Saturday, February 20, 2010

Brewday born of Boredom - Brew # 18 Seeing Red

I woke up this morning and realised I had nothing to do. I contemplated going to Dublin for some Cask O'Hara's Red at the Bull and Castle as it was tapped yesterday but in the end I decided I was too lazy. So after exhausting what I could look up on the web I decided to make today brewday. I already have my Smoked Mild to keg.

What I decided upon was a sort of Irish Red ale but of the very malty veriety. Perhaps a little like Clotworthy Dobbin but I am not trying to clone that beer. If it turns out anything like it though I will not be complaining. The original recipe I put together had to be altered as when I checked my Beer Tools inventory I did not have enough base (pale) malt so I altered it and decided to use all of my remaining Pearl malt as well as the rest of my Munich malt.

So here is the recipe and feel free to try it out yourself, though perhaps wait a few weeks until I report back on how it turns out.

Oh and as you can see from below, Beer tools updated today.


Seeing Red


9-D Irish Red Ale

Author: Reuben Gray (Saruman)


BeerTools Pro Color Graphic



Size: 24.16 L

Efficiency: 75.0%

Attenuation: 75.0%

Calories: 170.96 kcal per 12.0 fl oz



Original Gravity: 1.051 (1.044 - 1.060)

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Terminal Gravity: 1.013 (1.010 - 1.014)

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Color: 36.19 (17.73 - 35.46)

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Alcohol: 5.05% (4.0% - 6.0%)

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Bitterness: 25.5 (17.0 - 28.0)

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Ingredients:



3548 g Pearl Pale Ale Malt

1191 g Munich Malt

500 g Crystal Malt

200 g Wheat Malt

100 g CaraPils Malt (brupaks)

100 g Chocolate Malt (pale)

50 g Black Malt

12 g Challenger (6.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min

12 g Northern Brewer-Hallertau Hersbruck (10.9%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min

25 g Cascade (7.6%) - added during boil, boiled 5 min

1 ea Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - added during boil, boiled 15 min

1 ea Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05

Results generated by BeerTools Pro 1.5.7



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