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Irish Red Ale

144 calories 14.3 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Irish Red Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7 gallons
Post Boil Size: 6 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.038 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Jerry
Calories: 144 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14.3 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday February 16th 2022
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
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Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.75 oz Willamette0.75 oz Willamette Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 60 min 14.32 100%
0.75 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.01 oz Irish Moss Fining Mash 10 min.
 
Yeast
Danstar - Nottingham Ale Yeast
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
77%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
57 - 70 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 73 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       CO2 Level: 1.9 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 3.28 13.1  
Mash volume with grains 3.98 15.9  
Grain absorption losses -1.09 -4.4  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.59 g | 18.4 qt) 5.06 20.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.53 g | 26.1 qt) 7 28  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.03 -0.1  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5 g | 20 qt) 6 24  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 6 g | 24 qt) 5 20  
Total: 8.34 33.4
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

7.8 gallons of strike water @ 153 degrees. Raised temp to 158 which resulted in exactly 153 with grain added. At 115 minutes I raised the temperature to170 for 10 minutes. Just over 7 gallons after the bag was squeezed. Boil and hop additions were perfect. Irish moss for 12 minutes. Cooled to 78 degrees and pitched rehydrated yeast. Transferred to primary. Six gallons of wort.

1.050 SG 10.1 BRIX

Temp set to 64. Very active after 24 hours
Transfer to secondary 1/28/2022. Looks good, smells good
Cold crashed on 2/9/2022. Added gelatin on 2/12/2022
Bottled on 2/16/2022. Looks very good.

This is a very pretty beer, but a bit bland for my taste. Needs additional hop bittering for sure and was no as malty as I was hoping for. I will look for a different recipe next year for St Patrick’s day..

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  • Last Updated: 2022-05-17 13:29 UTC