Irish Red Ale Raging Red Irish Red Ale

[pursuit0fhoppiness]

Hey all, just brewed a half batch edition of this but followed the original recipe to a T. Only got an OG of 1.047 but likely because I ended up with 3 gallons in my fermenter when my calculations, water, grain bill etc were for 2.5 gal but I'm not a big numbers guy, as long as it tastes and looks good. It's a bit brownish red now even behind light but hopefully it reddens up a bit while fermenting. I hope mine turns out as well as all of yours!! Cheers MysticMead, might try your oatmeal stout soon

 

[DustyBrew]

Beautiful!! Love the Red's. Let us know how it turns out.
Cheers!

 

[guillaume]

I'll brew with this adjustment for 20lts:

Pilsen malt 5kg
Caramel 120° 0.45 Kg
Viena 0.250 Kg
Caramel 10° 0.250Kg
Honey 0.450gr

Expected Pre Boil: 1055
After Boil: 1063
FG: 1016

Tell me what you guys think about this "mod", maybe I can adjust it better-

Exactly what I would do, but if you have access to a basic 2 row or marris otter it would be the best.

 

[dttk0009]

Here she is after 5 weeks grain to glass:

I snuck a pint last week already, but the flavor really developed dramatically in the last week. Slight off-flavors are gone and it's just a really nice, malty beer. Turned out a bit redder than I'd hoped for, but I accidentally added too much melanoidin malt, so that's on me. Can't really make out any of the added honey, but I'm sure it plays a part.

Used an experimental yeast for this as well (Xymoferm) and it turned out bloody fantastic. Gonna let this sit for another 2 weeks and then deem it good to go. I'll probably tweak it a bit next time to get it a bit lighter, but great recipe overall.

 

[pursuit0fhoppiness]

10 days into fermentation and it's looking BEAUTIFUL! Numbers were a bit different than OP, OG 1.047, SG now and probably FG is 1.006 rather than 1.059 and 1.010 but not too concerned about that. Sample is chilling in fridge for a taste test. Bottling in a few days!

 

[Jay-Brew]

Any reason to ferment much more than two weeks on this? More a question on the style as I haven't brewed anything similar to this point. Am at day 15 and thinking of kegging in the next day or two.

 

[heckofagator]

is your SG stable and at the predicted level?

 

[Jay-Brew]

is your SG stable and at the predicted level?

It's more of a question of does this style of beer benefit from sitting in my fermenter any longer. I'm not going to have an IPA sitting much longer than a couple of weeks, as an example, but am wondering if given the style of this beer does it benefit from more time in fermentor. I am guessing not and perhaps it will just develop a bit in the keg. I'll be checking gravity regardless.

 

[SoCal-Doug]

Any reason to ferment much more than two weeks on this? More a question on the style as I haven't brewed anything similar to this point. Am at day 15 and thinking of kegging in the next day or two.

Check your FG and any other signs of it not being finished. If everyone at the yeast party has gone home, keg it and enjoy it. Typically with reds, I'll cold crash it and clear it with gelatin.

 

[Jay-Brew]

Check your FG and any other signs of it not being finished. If everyone at the yeast party has gone home, keg it and enjoy it. Typically with reds, I'll cold crash it and clear it with gelatin.

Thanks! First red and have thought of cold crashing possibly.

 

[hellomynameisryan]

I made this one a few months ago. It was unbelievably good and just keeps getting better as it sits in the bottles.
Maybe the best recipe I've made yet?
Thanks a lot!

 

[pursuit0fhoppiness]

Had this in bottles for about 3 weeks now (so been drinking for a week after 2 weeks of bottle carbing), anyone find some pours are a real nice red and some are more brownish? Tastes great though, smooth malty taste, a tad sweet. Might be my first comp entry.

 

[SoCal-Doug]

I've been watching this thread for a while and had to brew a batch, I love Irish Red's. My only changes were MO for the base malt, drop the honey and use WY1084. After a little adjusting for my system's typical numbers (but keeping the grain ratios the same) I came up with 1.058 OG, 20 IBU, 18 SRM, and 5.7 ABV (I wanted something a bit lighter on the alcohol). Mashed at 153.

Came pretty close to the targets... Mash pH was 5.3, final running's were at 1.011, and an OG of 1.056. It looked and smelled freaking fantastic. Can't wait to get it into the keg.

Lesson learned: A non-brewer-coors-light-drinking neighbor hung out for the brew day. He's hooked on this brewing stuff now. The problem was he really liked my 7.2% Saison... Maybe too much I think he made it home ok. He only had to wobble 4 houses down.

 

[pockets121]

4th batch going into fermenter today. Can favorite, personal favorite. Great brew ! Thx for sharing !

 

[pursuit0fhoppiness]

My first batch appears kind of dark brown when not under light, really need some light behind it to show up a nice deep red. Anyone tweak the recipe a little to make it lighter/more easily visible as red?

 

[dttk0009]

My first batch appears kind of dark brown when not under light, really need some light behind it to show up a nice deep red. Anyone tweak the recipe a little to make it lighter/more easily visible as red?

I got the same thing going, but to be honest, it's really nice. It's a deep, deep red that when illumanted looks absolutely gorgeous.

I'm having a pint right now:

 

[SoCal-Doug]

My batch definitely looks red (flashlight through the carboy) but it's creating a lot of brewer impatience Should be ready to cold crash in the next few days, pics and taste report soon!

 

[SoCal-Doug]

And there it is at kegging. Color is good, smell is wonderful, taste is good albeit flat at the moment. Cleared extremely well. A few points lower attenuation than I had expected, but nothing that bothers me.

EDIT: A few days later... Synopsis and review: FREAKIN YUMMY!!! Kudo's, high fives and thanks to the OP for posting, albeit slightly morphed, it's a fantastic recipe.

 

[Biscuits]

Brewed this yesterday...had to sub victory for melanoiden...hoping it turns out as good as the original

 

[Biscuits]

Just sent this recipe to the keg on Saturday. Only alteration to the original recipe was the sub of Vienna for Melanoiden Malt

 

[501irishred]

I made my first batch 3 years ago, and is still undoubtedly the house favorite. I sent out a "brew request" to my family for the upcoming holidays....... It was unanimous. Will be transferring the "Raging Red" to kegs tonight.

 

[Biscuits]

So, been in the keg for about a week now. Not sure if the honey had an effect on it, but I think next time I might add some flaked barley to give it better head/head retention, I get almost none...and it isn't cleanliness of my beer glasses....

 

[pursuit0fhoppiness]

I too had very little head retention in my rendition. I also undercarbed it a bit too though

 

[SoCal-Doug]

@Biscuits, swapping Vienna for the Melanoiden most likely caused that. What mash schedule/temp did you use?

I've done two batches so far and they have turned out excellent.

 

[Biscuits]

@Biscuits, swapping Vienna for the Melanoiden most likely caused that. What mash schedule/temp did you use?

I've done two batches so far and they have turned out excellent.

Does Vienna kill head? I didn't know that.

 

[SoCal-Doug]

No, Vienna doesn't "kill it". Melanoiden increases it. Even more than carapils. The sugar is going to thin it out some and if you mashed low (152 or less), you thin it out even more. Just throwing out some possible causes, or a combination of multiple causes.

 

[chrisn812]

Too cold to brew my normal 10G batch outside. Doing it on the stove today BIAB. First BIAB i've done in a few years. Excited to brew something as my stocks have been depleted. I'll post some followups on my brew day and experience. Thanks for the recipe MysticMead!

 

[jctb2]

Brewed a batch on Tuesday, it's bubbling away happily. Aroma and color are great.

 

[DonGavlar]

Brewed this today and went great. Hit all the numbers pretty much dead on. Had to alter the recipe to bring down the SRM very slightly. Also used MO for the 2 row and subbed crystal for fuggles.

Going into the fermenter a beautiful deep red and nice and clear. The Sample tasted amazing too. Really looking forward to seeing how this turns out. Will update with the finished product.

 

[frankrhps]

Brewed this Christmas eve and kegged last week. BIAB using a Newave. Nailed the OG and FG. Didn't turn out as red as I expected but the flavor is awesome! One of my best yet, thank you!