Irish Red/ Pale Ale Extract Brew

[martyn1989]

Ok as these 2 would probably be my favourite styles, I have deicided to try mix them for my first extract brew.

I'll be ordering my ingredients in a day or 2 so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I've based this on two recipes from the Complete Joy of Hombrewing. They look good and that way I have play by play instructions (less to mess up)



2lbs Amber or Light DME

450g Crystal

250g Pale Chocolate Malt (or roasted barley, I like the sound of the chocolate malt though, I imagine it to make it something like the O' Haras Irish Red)

Might I need to roast some of the Crystal to get that red colour or will the Pale Chocolate be enough



56g Northern Brewer Hops

30g (give or take) Cascade



Yeast: I was going to go the extra mile and invest in White Labs WLP004 Irish Ale Yeast



and a decent sprinkle of Irish Moss for the sake of it.



Thanks.

[corkybstewart]

Are you sure you want to use just 2 pounds of fermentables and 2 pounds of unfermentables? I would do something more like this.
For 19L(5 gallons over here)
3 kilos of light DME
250 g Crystal 60
250g pale chocolate
When are you going to add the Cascade? 20 minutes will give you more Cascade flavor, at flameout you'll get the best aroma.

[vance71975]

Are you sure you want to use just 2 pounds of fermentables and 2 pounds of unfermentables? I would do something more like this.
For 19L(5 gallons over here)
3 kilos of light DME
250 g Crystal 60
250g pale chocolate
When are you going to add the Cascade? 20 minutes will give you more Cascade flavor, at flameout you'll get the best aroma.

+1 i agree with corky here. OH CRAP NOW You got me agreeing with you corky!:eek: lol

[martyn1989]

Yeh, your right, I'll use 3kg Light DME

My plan is
1 - Steep grain for 30 mins at 70 C (155 or so) and sparge
2 - 60 mins - Add Malt Extract/ Northern Brewer Hops/ Irish Moss

Recipe says to add the cascade in the last 1 minute, I might add half at 15mins and half at 5mins so.....

3 - 15mins - Add 15gs Cascade
4 - 5mins Cascade
5 - I don't have a wort cooler, I was just going to put ice in the fermenter, pour the wort in on top, and add cold water to make the 5 gallons
6 - Aerate and pitch the yeast

Thanks

[martyn1989]

Using BeerTools I've settled on my recipe

Extra Light Malt Extract 3kg

Crystal 400g
Pale Chocolate Malt 100g
(steep for 30 mins)

Hops @ 60 mins
Northern Brewer 15g
Cascade 15g

Hops @ 15mins
Northern Brewer 10g
Cascade 15g

tsp Irish Moss @15mins

Hops @0mins
I'll probably throw in 10g of each

White Labs Irish Ale Yeast

OG - 1.064
TG - 1.016
ABV - 6.3%
Bitterness - 34.5 (Beertools recommends an Irish Red be 17-28)
Colour - 19.46 (recommends 9-18)