Grouse Red Ale
Beer Style: Irish Red Ale
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5 gallons
Description:
Featured Red Ale recipe from the September 2023 'Grouse Malt House Collaboration Series' using high-dried millet malt.
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Total Fermentation Time: 12 days + 2 days cold crash
Ingredients:
- 60.8% Munich Millet Malt
- 20.3% Flaked Quinoa
- 10.5% Red Wing Millet Malt
- 6.5% Griffin Millet Malt
- 2% Caramel 120L Millet Malt
- 0.6 oz Ella (substitutes: Cascade, Citra and Galaxy) (14.8% AA) - 8.7 IBU
- 0.6 oz Galena (12.5% AA) - 13.9 IBU
- Safeale US-05
- Fermaid-O Yeast Nutrient
Additional Instructions
Primary Ferment: 12 daysSecondary Ferment: Cold crash for 2 days
Beer Profile
Original Gravity: 1.063Final Gravity: 1.015
Alcohol by Vol: 6.6%
Color SRM: 16.0
Bitterness IBU: 31.6
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5.0 Gallons
Procedure:
PREPARATION:
Clean and sanitize your work area and equipment using a cleaner and sanitizer specifically for brewing.
MASH INSTRUCTIONS:
Perform rising step mash using 6.75 - 7.25 ml Ceremix-Flex enzyme:
Dough In - 5 min 125°F
First Hold - 20 min 125°F
Rise - 60 min 175°F
Second hold - 45 min 175°F
SPARGE INSTRUCTIONS:
“Fly sparge” by gently sprinkling water from the hot liquid tank while matching flow rates of the mash tun and hot liquor tank.
BOIL INSTRUCTIONS:
0.25 oz Ella (substitutes: Cascade, Citra and Galaxy) 7.7 IBU - 30 min
0.25 oz Galena 6.5 IBU - 30 min
0.35 oz Ella (substitutes: Cascade, Citra and Galaxy) 8.7 IBU - 15 min
0.35 oz Galena 7.4 IBU - 15 min
1 Whirlfloc Tablet - 10 min
YEAST:
Safeale US-05
FERMENTATION:
Fermaid-O Yeast Nutrient on day 2