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Dana's Smilin' Irish Eyes Red Ale

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Dana's Smilin' Irish Eyes Red Ale

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Beer Style: Irish Red Ale  (9D)
Recipe Type: extract
Yield: 5 US gallons

Irish Red Ale

Description:

The two best commercial examples of this (non?)style IMHO are Boulevard Brewing Co. (of Kansas City MO.) "Irish Ale" and Birmingham Brewing Co. "Red Mountain Red Ale". I know the guy who started the Birmingham Brewing Co. and he gave me the details of his recipe. It has 2-row pale malt, Carapils, and Belgian Special B with "18-20" IBU of hops (he didn't tell me what type but I believe Cascades are used) and Irish Ale yeast. After trying either of these, you will realize just how pale a reflection Killian's is of this all but forgotten style. Another victim of the American Mass Brewing monster.

Ingredients:

  • 6 pounds Alexander's Pale Malt Extract Syrup
  • 1 pound Orange Blossom Honey
  • 1 pound ( 4 cups ) Belgian Special B ( 200 L )
  • 3 ounces Cascade Hop Pellets
  • 1 tsp Irish Moss
  • 1 pack Wyeast #1084 Irish Ale

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Procedure:

Place cracked grains in 2 quarts cold water and bring temperature up to 170 degrees. Steep for 15 minutes and sparge into brewpot. Add malt extract and 1 oz. hops and boil for 45 minutes. Add Irish moss, 1 oz. hops, and honey & boil for 15 more minutes. Remove from heat & add remaining 1 oz. hops. Cool quickly, add to 3 gallons cold water in primary fermenter, and pitch yeast. Rack to secondary after vigorous fermentation subsides. Bottle when fermentation completes.

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 Reviewed by Eric on Wed Mar 30 2022

Voted best beer so far by my family, and I’ve been extract brewing for 40 years. Fairly dark brown with a red tinge. Good flavor. Not too hoppy so it has a wide appeal.

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 Reviewed by Paul on Tue Aug 16 2016

Great beer recipe. Make sure you don't use buckwheat honey, it is not nearly as good. I will sometimes use a pint of maple syrup instead of the honey. It is amazing. PS not the fake syrup :)

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