2016 Advent: Dec. 14th Irish Red

[ivorm]

Recipe: Irish Red TYPE: All Grain

---RECIPE SPECIFICATIONS-------
SRM: 18.6 SRM
IBU: 25.5 IBUs
OG: 1.056 SG
FG: 1.010 SG
ABV: 5.6 %
EE%: 70.00 %
Batch: 12.00 gal
Boil: 15.8 gal
BT: 60 Mins

Total Grain Weight: 26 lbs 0.7 oz Total Hops: 3.25 oz oz.
---Ingredients-------
Amt Name Type %/IBU
22 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 86.4 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 3.8 %
15.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 3.6 %
13.0 oz Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM) Grain 3.1 %
13.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 3.1 %
3.25 oz East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.50 %] - 60 min Hop 25.5 IBUs
1.0 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining -

Mash 153.0 F for 60 min

Fermented at 17C for about 10 days, raised to 19C for 4 days then dropped it down to .5C for 7 days for a cold crash. Kegged and force carbed. This keg sat in the fridge for about a month then it was bottled two days before the exchange.


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I think I went a little overboard on the roasted barley and crystal 120, the beer turned out darker than I was expecting. The first keg seemed to taste good to me though.

[jacinthebox]

I enjoyed this one. I liked the chocolate/coffee flavors from the roasted barley

[ErictheGreat]

Great Irish Red. Lots going on.

[KB1138]

This was a hell of a lot darker than 18 srm. I enjoyed this and I don't normally enjoy Irish red, but then again I think this was somewhere between a red and a porter. Nice beer overall, would definitely enjoy more than one glass of it.

[ivorm]

Yeah it definitely turned out darker than expected. I really don't know how it happened, i picked up a pound of roasted barley and a pound of crystal 120 for the recipe from Dave. Unless something got mixed up and i ended up with a darker malt. I guess I'll find out when I make it next time.

[GAM]

Very dark and I had to check the date. I liked it a lot bur it may not be an Irish Red.

I would drink more of this all the same.

S

[amartin]

This beer rocked. It's gone now and I want some more, so it passed the Andrew test.


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[CartoonCod]

Yeah, I really liked it as well. Like the others said, it is pushing the envelop to be a red, but fine beer nonetheless. I got of delicious caramel character in there.

[Highland Brewer]

Drank this last night. Lots of Carmel overtones. Was delicious. Didn't really taste like an Irish red but was really good none the less

[Broob]

Tasty beer. Nice roast and lots of malt. Looks like a porter.

[jmacdonald]

Found this bordering a porter in both color and flavor. That being said, it was still a fantastic beer. Nice roast and chocolate flavors. Thanks!

[ivorm]

So I brewed this beer again to see if it would come out with the same dark colour and roasted/caramel flavour since I liked it and I wanted to know if I just messed something up. Thankfully it tuned out the same, not really a red haha.