Batch 8

Redhead Ale w/grains

Ingredients:

I think this time I'm going to start with the basic RedHead recipe and try adding some fresh malt to give it better color and refine the flavor a bit more.

• 1 can (3.3 lbs) light liquid malt extract
• 1 can (3.3 lbs) amber liquid malt extract
• 1/2 lbs Cara Red malt
• 2 oz black patent malt
• 1 tube White Labs Dry English Ale yeast
• 1 oz fuggle hops pellets
• 1 oz soverign hops pellets
• 1 tsp irish moss
• 5 oz. priming sugar

Brought ~1 gallon of water to 160F, removed from heat, added grains and soaked for 45 minutes. Brought ~2 gallons of water to a boil, removed from heat, added LME and wort from the soaked grains. Returned to heat, brought to 180F, added soverign hops and started a 1 hour timer. At 30 minutes, added the irish moss. At 15 minutes remaining added the fuggle hops pellets. Cooled in a sink of water to ~100F. Poured into primary and added cold water to bring volume up to 5 gallons. Pitched at 82F. -Morrigu 16:14, 19 June 2010 (EST)

IG: 1.053 @ 82F = 1.055 @ 68F

Racked to secondary over the weekend. Color is just about perfect, and there's a bit more residual sweetness than in previous batches without the fresh grains. Definitely looking forward to this batch. -Morrigu 09:23, 29 June 2010 (EST)

Bottled. Good color, good flavor, really great potential. -Morrigu 16:51, 10 July 2010 (EST)

FSG: 1.012 @ 78F = 1.014 @ 68F = 5.5% ABV

Started with Zahnnie, bottled with Anne and Beth