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Keith's Irish Red

Keith's Irish Red

Irish Red Ale • Extract • 5.5 gal

stardrive

Next time I would use one can of Light LME and one can of the Amber LME. It is still fermenting, but it has a nice toasty flavor.

July 16, 2006 am 09:06am

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Ingredients (Extract5.5 gal)

  • .75 lbs Crystal Malt 10°L

    Crystal Malt 10°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales. Characteristics & Applications: • In contract 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 10L is a roasted caramel malt that imparts golden 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 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • .5 lbs Roasted Barley

    Roasted Barley

    Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.

  • 6.6 lbs Amber Liquid; Alexanders

    Amber Liquid; Alexanders

    Amber is used predominantly in the production of medium-colored beers such as pale ales, IPAs, and bitters.

  • 1 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • .5 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • .5 oz Czech Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • White Labs WLP004 Irish Stout

    White Labs WLP004 Irish Stout

    This is the yeast from one of the oldest stout producing breweries in the world. It produces a slight hint of diacetyl, balanced by a light frui|iness and slight dry crispness. Great for Irish ales, stouts, porters, browns, reds and a very interesting pal

Style (BJCP)

Category: 9 - Scottish and Irish Ale

Subcategory: D - Irish Red Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.046 1.044 - 1.060
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 1.010 - 1.014
Color: 20.2 SRM 9 - 18
Alcohol: 4.6% ABV 4% - 6%
Bitterness: 29.6 IBU 17 - 28

Discussion

stardrive

Update

2006-07-24 5:42pm

Transferred to secondary, very strong coffee flavor, added 1/2 oz Simcoe for dry hopping. Will update in two weeks.

stardrive

update

2006-08-17 11:56am

Kegged ¾ of the batch and it was very stout like with strong coffee flavors. I also bottle conditioned 12 22oz and they came out wonderfully smooth; the simcoe added a nice balance to the malt. I Might cut back the toasted malt to 1/4 lb next time.

stardrive

nice beer

2007-03-17 9:57am

I bottle conditioned half and force carbonated the other half. The bottle conditioned half came out great! Nice and smooth, the force carbonated was more of a stout, very toasty and strong. For a red I would cut back the roasted barley to 4oz.

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