Irish Red Ale Raging Red Irish Red Ale

[Mysticmead]

I also dont have white labs, what is the equivalent wyeast?

what ever their California ale (west coast ale) yeast is.

 

[iglehart]

Brewed this tonight, but substituted a few thing. I will post the modifications later on as I am very tired. Thanks MysticMead, it smelled and tasted great. Can't wait the 3 weeks or so to try the real thing.

 

[iglehart]

So here was my Irish red modified, not sure its really an Irish red, but its red and malty. Smelled great.

Recipe Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 3.00 gal
Boil Size: 3.75 gal
Real OG: 1.066 SG
Estimated Color: 29.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 35.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 67.92 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Yeast: US-05
Final Gravity: 1.016 Estimated, not done yet.
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 Estimated
FG ?

Ingredients:
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Amount Item
6.00 lb Munich II German (11 SRM)
1.00 lb Caraaroma (175.0 SRM)
0.50 lb Carafoam (2.0 SRM)
0.50 lb Melanoiden Malt (35.0 SRM)
0.50 oz Kent Goldings [7.20 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop)
0.50 oz Kent Goldings [7.20 %] (20 min)
1 Safale US-05

Mash
9 Quarts water 8 Lbs of grain
10 min @ 152
Add 2.25 Quarts water
80 min @ 158, dropped to 152 in 80 minutes.

Sparge
2 Gallons @ 175

Boil 60 minutes
0.50 Kent at 60 min
0.50 Kent at 20 min
1 tsp Irish Moss at 15 min

Cooled with immersion chiller
10 minutes from 212 to 112
30 minutes from 212 to 82

Pitched Safale 11.5 US-05

Fermentation Temp of freezer is 57-63 with controller.
Planning on 14-21 days, then kegging.

 

[Nagorg]

Will be brewing a 10 gallon batch of this on Saturday. It was delicious and even a hit with SWMBO! Easy drinking but ABV high enough that you have to watch out... It will slip up on you!

 

[TitanBrews]

Beep

 

[IMCF]

what ever their California ale (west coast ale) yeast is.

Wyeast 1056 American Ale Yeast

 

[zamo27]

I have this in primary for a week now and the bubbles have slowed down considerably shall I rack off into secondary or leave it two weeks in the primary then rack off into secondary?



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[IMCF]

Put it into secondary after bubbling has stopped. Wouldn't wait 2 weeks on it, at most 10 days but preferably 7.

 

[Mysticmead]

I have this in primary for a week now and the bubbles have slowed down considerably shall I rack off into secondary or leave it two weeks in the primary then rack off into secondary?



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personally, I leave it 4 weeks in primary and keg it.

 

[zamo27]

Thank you for your replay
I plan on botteling this so will I still leave it 4 weeks and so secondary?


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[IMCF]

Ultimately it will depend on the yeast strain you used. Some strains will add some undesired flavors when in the primary for extended periods of time. To this end I find its usua''y a good idea to rack to secondary when fermentation slows and let what sugars remain be fermented there. Once yeasts have low sugar levels present all cellular metabolism will change and favor growth in conditions left in the bucket so transferring to a new vessel will, IMOP, limit new growth and keep off flavors to a minimum. Totally possible that your brew will last 4 weeks in primary and still taste awesome to you however.

 

[Doed]

I have this in primary for a week now and the bubbles have slowed down considerably shall I rack off into secondary or leave it two weeks in the primary then rack off into secondary?

Just remember that visible bubbles don't indicate that fermentation has begun or stopped. You need to take a gravity reading to make sure. I have left beer on the yeast in primary for over a month with no issues, lots of brewers do this.

 

[Mysticmead]

Thank you for your replay
I plan on botteling this so will I still leave it 4 weeks and so secondary?


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4 weeks then bottle

 

[Toilet Rocker]

I brewed this on Satuday following Mystic's recipe, but omitted the honey. Hit a SG of 1.057, which was higher than expected. The color is a gorgeous red. Crushing the melanoidin and caraaroma was a real treat. Both smell incredible. It's chugging along now and I can't wait to get this kegged. Thanks for posting the recipe. I'll share photos/tasting notes when I crack the tap open in a few weeks.

 

[zamo27]

It's absolutely fantastic mate.. I had it in the pub and lads preferred it over smythwicks
Well done mystic this is an awesome recipe
I'll be keeping an eye to recipe postings by you😀


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[DAJDive]

I just brewed this four weeks ago and will be bottling it this week. Smells great in the fermentor. I wasn't paying attention and added an extra 1/4 lb of honey to the boil so my OG hit 1.062.

 

[Mysticmead]

I brewed this on Satuday following Mystic's recipe, but omitted the honey. Hit a SG of 1.057, which was higher than expected. The color is a gorgeous red. Crushing the melanoidin and caraaroma was a real treat. Both smell incredible. It's chugging along now and I can't wait to get this kegged. Thanks for posting the recipe. I'll share photos/tasting notes when I crack the tap open in a few weeks.

you're gonna love this even more once you get it carbed and ready to serve. make sure you take some pics to post. we all love beer porn!

 

[Mysticmead]

It's absolutely fantastic mate.. I had it in the pub and lads preferred it over smythwicks
Well done mystic this is an awesome recipe
I'll be keeping an eye to recipe postings by you😀


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now THAT is what I love to hear. glad you like the recipe. if you like stouts check out my Dwarven Warrior Oatmeal Stout.

 

[Mysticmead]

I just brewed this four weeks ago and will be bottling it this week. Smells great in the fermentor. I wasn't paying attention and added an extra 1/4 lb of honey to the boil so my OG hit 1.062.

a little extra honey means a little extra to the ABV... nothing wrong with that

 

[Toilet Rocker]

I took a gravity reading yesterday, 15 days after brewing; it's dropped from 1.057 to 1.010. The color is gorgeous and the taste is nice and malty, with solid bready/biscuity flavors. I can't wait to keg and tap this bad boy. Have you ever packaged it in under a month? Thanks again, Mystic.

 

[Mysticmead]

I took a gravity reading yesterday, 15 days after brewing; it's dropped from 1.057 to 1.010. The color is gorgeous and the taste is nice and malty, with solid bready/biscuity flavors. I can't wait to keg and tap this bad boy. Have you ever packaged it in under a month? Thanks again, Mystic.

since you keg... crash cool it and keg it. you can even use gelatin right before crash cooling to get it as clear as possible. or if you're like me, just crash cool and keg. a little extra yeast is good for ya

 

[Gameface]

I took a gravity reading yesterday, 15 days after brewing; it's dropped from 1.057 to 1.010. The color is gorgeous and the taste is nice and malty, with solid bready/biscuity flavors. I can't wait to keg and tap this bad boy. Have you ever packaged it in under a month? Thanks again, Mystic.

I always package in under a month.

 

[userzero]

Dear diary

All my life I have been content to drink one or two Budweiser a day, and never really felt like I wanted to drink more. When I drank more beers, it was because I was in a social occasion. From time to time I also drank some micro and found it nice. Then after making a few batches of cider, I decided to brew beer, just for fun. For my first homebrew, I chose this recipe, but decided to omit the honey because it was only a test.

This is so good it's frightening. I'm not kidding. After drinking one 500 ml beer, I crave having another one so bad that it feels wrong. What am I going to do?

Sincerely : Confused in Canada

 

[Mysticmead]

Dear diary

All my life I have been content to drink one or two Budweiser a day, and never really felt like I wanted to drink more. When I drank more beers, it was because I was in a social occasion. From time to time I also drank some micro and found it nice. Then after making a few batches of cider, I decided to brew beer, just for fun. For my first homebrew, I chose this recipe, but decided to omit the honey because it was only a test.

This is so good it's frightening. I'm not kidding. After drinking one 500 ml beer, I crave having another one so bad that it feels wrong. What am I going to do?

Sincerely : Confused in Canada

Dear Confused:


Relax.. Don't Worry..Have Another Homebrew!

 

[Toilet Rocker]

since you keg... crash cool it and keg it. you can even use gelatin right before crash cooling to get it as clear as possible. or if you're like me, just crash cool and keg. a little extra yeast is good for ya

That's exactly what I wanted to hear. I know this one's going to kick fast. I should brew another batch on that cake.

 

[brewswellwithothers]

So I brewed this up on Saturday the 4th. Probably one of the best brew days I've had in a while, weather was perfect, brewday went exactly as planned, I hit all my numbers dead on and even got to enjoy a good cigar while doing it. My recipe was pretty much exactly as the OP's with the exceptions of only having half the melanoiden - subbed other half honey malt; and I used Magnum for bittering and split the late addition half/half with cascade and willamette. I also added a pound of Breiss Smoked Malt and upped the 2-row to increase the ABV just a bit. My goal was to have a slightly smokey irish red ale that would go great with some BBQ. I used the same cali ale yeast and near the end of fermentation upped the temp from 70 to 72 for a few days, and swirled the fermentor a bit as my original FG was 1.015 a bit high from my goal. I just checked today after 3 days at 72 and the yeast brought it down to 1.010, thats 84% attenuation from 1.064 starting point!!

It's not carbed up yet, but it's mighty tasty. Getting ready to cold crash and clear up with some gelatin then I'll keg it up. Pretty excited that this might be ready for halloween.

Thanks to OP for a great recipe.

 

[madcore]

9months old clear as day and so good


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[Mysticmead]

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9months old clear as day and so good


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looks great! glad ya like it!

 

[Hootmon]

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9months old clear as day and so good


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[MollyHatchet]

Mine is five months old, it keeps getting better with age. It is a very nicely balanced beer, defiantly a keeper recipe, thank Mystic!!


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