Mellon's Irish Red Ale
Specialty Beer • Extract • 5 gal
good irish red ale recipe for st paty's day
January 30, 2004 pm 12:30pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- .5 lbs
Belgian Cara-Pils
Belgian Cara-Pils
Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.
- .25 lbs
Belgian Special B
Belgian Special B
- .125 lbs
Belgian Biscuit
Belgian Biscuit
Warm baked biscuit flavor and aroma. Increases body. Use in Belgian beers.
- .125 lbs
English Chocolate Malt
English Chocolate Malt
Dark malt that gives a rich red or brown color and nutty flavor. Use for: Brown ales, porters, some stouts Maintains some malty flavor, not as dark as roasted malt.
- 6.5 lbs
Dry Amber Extract
Dry Amber Extract
Cream-colored and full-flavored; will produce amber colored beers such as pale ales, IPAs, and bitters. Made of pale and crystal malts.
- 1 oz
Northern Brewer - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Northern Brewer
Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.
- 1 oz
Willamette - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Willamette
This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy
-
Wyeast 1272 American Ale II™
Wyeast 1272 American Ale II™
Fruitier and more flocculant than 1056, slightly nutty, soft, clean, slightly tart finish.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 23 - Specialty Beer
Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.061 | 1.026 - 1.120 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 0.995 - 1.035 | |
| Color: | 18.3 SRM | 1 - 50 | |
| Alcohol: | 6.5% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 45.6 IBU | 0 - 100 |
