Irish Red Ale Recipe - Le Renard

Recipe Info

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Le Renard

by on
Extract
5 Gallon(s)
3.125 Gallon(s)
60 min
75%
This is a clone of BYO "Shawn of the Red" (http://byo.com/scottish-ale/item/2167-shaun-of-the-red-irish-red-ale) Irish Red Ale that I wanted to try as a first homebrew, but put into an easier interface for brewing.

Fermentables

28% - Dry Malt Extract - Light - US
2.5
44
8
Extract
49% - Liquid Malt Extract - Light - US
4.375
32
4
Late
5% - 2-Row - US
0.4
37
1
Steep
11% - Crystal 40L - CA
1
34
40
Steep
4% - Crystal 60L - UK
0.375
34
60
Steep
1% - Crystal 90L - UK
0.125
33
90
Steep
1% - Roasted Barley - US
0.093
25
300
Steep

Hops

Target
0.53
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
11
20.8
East Kent Goldings
0.5
Pellet
Boil
30 min(s)
5.5
7.6
Fuggles
0.25
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
4.8
0.9

Yeast

White Labs Irish Ale WLP004
76%

Other Stuff

Irish Moss
1
tbsp
Boil
Brown sugar
4
oz
Bottle

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Place crushed grains in a nylon steeping bag. In a large kitchen pot, heat 3.0 qts. (2.8 L) of water to 161 °F (72 °C). Submerge grain bag in water and let steep at 150 °F (66 °C) for 45 minutes.
2.
While grains are steeping, heat 1.5 qts. (~1.5 L) of water to 170 °F (77 °C) in a sauce pan or in a kettle with temperature adjustment (like mine).
3.
Also, begin heating 2 gallons (7.6 L) of water to a boil in your brewpot.
4.
When steeping is done, place a colander over your brewpot and lift the grain bag into it.
5.
Pour the "grain tea" through the bag (which will strain out most of the grain bits), then rinse the bag with the 1.5 qts. (~1.5 L) of 170 °F (77 °C) water.
6.
Heat the (roughly) 3 gallons (11 L) of wort in your brewpot to a boil, then stir in dried malt extract (It will foam a bit, so don’t pour all the extract in at once).
7.
Bring the wort back to a boil, add the Target hops and boil for 60 minutes. Add the Kent Goldings hops with 30 minutes left in the boil.
8.
Add liquid malt extract, and Irish moss with 15 minutes left in boil. Add Fuggles 5 minutes before the end of the boil.
9.
After the boil, put a lid on your brewpot and cool the wort (either in a cold-water bath in your sink or with a wort chiller). Cool until the side of the brewpot no longer feels warm.
10.
Transfer wort to your fermenter and top up to 5 gallons (19 L) with cool water. Aerate the wort and pitch your yeast. Ferment at 68 °F (20 °C).
11.
When fermentation slows to halt, rack to secondary. Bottle (or keg) with the brown sugar (primer) one week later.

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Recipe Facts

Le Renard
Irish Red Ale
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 3.13 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.057 OG
  • 1.014 FG
  • 29.3 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.52 BG:GU
  • 14.8° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 5.6% ABV Alcohol
  • 190 per 12oz Calories
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