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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11123 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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corb5309
Joined: 14 May 2014 Posts: 1 Location: Jeffersonville, IN
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Link Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 2:33 am Post subject: just brewed your irish red |
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I used this Irish Red Ale recipe as my first test run on my electric brewery setup since it somewhat simple and I've done an Irish Red Ale before to compare it to. Everything on my first run with the electric setup went smoothly with the exception of one thing which I can't really complain about; I ended up with 96.5% mash efficiency which I wasn't quite expecting on my first run. This took me a little out of style with the ABV so I just made the 6 gallon batch a 6.5 gallon batch by topping it off after the boil.
Granted the last time I made an Irish Red it was a Norther Brewer AG kit, my first all grain run and I didn't have a fermentation temp control chamber yet but the results from this recipe already taste way better after a two week primary than that Northern Brewer kit ever did even after a couple months in the bottle. Now that I know a little more about recipe designs I can compare the two malt bills and the yeasts used and kind of see why that might be the case.
I could bottle this batch today and be really happy with it but I'll be a little more patient. Irish Red doesn't get as much attention as many of the more hoppy and fancy recipes out there. Thanks for posting this one!!
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11123 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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Link Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 3:50 am Post subject: |
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Glad you liked the recipe! Give it a month or so at near freezing after it's been properly carbonated and it'll get even smoother.
Cheers,
Kal
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Jerz
Joined: 17 Nov 2013 Posts: 235 Location: Canton, Georgia
Drinking: Rye IPA (brewed a year and a half ago)
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Link Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Brewed this one on March 28th and tapped this week... Outstanding flavor! This is one of my favorites even without beergas.
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jengum
Joined: 07 Nov 2012 Posts: 43 Location: Portland, OR USA
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Link Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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I made this recipe three weeks ago...scaled to around 18 gallons. It fermented out in less than a week. I kegged it two weeks ago and started drinking this week. It's a delicious beer. Light body, approx. 4.3% abv., nice roasty finish...good balance all around. Head doesn't last, but it's sitting on around 12 PSI now, and a stout faucet might do it more justice. Perfect daily drinker for cooling weather.
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11123 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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Link Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:42 am Post subject: |
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Glad you're enjoying it! I still have a keg of it on tap myself (nitro tap). It's a nice full flavoured beer without all the alcohol.
Kal
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MikeOH
Joined: 20 Dec 2015 Posts: 8 Location: Ohio
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Link Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Just got this kegged this weekend. I am getting better with the EB system, but collected a bit too much wort on this one. Not by much, but the ABV ended up around 4%. Very smooth and subtle. A little less rich than the Fuller's ESB which I also have on tap, but both are kinda similar I think. Both seem good to me at the 1.5-1.75 vol CO2 level.
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MikeOH
Joined: 20 Dec 2015 Posts: 8 Location: Ohio
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Link Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 2:32 am Post subject: |
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After 3-4 weeks conditioning I found this really smoothed out and head retention improved. Also, there seems to be a new, just slight smokiness to it. Anyone else found this?
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David_H
Joined: 13 Nov 2013 Posts: 139 Location: Savannah, GA
Drinking: Dry Irish Stout, Electric Pale Ale, American Amber Ale, Irish Red Ale
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Link Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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I brewed this one a month or so ago. Half is in the keg (and on tap) and half I just bottled. Taste great, the SO likes it so that's good and good reviews by everyone else. The only issue is it is much darker than I thought it would be. Not as dark as the Irish Dry Stout (GREAT Beer), but I can't see any light through a glass of this beer. Anyone else have this issue? I have left myself a note to reduce the Roasted Barley next time.
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11123 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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GrumpyWally
Joined: 06 Mar 2015 Posts: 66 Location: San Diego, CA
Drinking: Schwarzbier, Tripwire Tripel, 2 Czech Dark Lagers, Wee Heavy
Working on: Tripwire Tripel, Roggenbier
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Link Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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David_H wrote: | I can't see any light through a glass of this beer. |
I too have observed this on a couple of batches. Since I'm not entering any competitions, none of my friends are nearly sophisticated enough to care (although one calls it a 'brown ale'), and (most importantly) I LIKE it, I'm not too bothered by the color.
If I take a glass outside and use sunlight I can detect the signature red color thanks to the barley.
W
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11123 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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Link Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Something you may want to try for the next batch is to cut the amount of Roasted Barley in half. It's only used for colour and if you add too much you'll get a browner (instead of red). I didn't think it was the case, but maybe mine is kilned a bit lighter than what others are getting?
It shouldn't affect the taste much in such small quantities.
Kal
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GrumpyWally
Joined: 06 Mar 2015 Posts: 66 Location: San Diego, CA
Drinking: Schwarzbier, Tripwire Tripel, 2 Czech Dark Lagers, Wee Heavy
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Link Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Kal for the suggestion - I actually did that on the next batch (#3).
Took some of batch #2 to the LHBS who sent it along to a certified beer judge - scored it a 34 out of 50 with this as the "overall" comment:
Lovely looking Irish Red Ale with an inviting aroma, ester levels of red apple stand out a bit high. Medicinal/chlorophenol flavor and husky astringency detracts from overall enjoyment. Don't oversparge with H2O > 170 degrees F or pH > 6. Roast flavor comes through in flavor a bit too high and may be cause of astringency along with the chlorophenols. Roast/dark malt character may be accentuated by low mash temp/higher attenuation. If so, try mashing 2-3 degrees F higher.
His comment wrt the sparge has got to be a "standard response" as I know for a fact that sparge water never exceeded 168 (thanks to your system design) and pH was for sure less than 6.0. OTH, I agree that the roast flavor is quite strong. I think for tomorrow's batch (#4) I'm going to make 2 changes (yes, I'm not a good scientist): 1) try 'cold steeping with a short boil' the Roasted Barley (per 'Brewing Better Beer' page 45), but will use the full 8 oz. from the recipe, and 2) bumping the mash temperature to 154 degrees F.
Will let you know in 6 weeks how it turns out.
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11123 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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Link Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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Make sure to remove chlorine/chloramine from your water too (the "chlorophenol" comment he made). See my BREW DAY STEP BY STEP or WATER ADJUSTMENT articles for complete details.
Let us know how it tastes in 6 weeks! Cheers!
Kal
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Ozarks Mountain Brew
Joined: 22 May 2013 Posts: 737 Location: The Ozark Mountains of Missouri
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Link Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 3:44 am Post subject: |
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ok I just brewed this recipe and its not red at all, its in fact dark amber, am I missing something I did use Golden Promise but that shouldn't have made a difference, I mashed and boiled for 90 minutes and my beers are always darker that they should be, trying to figure this one out lol
I just read the above posts oops should have done that before I brewed, oh well
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d4nny74
Joined: 18 May 2017 Posts: 3
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Link Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Brewing this on Sunday but only work in EBC, is there a calc anywhere that I can use to convert from L ?
Cheers all
Danny
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11123 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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d4nny74
Joined: 18 May 2017 Posts: 3
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Link Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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Brilliant cheers , Currently have your Hop Candy in the fermentor , smells amazing
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11123 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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d4nny74
Joined: 18 May 2017 Posts: 3
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Link Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, am using 1084, but have no clue over liquid yeasts as am just starting out in liquids and only ever use us05 lol
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