Scottish Red Ale - thoughts?

Dack · Post by **Dack** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:04 pm

I've been foutering around this recipe for a nice red beer for the summer/Autumn, but I haven't got much experience with the speciality malts, so perhaps some more experienced minds might weigh in?

I'm aiming for a good, sweetish malty beer, with just some token bitterness to balance it out a bit. Along the lines of Williams' Cock O The Walk.

Here's what I've got so far:

2.92 Kg Maris Otter (58.2%)
841g CaraRed (16.8%)
501g Crystal malt (10%)
501g Munich malt (10%)
248g CaraAroma (5%)

15g Newport 11% AA 90mins
20g Bobek 15mins
15g Bobek 5mins
10g Bobek at Flameout

White Labs Edinburgh yeast

How does it look? (Ignore the obscure measurements, I'm using Beeralchemy on my phone to tweak it!)

Post by **orlando** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:23 pm

I'm interested in something similar, what brew length is this?

Dack · Post by **Dack** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:38 pm

I usually get a 23L brewlength; Beeralchemy is set to make recipes for 25l pre-boil, 23 at pitching.

Post by **orlando** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:40 pm

Thanks I like the look of this so will put it on my ever growing list. Looks more like a Winter beer so maybe September for this one.

Dack · Post by **Dack** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:28 am

Welp, this is now churning away happily in the fermenter now, will post details when it's done.

Annoying, my kettle elements both gave up the ghost at around 70 mins of the boil, before I could add the 15m and 5m additions; so the hop schedule now resembles 25g of Bobek at flame out. Bugger! Ah well, it'll be interesting.

Post by **orlando** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:40 am

Dack wrote:Welp, this is now churning away happily in the fermenter now, will post details when it's done.

Annoying, my kettle elements both gave up the ghost at around 70 mins of the boil, before I could add the 15m and 5m additions; so the hop schedule now resembles 25g of Bobek at flame out. Bugger! Ah well, it'll be interesting.

Both

. Would they be cheap Tesco/Asda style by any chance?

Skittlebrau · Post by **Skittlebrau** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:39 am

How did the colour come out, Dack?

Dack · Post by **Dack** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:41 am

orlando wrote:
Dack wrote:Welp, this is now churning away happily in the fermenter now, will post details when it's done.

Annoying, my kettle elements both gave up the ghost at around 70 mins of the boil, before I could add the 15m and 5m additions; so the hop schedule now resembles 25g of Bobek at flame out. Bugger! Ah well, it'll be interesting.

Both . Would they be cheap Tesco/Asda style by any chance?

Cheap Curry's style, if I recall. Ah well, they've lasted long enough. Just glad I got over the 60min mark before they gave up!

Dack · Post by **Dack** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:44 am

Skittlebrau wrote:How did the colour come out, Dack?

A pretty impressively dark red; I'll see how it looks after the primary is finished, with pics, but I reckon I would fiddle the malts around some next time. Possibly less Munich, more Caraaroma?

Skittlebrau · Post by **Skittlebrau** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:53 am

Definitely interested in pictures. I've been wanting to brew something red for ages, looking to steal a grain bill that works from someone else's recipe!

Dack · Post by **Dack** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:18 am

Here's a photo of the remnants from the bottling bucket; the rest is waiting in cold storage til it's ready. Got a nice deep red to it, but I can't comment on the taste yet!

(Apologies for the rubbish smartphone quality.)

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