Irish Red Ale Raging Red Irish Red Ale

[Ondori]

Just tapped this keg last night, and damn! So freaking delicious. I will definitely be making this again. Thank a lot for a killer recipe!

 

[Mysticmead]

Just tapped this keg last night, and damn! So freaking delicious. I will definitely be making this again. Thank a lot for a killer recipe!

glad you like it

 

[gnat]

Never Done an Irish Red, anything I need to watch for??

I will def use this recipe, thanks for sharing.
Will convince Fiancee that this is our next Brew!

 

[Mysticmead]

Never Done an Irish Red, anything I need to watch for??

I will def use this recipe, thanks for sharing.
Will convince Fiancee that this is our next Brew!

things to watch for...well.. I'd have to say making sure you never run out is something to watch out for

seriously though this is a straight forward beer.. no hidden things or steps.. just brew and enjoy

 

[gnat]

@MM...... Thanks, sounds easy. (we did an all grain Pumkin ale that i wasn't very impressed with originally, we had a few bottles left, i guessed they were aged around 15months, and now are awesome)
This coming wkend will be our 3rd brew wkend in a row, plus bottling a 'Honey Brown Ale'

So yep were trying to keep the brews a flowing!!
: )

 

[jjeremy]

Beautiful color, delicious head

 

[JUST_BREW_IT]

gonna brew this soon

 

[IPANut]

Please excuse my ignorance ... but you add the Honey Malt after the hops at 0 mins and then put into primary or filter the malt out with the hops?

 

[Mysticmead]

Please excuse my ignorance ... but you add the Honey Malt after the hops at 0 mins and then put into primary or filter the malt out with the hops?

no, I used HONEY.. not Honey malt. others have subbed honey malt for the Honey.. they mash it like normal.

 

[Dhinds10583]

I just used regular clover honey from Walmart at the end of the boil. It dissolves and then is part of he wort.

 

[Bad_Horse_Brews]

Please excuse my ignorance ... but you add the Honey Malt after the hops at 0 mins and then put into primary or filter the malt out with the hops?

Honey MALT is a type of grain, it imparts a sweeter flavor into the beer, OP used actual honey. The difference here is that a lot of the time the honey gets eaten up by the yeast as it is sugar and therefore ends up contributing more to ABV rather than really adding to flavor.

What has been posted as an alternative idea was using honey malt for the honey/sweeter flavor and then to keep with the boost in ABV adding brown sugar at about 5 minutes before flameout (or end of boil).

If you decide to use the honey MALT, just add it into your other grains. I did it with the honey malt and the result was awesome. In NO way saying adding the honey ISN'T a good choice, that was merely my personal mod to this recipe, which is an AMAZING one.

This beer didn't last more than a week once it was carbed.

 

[Mysticmead]

exactly.. the honey in my recipe is simply there as an easy boost to the ABV. if you want a little sweeter beer then please by all means use the honey malt. Both ways make a great beer (yep, I tried the honey malt too). Either way you will get a beer that is a deep red in color, with a roasty flavor that is balanced but malty.. like others have said, it won't last long.

 

[Bad_Horse_Brews]

Either way you will get a beer that is a deep red in color, with a roasty flavor that is balanced but malty.. like others have said, it won't last long.

The color is amazing. If you want to make a beer that will blow your non-beer making friends away from the moment you pour it, this thing has merit on looks alone....

 

[Dhinds10583]

My wife LOVES this beer. Had a couple of buddies over last night and they think this is the best one I've ever made. Making another 10 gallons this afternoon. It looks like its going to be one of the beers I keep on tap year round. Thanks again for this recipe.

 

[sybesbrew]

Making this recipe today!

 

[Mysticmead]

My wife LOVES this beer. Had a couple of buddies over last night and they think this is the best one I've ever made. Making another 10 gallons this afternoon. It looks like its going to be one of the beers I keep on tap year round. Thanks again for this recipe.

Happy wife happy life... keep it in the rotation

 

[Mysticmead]

Making this recipe today!

Awesome! Let me know what you think of it

 

[IPANut]

Thanks for the help! I'll give this one a whirl,

 

[JUST_BREW_IT]

How would White Labs Irish Ale WLP004 yeast work with this recipe?

 

[Mysticmead]

How would White Labs Irish Ale WLP004 yeast work with this recipe?

yep sure will.

 

[Duffman870727]

I used WLP004 the two times I brewed this. It turns out good, I don't know how to compare it to the other yeast but I think you won't be disappointed.

 

[traistbrew]

Brewing this today.....sounds like the nectar of gods. Ill let yall know how it turns out

 

[jjeremy]

Any thoughts on oak? I've thought of doing this recipe next time with some oak chips for about 2 weeks in secondary. I've made this beer 3 or 4 times now but haven't used oak ever.

 

[Mysticmead]

Any thoughts on oak? I've thought of doing this recipe next time with some oak chips for about 2 weeks in secondary. I've made this beer 3 or 4 times now but haven't used oak ever.

I thought about oaking it just to give it a shot, I just never got around to it. Was going to oak my oatmeal stout next time I make it, might oak this one at the same time.

If you do oak yours, please let me know how it turns out.

 

[SFGiantsFan925]

Brewing this today.

Not happy with how my grains were crushed at my LHBS. As I was dumping it into my mash (BIAB style), I noticed a lot of the Cara type malt was not really crushed well at all. Not sure what happened. The 2-Row was all cruhed very well. Oh well, still going to make beer. Probably lower efficiency, and we will see how the final turns out. Excited to try the final product!

 

[2xbrewing]

I am going to brew this ale in a 10 gallon batch. I was just going to double all the ingredients on the the 5 gallon recipe. Is this the right way to do it, its my first time brewing more than 5 gallons? I would be using 2 lbs of honey is this too much? Thanks guys

 

[Dhinds10583]

That's how I've done it twice and it turned out great!

 

[Mysticmead]

I am going to brew this ale in a 10 gallon batch. I was just going to double all the ingredients on the the 5 gallon recipe. Is this the right way to do it, its my first time brewing more than 5 gallons? I would be using 2 lbs of honey is this too much? Thanks guys

you can double it and it'll be fine. or if you enter the recipe into BeerSmith there's a scaling feature built in.

 

[SFGiantsFan925]

So I brewed this a few days ago. It smells great so far. I cant wait to try the first hydro sample. My only concern is that the clor is rather "brown" and not red. This of course is in the fermenter. Not sure if its from all the yeast or waht, but it doesnt have any red color at all. Ill see once I get a hydro sample but wasnt sure if this was normal.

 

[Mysticmead]

So I brewed this a few days ago. It smells great so far. I cant wait to try the first hydro sample. My only concern is that the clor is rather "brown" and not red. This of course is in the fermenter. Not sure if its from all the yeast or waht, but it doesnt have any red color at all. Ill see once I get a hydro sample but wasnt sure if this was normal.

completely normal. This is a very deep red. have a light behind it and you'll see the red..