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End of the World American Red

End of the World American Red

Specialty Beer • All Grain • 11 gal

dmccrackin

Second iteration

December 4, 2011 am 01:41am

3.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain11 gal)

  • 23 lbs Pale Ale Malt; Briess

    Pale Ale Malt; Briess

    Golden color with a malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Can be used as a base malt. • More pronounced malty flavor than 2-Row Brewers Malt. • Use with 2-Row Brewers Malt for rich malt flavor and additional color. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 2 lbs Caramel Malt 40L; Briess

    Caramel Malt 40L; Briess

    Sweet, caramel, toffee flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • In contrast to Brewers Malt, glassiness is a distinguishing characteristic of Caramel Malt. The glassy endosperm creates the desirable non-fermentable components giving true Caramel Malt the ability to contribute body (mouthfeel), foam, foam retention, and extended beer stability, while contributing color and unique caramel flavor. • Caramel Malt 40L is a roasted caramel malt that imparts golden to light red color. • Use 3-7% for Pilsener-style beers for balance. • Use 5-15% to provide color, sweetness and color to light amber beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 1 lbs Special Roast Malt; Briess

    Special Roast Malt; Briess

    Toasty, biscuity, sour, tangy flavors. Characteristics & Applications: • Excellent for Nut Brown Ales, Porter and other dark beer styles. • Special processing develops unique Toasty, Biscuity, Sour, Tangy flavors distinctive to Special Roast Malt . • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 1 lbs Special B - Caramel malt; Dingemans

    Special B - Caramel malt; Dingemans

    The darkest of the Belgian crystal malts, Dingemans Special B will impart a heavy caramel taste and is often credited with the raisin-like flavors of some Belgian Abbey ales. Larger percentages (greater than 5%) will contribute a dark brown-black color and fuller body.

  • 2 oz Simcoe® - 12.2 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Simcoe®

    Used for aromatic, and especially bittering properties.

  • 1 oz Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 1 oz Nugget - 12.4 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Nugget

    This is very bitter and often used in medium to dark ales and lagers. Aroma is quite heavy and herbal.

  • Wyeast 1028 London Ale™

    Wyeast 1028 London Ale™

    Rich with a dry finish, minerally profile, bold and crisp, with some fruitiness.

Notes

Mash as 150. Add 4 oz chocolate malt to second half of batch sparge.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 23 - Specialty Beer

Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.066 1.026 - 1.120
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 0.995 - 1.035
Color: 17.3 SRM 1 - 50
Alcohol: 7.1% ABV 2.5% - 14.5%
Bitterness: 59.8 IBU 0 - 100

Discussion

dmccrackin

Brewed 12/11/11

2011-12-11 11:58pm

Hit mash at 150. Gravity a little low, O.G. 1.066. Added 4 oz Chocolate malt to second half of batch sparge, crushed normal. Amazing red color in the boil. Also added 1oz Cascade and 1oz Nugget at 0 minute. Dry hop with 2oz Cascade, 2oz Simcoe, and 2oz Nugget. Not quite as red after fermentation. Left dry hops in for 9 days. Kegged 12/31/11 at 1.012. Needed 3 weeks in keg to age. Turned out quite good. A little too bitter, though. Good body / head. Some sweetness up from, with a bitter / drying finish. Next time, lower the BU / GU or try bittering with Magnum. Although finishing at 1.012, it seems to have too much residual sweetness and body. Maybe next time bump down the crystal additions and make up the color with a little black malt.

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