Irish Red Ale Raging Red Irish Red Ale

[pigroaster]

Okay ... I have lots of honey malt but I thought 4 oz would give a hint in the background. I will need the snow to get lost first. Perhaps in two weeks I can start year 51 brewing. Igloo living is tough you know! More as known.

 

[Just_another_drunkard_666]

not as red as i would have likes but tastes great

 

[pigroaster]

Okay ... I have lots of honey malt but I thought 4 oz would give a hint in the background. I will need the snow to get lost first. Perhaps in two weeks I can start year 51 brewing. Igloo living is tough you know! More as known.

March 31st. Did 11 gallons today. Hit more than my numbers! I will report back after I keg and taste it. 4 oz of Honey malt x 2 for two batches of 5.5 gallons

 

[4_Sons_Brewing]

Update on my brew of this - I have a friend that is a copes light drinker - I can occasionally get him to try a holiday ale that I’ve brewed or something like that. He tried this red and loves it. We kicked the first 5 gallon keg over The Weekend and started on the next one. I’m going to have to sleep this one as a regular.

 

[burntchef]

So call me a cheap ass, but the cost of honey in my local is stupid. I just pitched another 11 gallon batch and did blue agave instead of the honey. Had a noticeable flavor in the hydro sample. 2 weeks and yeast activity will tell the tale.
This batch puts me at 33 gallons of red for the year.
Eric

 

[pigroaster]

Should we call you Eric the Red?

 

[pigroaster]

I served this last night to a crowd. Several said it was the best beer they had ever tasted. You can taste the honey malt in this recipe. I do not know how the original recipe without 4 oz of honey malt per five gallons tastes. It was a hit.

 

[hout17]

I served this last night to a crowd. Several said it was the best beer they had ever tasted. You can taste the honey malt in this recipe. I do not know how the original recipe without 4 oz of honey malt per five gallons tastes. It was a hit.

Is it just a subtle honey flavor it imparts or is it more pronounced? I'm interested in trying some possibly as it sounds good

Love this recipe.

 

[Oleson M.D.]

Figured I should post a picture of my Raging Irish Red beer I'm drinking right now. It came out as good as the first batch.

I initially thought I missed my OG on the batch by about 5 points but just found out after checking my latest brew with regular hydrometer (to confirm tilt readings) that my tilt was about 5-6 points low so I most likely actually hit my OG on the nose or a point above.


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That is what I call a good looking beer!

 

[pigroaster]

Is it just a subtle honey flavor it imparts or is it more pronounced? I'm interested in trying some possibly as it sounds good

Love this recipe.

I think it is pronounced because I know that honey and honey malt are present even though the honey converted to alcohol. My neighbour thinks that it is a subtle addition. I think we have our own "biases". I wish I had an original to compare it to. Since I live in Canada it would be tricky to send any your way for your opinion. If you have a secure method of transit I am more than happy to send a sampler down.

 

[hout17]

I think it is pronounced because I know that honey and honey malt are present even though the honey converted to alcohol. My neighbour thinks that it is a subtle addition. I think we have our own "biases". I wish I had an original to compare it to. Since I live in Canada it would be tricky to send any your way for your opinion. If you have a secure method of transit I am more than happy to send a sampler down.

Thanks! I'll probably give it a shot next batch and see; I think a subtle honey flavor would be good with this recipe.

 

[burntchef]

Should we call you Eric the Red?

I'll answer to that, and drink as well! lol
Eric

 

[pigroaster]

I'll answer to that, and drink as well! lol
Eric

Sorry to pull your leg. I remember studying about "Eric the Red" who was an explorer when I was in grade three (one room school house) before you were born. This is my 51st year brewing!

 

[burntchef]

So I did some research on the blue agave. As found on here. The batch finished really high at 8%. It had a strange flavor at kegging, still aging so the jury is still out. I went back for more agave and bj's was out so I pitched a honey batch onto the agave yeast cake and let it ride. Still a week or so to go before tasting.
Eric

 

[pigroaster]

Keep us in the loop please!

 

[burntchef]

So two weeks in the keg and the verdict is in. The blue agave did nothing for the flavor. The taste profile is the same, amazing as the original written. What did happen is that it is not session beer at 8%. This batch is going to last a while. 2 pints and done. lol
Eric

 

[pigroaster]

So two weeks in the keg and the verdict is in. The blue agave did nothing for the flavor. The taste profile is the same, amazing as the original written. What did happen is that it is not session beer at 8%. This batch is going to last a while. 2 pints and done. lol
Eric

Thanks so much for updating your brewing experiment. We do not see agave in this part of Canada so I perked up when I saw you do this take on enhancing it!
It sure has been popular here and will go into at least two or three more kegs this year. Since late March i am on keg 20 for the year so far. Three kegs were Christmas Imperial Stouts: The bourbon stout came across real nice and the flapjack stout is great so far. It has a lot going on with cocoa powder, cocoa nibs, vanilla beans, coffee beans and maple syrup in it! I waxed the tops after wrapping string under the crown caps with a pull string showing to peal off the wax. Sort of classy for special hand outs. Sorry to add so much to a killer thread. My hat goes off to the starter of this thread!

 

[cmac62]

So two weeks in the keg and the verdict is in. The blue agave did nothing for the flavor. The taste profile is the same, amazing as the original written. What did happen is that it is not session beer at 8%. This batch is going to last a while. 2 pints and done. lol
Eric

Yeah, I would have been surprised if you noticed any difference. There is so much flavor in the grain bill the little bit of agave would struggle to come through. Also not surprised it is high abv, agave will ferment to 0.0 or below. Good stuff.

 

[burntchef]

So my whole foray into agave started because of stupid high cost of honey. So anyone following these tracks, agave is a good substitute for the honey in the as written recipe, but be aware high ABV may occur. lol
Eric

 

[BongoYodeler]

So my whole foray into agave started because of stupid high cost of honey. So anyone following these tracks, agave is a good substitute for the honey in the as written recipe, but be aware high ABV may occur. lol
Eric

Cool. Maybe cut back on the agave a bit then?

 

[Shenanigans]

So my whole foray into agave started because of stupid high cost of honey. So anyone following these tracks, agave is a good substitute for the honey in the as written recipe, but be aware high ABV may occur. lol
Eric

Using table sugar would reduce the costs even more and you probably wont even taste the difference.

 

[cmac62]

Using table sugar would reduce the costs even more and you probably wont even taste the difference.

Or you could invert it pretty easily. If you darken the invert some of the flavor will also get into the beer. Most added sugar is basically to thin the body, or add abv.

 

[pctansill]

Can’t find carafoam - what is a good substitute?

 

[Shenanigans]

Can’t find carafoam - what is a good substitute?

Carapils or Carabody

 

[BeerPioneer]

I'll be brewing this recipe for the first time tomorrow. I was going to brew it as it's written with the exception of swapping mittelfrueh for the 60 min crystal ( don't have crystal) . My brewfather inventory told me that I had melanoidin malt, but I just weighed it grain, and i really don't. I don't have time for decoction, so my substitution attempt includes a mix of aromatic, caramunich 1, and Munich 2.

Either way, it'll be beer and beer is good.

First time using honey too.

 

[pigroaster]

If you can age this beer it just gets better! I am the one adding honey malt to the recipe. I think I will give the original a go for two kegs and make more notes. It is a keeper and crowd pleaser.

 

[Liquidox]

Do i need to add priming sugar for bottling if I added the honey at flame out ?

 

[Liquidox]

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[Lampy]

Do i need to add priming sugar for bottling if I added the honey at flame out ?

I would imagine so - the sugars in the honey will be consumed during primary fermentation and if you bottle condition you will need to add priming sugar.

 

[Shenanigans]

What are you guys typically getting as an FG when using US-05?
The OP says 1.010 but that seems a bit low for that malt bill or does the honey really dry it out?

I did brew it in 2013 but I still need to find my notes.