Okay so I'm formulating a recipe as a tribute to my late stepmother, and it will be my first brew on my current setup at home. A little background, she was mostly Irish and English with a little German, had red hair, a fiery personality (in a good way) and was one of the sweetest and most caring people I've ever known, perfect for my dad. So as a tribute the beer style will be an Irish Red, and I was thinking as an interesting twist I could use some rye and perhaps some hops with some spicy character. My question is how will this mesh with the traditional Irish Red ingredients. Here's what I came up with, lemme know what you guys think: BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: Little Fighter Red Ale Brewer: Asst Brewer: Style: Irish Red Ale TYPE: All Grain Taste: (30.0) Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 14.88 gal Post Boil Volume: 12.18 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 10.04 gal Bottling Volume: 9.30 gal Estimated OG: 1.054 SG Estimated Color: 14.5 SRM Estimated IBU: 21.2 IBUs Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 % Est Mash Efficiency: 75.8 % Boil Time: 90 Minutes Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name Type # %/IBU 18 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 78.3 % 8.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 6 2.2 % 2 lbs Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 2 8.7 % 1 lbs 8.0 oz Carared (20.0 SRM) Grain 3 6.5 % 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.2 % 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.2 % 2.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 60.0 Hop 7 17.3 IBUs .75 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 20.0 Hop 8 3.9 IBUs 1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 0.0 Hop 9 0.0 IBUs 2.00 oz Sterling [7.50 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 10 0.0 IBUs 2.00 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out Total Grain Weight: 23 lbs ---------------------------- Name Description Step Temperat Step Time Mash In Add 28.75 qt of water at 163.7 F 150.0 F 75 min Sparge: Fly sparge with 10.45 gal water at 168.0 F Notes: ------ Created with BeerSmith 2 - http://www.beersmith.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDIT: Also, the 20 min adition of EKG is supposed to be 1 oz not .75 haha
I have no personal experience with Marris Otter malt or brewing an Irish Red so I cannot help you other than to bump this thread. I love the idea of a tribute beer and and condolences on your loss.
Me either! So it should be fun brewing it. I'll let ya know how it goes maybe you can brew one soon too. And thank you I appreciate it Thank you, I agree but I might want to make the rye more pronounced. I might just kick it up 1 lb. instead to be safe EDIT: Primrose, I see you agree the rye should be more pronounced. And yah I forgot to include rice hulls in the recipe, never brewed with rye or wheat but I definitely don't want a stuck sparge.
