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I have been wanting to make an Irish Red for some time now and didnt have the proper ingredients for it on this day either. So I made a California Style Red Ale instead, you may ask wtf is that? Its a Red Ale with Pale to IPA hops , WLP001 yeast and Red Ale maltbill. The recipe shows all that was used but I would have used 120L Crystal if I had it.

HH

Backporch California Red Ale

A ProMash Recipe Report

BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
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09-D Scottish And Irish Ale, Irish Red Ale

Min OG: 1.044 Max OG: 1.060
Min IBU: 17 Max IBU: 28
Min Clr: 9 Max Clr: 18 Color in SRM, Lovibond

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 10.00 Wort Size (Gal): 10.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 22.56
Anticipated OG: 1.056 Plato: 13.86
Anticipated SRM: 15.8
Anticipated IBU: 57.7
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Pre-Boil Amounts
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Evaporation Rate: 15.00 Percent Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 11.76 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.048 SG 11.86 Plato

Formulas Used
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Brewhouse Efficiency and Predicted Gravity based on Method #1, Potential Used.
Final Gravity Calculation Based on Points.
Hard Value of Sucrose applied. Value for recipe: 46.2100 ppppg
Yield Type used in Gravity Prediction: Fine Grind Dry Basis.

Color Formula Used: Morey
Hop IBU Formula Used: Rager

Additional Utilization Used For First Wort Hops: -10 %


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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79.8 18.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
4.4 1.00 lbs. Munich Malt(2-row) America 1.035 6
8.9 2.00 lbs. Crystal 40L America 1.034 40
1.1 0.25 lbs. Black Patent Malt America 1.028 525
4.4 1.00 lbs. Aromatic Malt Belgium 1.036 25
1.4 0.31 lbs. Special B Malt Belgian 1.030 120

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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1.00 oz. Cascade Whole 5.75 11.2 First WH
1.50 oz. Galena Whole 13.00 42.3 60 min.
2.00 oz. Cascade Whole 5.75 4.2 5 min.


Extras

Amount Name Type Time
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0.00 Unit(s)Whirlfloc Fining 20 Min.(boil)


Yeast
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White Labs WLP001 California Ale


Water Profile
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Profile:
Profile known for:

Calcium(Ca): 0.0 ppm
Magnesium(Mg): 0.0 ppm
Sodium(Na): 0.0 ppm
Sulfate(SO4): 0.0 ppm
Chloride(Cl): 0.0 ppm
biCarbonate(HCO3): 0.0 ppm

pH: 0.00

That looks very very interesting...

Two of my favorite styles are Irish Red and Pale Ale... I like what you have here with the merging of styles.

I think I may just brew this with you!

Here's my Cal Red Ale that is always a big hit. 5 gallon version, and I use WLP007. I tried it with WLP001, but I like it better with the 007. I just brewed this again yesterday.

8 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (1.8 SRM) Grain 73.5 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (15.0 SRM) Grain 13.0 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 13.0 %
1.0 oz Black (Patent) Malt (560.0 SRM) Grain 0.5 %
1.50 oz Goldings, B.C. [5.00%] (60 min) Hops 28.6 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [7.00%] (5 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops

Brad

Thanks for the input Brad. I need to do another B3 order soon and will add he WLP007 to the list for a future trial.

HH