Irish Red Ale Raging Red Irish Red Ale

[Mysticmead]

15 gallons already drank of this recipe, 5 still in a keg and have gallons 21-30 currently boiling away in the brew kettle. Everyone just loves this beer!!

that's what I love to hear.... keep brewing it!!

 

[Mysticmead]

Sparging 10 gallons of this right now.

awesome! I'm sure it'll be a favorite:rockin:

 

[cmor]

Yeah, I joined the all-grain club with this brew too. I had some friends over and we brewed on Sunday(getting them hooked on brewing). I'm hoping it'll be ready for a bbq in the beginning of August. I know, a little early but I have some brewing buddies that I think will love this recipe. I've only recently realized that I like certain red ales, if the hop flavor is on the lower end compared to the malts.

Cheers and thanks for the recipe.
I'll post how it turns out.

Steve

 

[Mysticmead]

Yeah, I joined the all-grain club with this brew too. I had some friends over and we brewed on Sunday(getting them hooked on brewing). I'm hoping it'll be ready for a bbq in the beginning of August. I know, a little early but I have some brewing buddies that I think will love this recipe. I've only recently realized that I like certain red ales, if the hop flavor is on the lower end compared to the malts.

Cheers and thanks for the recipe.
I'll post how it turns out.

Steve

Welcome to all grain brewing!
If to life lie hopped malty red ales, then you'll love this one

 

[mpride1911]

Yeah, I joined the all-grain club with this brew too. I had some friends over and we brewed on Sunday(getting them hooked on brewing). I'm hoping it'll be ready for a bbq in the beginning of August. I know, a little early but I have some brewing buddies that I think will love this recipe. I've only recently realized that I like certain red ales, if the hop flavor is on the lower end compared to the malts.

Cheers and thanks for the recipe.
I'll post how it turns out.

Steve

If you keg it, it should be ready. Bottling, may be cutting it close.

 

[Paquitin]

 

[Paquitin]

That is one outstanding beer.

 

[Mysticmead]

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that is one awesome looking pint!

 

[Paquitin]

that is one awesome looking pint!

Thanks for the recipe, I just got back from visiting friends in Florida and the Irish ale was one of the favorts. It will be a regular at the bar.

 

[2xbrewing]

I'm going to brew this tommorrow for the first time. I was thinking about adding a teaspoon of irish moss for clarity. Will this affect the taste or recipe negitively?

 

[Mysticmead]

I'm going to brew this tommorrow for the first time. I was thinking about adding a teaspoon of irish moss for clarity. Will this affect the taste or recipe negitively?

I normally use whirfloc.. irish moss won't hurt at all. have used it before as well as gelatin ... even if I somehow forget to add ANY of those, I always crash cool to drop it clear.

 

[PJM]

Brewed this yesterday. Hit all my numbers. Love the red color going into the fermenter. Can't wait to taste it in a few weeks.

 

[jjeremy]

My 5 gallons of this have been sitting on Medium toast Hungarian oak for over a month now. Beautifully clear and red, nice notes of vanilla. Time to bottle it so I think

 

[Mysticmead]

My 5 gallons of this have been sitting on Medium toast Hungarian oak for over a month now. Beautifully clear and red, nice notes of vanilla. Time to bottle it so I think

that sounds very tasty...

 

[Duffman870727]

Yeah, how much oak did you use? I'd really like to try that.

 

[2xbrewing]

I brewed a 5 gallon all grain batch of this and its fermenting now, thanks alot for the recipe. Problem, when i was sparging the water I threw in was alot higher than anticipated because of a broken thermometer. The water with grains while sparging was 180 in the mash cooler. Will this really mess up the beer? What will happen?
Thanks

 

[Mysticmead]

I brewed a 5 gallon all grain batch of this and its fermenting now, thanks alot for the recipe. Problem, when i was sparging the water I threw in was alot higher than anticipated because of a broken thermometer. The water with grains while sparging was 180 in the mash cooler. Will this really mess up the beer? What will happen?
Thanks

well... I hate to tell you this... but you'll end up with beer. bottle it up and send to me for proper disposal

 

[2xbrewing]

well... I hate to tell you this... but you'll end up with beer. bottle it up and send to me for proper disposal

The beer disposal in my house works pretty well but thanks for the offer.

 

[jjeremy]

Yeah, how much oak did you use? I'd really like to try that.

I ended up using an oak stick. Looked like this while sanitizing in Irish whiskey for 3 days.



I would use cubes but had to settle for what's available.

 

[pentiumone133]

Brewing my second batch of this on Saturday. First batch turned out great and its the first beer I'll have made twice.

 

[mpride1911]

Just transferred 5 gal to secondary to keg later and bottled the other 5, while pounding the 1/2 bottle left over. Not sure if I have a bottle from the first batch to compare it to though. I hope I do.

 

[Shenanigans]

I have an Orange wheat beer ready to be bottled in the next few days so that will keep me going until the end of the summer.

I would like to brew this Raging Red next; sounds like it will make a great autumn beer.:rockin:
I have all the grains from the original recipe except for the Carafoam which I will replace with Torrefied Wheat.

Somewhere in this thread it is recommend that the Pale Malt be substituted with Maris Otter because the beer wasn’t malty enough. It might have been because the brewer used Crystal 120 instead of Caraaroma. I will be using Caraaroma; would it still make sense to use the more expensive Maris Otter? I’d actually rather keep what I have for a lighter beer where its flavor would come through better.

I’ll also be using Hallertauer Mittelfrüh instead of the Crystal hops, should be OK.
Yeast will be US-05.

Would love to brew this this weekend but it is currently in the mid 90’s (35oC) here and my fermenting fridge is already occupied.

 

[Mysticmead]

I have an Orange wheat beer ready to be bottled in the next few days so that will keep me going until the end of the summer.

I would like to brew this Raging Red next; sounds like it will make a great autumn beer.:rockin:
I have all the grains from the original recipe except for the Carafoam which I will replace with Torrefied Wheat.

Somewhere in this thread it is recommend that the Pale Malt be substituted with Maris Otter because the beer wasn’t malty enough. It might have been because the brewer used Crystal 120 instead of Caraaroma. I will be using Caraaroma; would it still make sense to use the more expensive Maris Otter? I’d actually rather keep what I have for a lighter beer where its flavor would come through better.

I’ll also be using Hallertauer Mittelfrüh instead of the Crystal hops, should be OK.
Yeast will be US-05.

Would love to brew this this weekend but it is currently in the mid 90’s (35oC) here and my fermenting fridge is already occupied.

the caraaroma will make it malty so Marris Otter isn't needed. Hallertauer Mittelfrüh is a good clean hop and will do well in this beer. US-05 is a great clean fermenting dry yeast and is a perfect substitute for the whitelabs 001.

Please let me know how the beer turns out for you (although I can guess it'll be awesome)

 

[Shenanigans]

the caraaroma will make it malty so Marris Otter isn't needed. Hallertauer Mittelfrüh is a good clean hop and will do well in this beer. US-05 is a great clean fermenting dry yeast and is a perfect substitute for the whitelabs 001.

Please let me know how the beer turns out for you (although I can guess it'll be awesome)

Thanks for the reply and the great recipe.
I probably won't get a chance to brew until next month plus it will only my be second time using single step infusion so hopefully I hit the correct numbers.
I usually use the traditional german direct heat multi-step mash.
On my first attempt at infusion I overtrusted Beersmith and used about a gallon too much sparge water.
Didn't realise until afterwards I could have boiled off the excess water.

Anyway I should be able to report back sometime in September

 

[cmor]

I cracked open the first bottle of my attempt at this recipe Thursday night. Admittedly, a little more on the hoppy side than I usually prefer but still tasty.
Then yesterday happened. I took a cooler full of homebrew to a BBQ a friend throws annually. Holy cow! Quite the awesome daytime drink. And very well received by the people I offered it to. I call it a win.
This is definitely going on the regularly brewed list. Thanks for the recipe.

Steve

 

[Mysticmead]

I cracked open the first bottle of my attempt at this recipe Thursday night. Admittedly, a little more on the hoppy side than I usually prefer but still tasty.
Then yesterday happened. I took a cooler full of homebrew to a BBQ a friend throws annually. Holy cow! Quite the awesome daytime drink. And very well received by the people I offered it to. I call it a win.
This is definitely going on the regularly brewed list. Thanks for the recipe.

Steve

that's what I like to hear

if you want to lower the hops bitterness, swap the cascades out with something with lower AA%.. like crystal, hallertauer, saphir, saaz, or ultra. then adjust the time up or down to get the IBU's where you want them. this is where a god brewing software like beersmith2 comes in handy.

 

[robertmeyer]

I entered this in the 2011 Peach State Brew Off taking 1st place. Thhis has a DEEEEEP red color and is big on the malt flavor. Enjoy

Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 5.72 gal
Estimated OG: 1.059 SG
Estimated Color: 15.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 29.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item
8.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Caraaroma (130.0 SRM)
0.50 lb Carafoam (2.0 SRM)
0.50 lb Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM)
1.00 oz Crystal [3.50 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop)
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (30 min)
1.00 lb Honey (1.0 SRM) (add at flame out)
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001)

I plan on creating this recipe, I wanted to add the taste of brown sugar, do you know what is a great substitute for brown sugar in a grain form? I figured the honey and brown sugar would taste great together. Thanks!

 

[Mysticmead]

I plan on creating this recipe, I wanted to add the taste of brown sugar, do you know what is a great substitute for brown sugar in a grain form? I figured the honey and brown sugar would taste great together. Thanks!

the honey in this recipe is there for a boost in abv... you won't taste it. the flavor in brown sugar comes from molasses so that might be an option if you really wanted that flavor. either in addition to or substituting for the honey

 

[robertmeyer]

the honey in this recipe is there for a boost in abv... you won't taste it. the flavor in brown sugar comes from molasses so that might be an option if you really wanted that flavor. either in addition to or substituting for the honey

Thanks I appreciate the help! The reason why I wanted the brown sugar is because I made a PM batch of dangerbrew's "drunken lullaby" (Hopefully, I have the names right) recipe that used brown sugar, but I think I may keep your recipe as the original. I researched the grains that you used, and I think it may produce a similar taste to the PM batch that made.

On a side note: I want to say I look at you FB, and your beers look awesome, and I also plan on using this recipe in a BIAB method.

Again thanks for the advice!

 

[Mysticmead]

Thanks I appreciate the help! The reason why I wanted the brown sugar is because I made a PM batch of dangerbrew's "drunken lullaby" (Hopefully, I have the names right) recipe that used brown sugar, but I think I may keep your recipe as the original. I researched the grains that you used, and I think it may produce a similar taste to the PM batch that made.

On a side note: I want to say I look at you FB, and your beers look awesome, and I also plan on using this recipe in a BIAB method.

Again thanks for the advice!

thanks! the beers look good and taste even better. I'm going to go into over load brewing mode this weekend... 4 beers to get going for a camping trip in late sept. this will probably be one of them... gonna go from light to dark.... cream ale, IPA, red, stout.. add in a few gallons of mead and it'll be a good camping trip