Irish Red Ale Recipe - Irish Red Ale - BIAB Mash All-Grain 2.0 Gallon Finish

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Irish Red Ale - BIAB Mash All-Grain 2.0 Gallon Finish

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All Grain
2.2 Gallon(s)
3.4 Gallon(s)
60 min
75%
BIAB all-grain recipe for 2.0 gallon finish, about sixteen 12 oz bottles.

Fermentables

86% - Pale 2-Row - US
3
37
1
Mash
7% - Caramel/Crystal 20 - US
0.25
35
20
Mash
3% - Chocolate Malt - US
0.1
34
350
Mash
4% - Brown Malt - UK
0.15
33
65
Mash

Hops

Willamette
0.75
Pellet
Boil
55 min(s)
3.4
22.8
Willamette
0.25
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
3.4
1.5

Yeast

White Labs Irish Ale WLP004
76%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

Mash
Decoction
153
70 min
Mash-Out
Decoction
170
10 min

Special Instructions

1.
All equipment must be sanitized through entire brewing process.
2.
All grains double milled and placed in brew bag.
3.
Fill kettle to 3.4 gallons spring water; bring strike water to 160F.
4.
Add filled grain bag, gently break up clumps without stirring.
5.
MASH GRAINS: hold water temp @ ~153F for 70 minutes.
6.
MASH OUT: increase water temp to 170F for 10 minutes.
7.
Drain grain bag thoroughly. Do not squeeze bag.
8.
BOIL: Make sure pre-boil water is at 3.0 gallons (.75 gal loss-to-evap per hour).
9.
Boil wort for 60 minutes...
10.
Add .75 oz Willamette (bittering) hops at 55 minutes.
11.
Add .25 oz Willamette (aroma) hops at 5 minutes.
12.
COOL-DOWN: place kettle/wort in sink filled with water and ice, cool until 70-75F.
13.
*Add any optional dry hops when 150F, leave in during primary fermentation.
14.
Cool rapidly, stirring wort frequently with sanitized slotted utensil to add aeration.
15.
Take and record hydro-reading when wort reaches 70-75F.
16.
TRANSFER: pour cooled wort into sanitized fermentation container.
17.
Using sanitized utensil, remove ~4 oz of wort and place in sanitized bowl and cover.
18.
Temporarily cover fermentation container with sanitized lid/cover.
19.
YEAST STARTER: Microwave the 4 oz wort-bowl very briefly until 90-95F.
20.
Slowly pour dry yeast onto the wort-in-bowl's surface. Cover with plastic wrap.
21.
Allow 5 minutes to hydrate.
22.
While waiting, vigorously stir/aerate wort in fermentor to increase dissolved oxygen.
23.
After 5 minutes, lift plastic wrap, stir briefly with sanitized utensil, cover.
24.
Allow another 10 minutes for stirred yeast to acclimate to the wort-in-bowl.
25.
While waiting, continue to stir/aerate wort in fermentor to increase dissolved oxygen.
26.
YEAST PITCH: pour yeast starter into fermentor wort, stirring well, then seal with lid.
27.
PRIMARY FERMENT: for 3-5 days undisturbed at 65-68F.
28.
When ferment activity lessens (maybe two bubbles a minute in the ferment lock):
29.
Take hydro-meter reading. At about ~1.020 gravity, transfer to a secondary fermentor.
30.
If no secondary is used, allow to fully ferment in primary until ~1.010 or no activity.
31.
CARBONATE: carefully transfer beer from fermentor into a sanitized bottling bucket.
32.
Be careful to leave the sediment undisturbed at bottom of primary fermentor.
33.
Place one cup of beer into a sanitized bowl.
34.
Using a sanitized spoon, gently stir in .25 cups of priming sugar into beer-in-bowl.
35.
Pour sugared beer into bottling bucket beer and stir well with sanitized utensil.
36.
BOTTLING: fill bottles to within 1/2 inch of top of each bottle. Cap or seal bottle.
37.
Store filled/capped bottles in cool dark place ~ 70F for about 2 to 4 weeks.
38.
This beer will consumable for up to one year. Best served between 2 to 6 months.

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Recipe Facts

Irish Red Ale - BIAB Mash All-Grain 2.0 Gallon Fin...
Irish Red Ale
  • 2.20 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 3.40 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.044 OG
  • 1.010 FG
  • 24.4 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.56 BG:GU
  • 13.3° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 4.3% ABV Alcohol
  • 144 per 12oz Calories
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