

[Mofoa]

Just made the stir plate last night, again, thanks for posting the link Mysticmead--helped tremendously I hope to be brewing this early next week, just waiting on the Caraaroma to arrive...

Pics of stirplate:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-stirplate-cheap-easy-build-86252/index122.html#post4799295

 

[Duffman870727]

Bottled this on December 22nd 2012 after a 4 week primary. O.G was 1.07 and F.G is 1.02 giving me about 6.55% ABV and 71% attenuation with WL004 Irish Ale Yeast. It has a noticeable sweetness to it that I'd like to dry out just a touch next time around. Other than that it's very smooth, smells and tastes delicious. A definite brew again!

 

[fatboy34]

Thanks for the recipe! I brewed this weekend with us-05 & marris otter. Not sure my efficiency was great but eneded up at 1.056 OG, did BIAB starting w 8 gallons of water.
Also used my first ever harvest of my homegrown cascade hops, frozen and dried. Will see.
Thanks to all the posts.

 

[NewJersey]

ive been sitting ij my lhbs parking lot waiting for them to open.(shoulda been open 40 min ago... smh)
in that time ive decided i will also try the marris otter and us05. if the store ever opens that is. ugh

 

[NewJersey]

wth. they didnt open til it was too late for me!
i cannot wait til saturday to brew this , but im gonna have too.
i typically like APAs IPAs yet this beer seems really appealing to me and as others have mentioned i think i will make an IPA using this grain bill. IRIPA lol

 

[Mysticmead]

wth. they didnt open til it was too late for me!
i cannot wait til saturday to brew this , but im gonna have too.
i typically like APAs IPAs yet this beer seems really appealing to me and as others have mentioned i think i will make an IPA using this grain bill. IRIPA lol

that brew store needs to be smacked around for making you wait!

I've done this recipe with a more aggressive hopping and dry hopping to make it more like a red IPA.. turned out pretty good.

 

[Mofoa]

Finally brewed tonight...

OG just over 1.054 (first time batch sparging)...smells very nice and gravity reading tasted very promising!!

Thanks for sharing this recipe Mysticmead...I look forward to enjoying this a month or so from now as there is no doubt in my mind that this will be a very, very tasty crafted brew.





Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!!

 

[Mysticmead]

I know you'll love this beer as much as I do.

 

[fury556]

Finally got around to taking a pic, this stuff is great!!!

 

[Mysticmead]

Finally got around to taking a pic, this stuff is great!!!

awesome looking beer!!!

 

[NewJersey]

just finished making this too!
OG was only 1052
i went to the store and the only honey on the shelf was a 12oz container.
im guessing the missing 4oz of honey and a ****ty sparge are my troubles. next time!
the wort smelled good and the color looked deep red.
it is well aerated and i pitched the yeast with some "yeast energizer" powdered stuff my lhbs had sitting on the shelf.
GO YEAST, GO!!!