Comments on: Irish Red Ale Recipe

By: BeerTools Pro Review | Brew Dudes

BeerTools Pro Review | Brew Dudes — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:29:12 +0000

[...] too long ago I posted an Irish Red Ale recipe I generated using BeerTools Pro, and I said I would post a review of the software once I had some [...]

By: Pomegranate Cinnamon Ale First Tastings | Brew Dudes

Pomegranate Cinnamon Ale First Tastings | Brew Dudes — Sat, 15 May 2010 01:05:54 +0000

[...] The base beer? Well, I don’t know if it’s there at all. I think there is a roasty, dryness at the end that is the last remnant of the original Irish Red Ale. [...]

By: Irish Red First Tastings | Brew Dudes

Irish Red First Tastings | Brew Dudes — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:03:35 +0000

[...] This week is a week full of first tastings. The first of the, um, first tastings is the Irish Red Ale. [...]

By: Irish Red Ale Ingredients | Brew Dudes

Irish Red Ale Ingredients | Brew Dudes — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:37:31 +0000

[...] up a brew log for the next session. This time around, I’m brewing up the Irish Red Ale based on the extract recipe that I posted last week. I bought my supplies from Midwest Homebrewing [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:21:08 +0000

I just made an Irish red – still in the fermenter – can’t recall how red it was will have to wait till the weekend when I bottle. Here is what the grain bill was for comparison:

10.5 pounds
2 Row Base, 1.5°L 9 pounds
Crystal 40L 0.75 pounds
CaraPils, 1.5°L 0.25 pounds
Barley (Roasted), 500°L 0.25 pounds
Special B, 140°L 0.25 pounds

By: Glass Bottles

Glass Bottles — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:48:25 +0000

Looks like a perfect St. Patty’s day brew… I think I will come up with some sort of brew party Wednesday night… Thanks for the recipe, been looking for a good one.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:13:03 +0000

half a pound of the black stuff?????
That’ll be a good dark garnet colour.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:15:45 +0000

I’ve tried using trace amounts of roasted barley to impart a red color. The first time around, I used 6 ounces and found the beer too dark, but I also used a pound of Munich in that batch.

Eventually I ended up using something like 1 ounce of roasted barley with the munich to get the color I wanted, but it’s still more brown than red.

I think the theory is a light spectrum thing, that the dark malt in a lighter base comes across as red to the eye rather than just contributing the straight color one would expect according to SRM.

By: Mike Engels

Mike Engels — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:35:13 +0000

Actually, if one reads Michael Jackson’s Beer Companion-red ales only really have about four grains-Pale Ale malt, Crystal Malt, Roasted Barley and Corn/corn syrup. It even has the percentages.

Special B and a lot of these other crazy grains are not really used much in large scale brewing.

By: Freefallerup

Freefallerup — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:53:22 +0000

I’ve found that crystal 80 and roasted barley did indeed impart the desired color.
10 gals.
13 lbs. maris otter
3½ lbs maize
11 oz. crystal 80
6 oz. special B
3.7 oz roasted barley
EKG 25 IBU
Irish ale yeast

Delicious!