To design the my Irish Red Ale I consulted the Beer Judge Certification Program style guide and the book Designing Great Beers. I wanted to make something that would be legal to use in a competition with super high quality ingredients.
Irish Red Ale
Grains4 pounds Mountmellick (Ireland) light extract
3 pounds Munton & Fison (UK) extra light dry malt extract (Added in last 15 minutes of boil)
12 oz Crystal 50-60L Simpson's (UK)
2 oz Roasted Barley 500-600L Simpson's (UK)
2 oz Cara Malt, crisp malting (UK)
Hops
1 oz Kent Goldings 4.8% AA ---- boiled 60 minutes
1 oz Fuggles 4.0% AA ---- boiled last 2 minutes
Yeast
White Labs Irish Ale Yeast WL004
Additives
1 t Irish Moss added in last 15 minutes of boil (clarifying agent)
5 oz corn sugar for priming (carbonation)
I did some calculations based on the recipe. We'll see how close they come to reality.
Predicted Starting Gravity - 1.061
Predicted Finishing Gravity - 1.015
Predicted Alcohol by Volume - 5.9%
Predicted IBU (bitterness) - 20
I should be brewing when I get back from Columbus.
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