Random India Red

[Clibit]

Got this on the go, a brew that has resulted from a messed up order, in which a load of grains I attempted to order separately were all put into one bag! A big mad 8kg mixture. I'm making four small batches with it, 2kg in each one, cos I decided it could make some drinkable beer. Today I am doing a hoppy red ale, I've just added some roast barley. Gone for 60 IBUs, I want it bitter so it makes a statement! Centennial and Amarillo cos they work really well in a red ale. And my first time use of Wyeast 1728 Scottish ale yeast. I made a saison with the grain mix last week. A dark mild-ish ale and a random IPA, which will also use up whatever random European and American hops I want to get rid of, will follow soon.

Random India Red

Batch Size (L): 9.0
Original Gravity (OG): 1.052
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.11 %
Colour (SRM): 15.9 (EBC): 31.3
Bitterness (IBU): 62.8 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 75

0.750 kg Lager Malt (37.24%)
0.500 kg Wheat Malt (24.83%)
0.250 kg Mild Ale Malt (12.41%)
0.250 kg Vienna (12.41%)
0.063 kg Carapils (Dextrine) (3.13%)
0.063 kg Crystal 145 EBC Medium (3.13%)
0.063 kg Crystal 240 EBC Dark (3.13%)
0.050 kg Biscuit (2.48%)
0.025 kg Roasted Barley (1.24%)

10.0 g Chinook Pellet (12.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes
15.0 g Amarillo Pellet (8.9% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes
15.0 g Centennial Leaf (11.5% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes
15.0 g Amarillo Pellet (8.9% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes 80C steep
15.0 g Centennial Leaf (11.5% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes 80C steep

5.0 g Gypsum (Mash)
3.0 g Irish Moss @ 15 Minutes (Boil)

Mashed at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Ferment with Wyeast 1728.

[Maldon John]

This looks interesting. Which grains did they manage to mix up ?

[Clibit]

All of them except the roast barley. It was partly my fault. The brew is in the fv, smells good, tastes promising (early days!). It should work out ok I reckon, the top 4 malts are all base malts and make up 87% of the total. And it's hopped pretty big. Fingers crossed.