recipe request red ale

[Cahalbrua]

Have never done anything red in colour.
anyone got a good recipe for a malty full bodied ruby red.
also plan on doing a hoppy bright red sometime.what malts are best to get the lightest and brightest red colour.any recipes ?
Cathal

[Spud395]

what malts are best to get the lightest and brightest red colour
Cathal

I find small quantities roast malts work best for a red colour, some will add more flavour than others.
Cold steeping the roast malt will cut down on flavour if you only want colour

[Spud395]

I'm still messing around with hops a bit but very happy with the following grist.
It'll be dark ruby, malty, nutty and a bit roasty

95 % pale
4 % dark crystal
1 % roast barley

I bitter to around 35 IBU and lots of late hops, this will give more hop than a traditional Irish red but thats up to yourself.

I'm starting to simplify my grain bills lately and liking the results!

[Spud395]

I like fuggles, ekg work well also.

I tend to bitter with magnum a lot, last one of these I brewed I used Bravo 17% aa a touch harsh, but not always a bad thing imo.

At the minute I use wlp028 scotish ale yeast as my house yeast, it seems to work very well for anything I've tried.

Either notty or us-05 will work fine, I'd prolly chose notty from the 2 of those.

Tend to ferment 20-21C for a bit more flavour

[Spud395]

I've also done a similar grist with loads of Nelson late and dry which was a pretty decent South-seas Amber

But thats Nelson for you I suppose, hard to do wrong with it

[Snuff]

Here is Red Dragon, named after her indoors. Turned out really, really nice. Lovely red ale.

Maris Otter      4000g
Crystal Malt       175g
Black Malt 50g
     
Northern Brewer @ 60min - 25g
Amarillo @ 15min - 15g
Amarillo @ 05min -15g
Amarillo @ 00min -10g
     
Whirlfloc @ 15min      
pH 5.2 Mash Stabiliser
WLP001 California Ale Yeast

OG 1050
FG 1012

[Snuff]

I bought up a fair bit of amarillo, citra and simcoe last year. You can never have enough.

[Rossa]

I've a fucking great recipe for something way fucking better than hob goblin that could be more red than dark red if needed. just shout and I'll root out the recipe. malty. slightly sweet. lovely ale I must say.

[Rossa]

But the laptop is in the other room! next week.

[Padraic]

Well why not post it in the crappity smacking Best Recipes section so?

Can we rename that forum?

[Padraic]

Crappity smacking best recipies!

[Cahalbrua]

Thanks for that lads got around to it trying a ruby red last week and decided to keep it sample first time.
pale,dark crystal,roast barley as spud was saying.Colour looked great but will have to wait 2 more weeks to see hopefully won't get to much lighter.
think i'll try snuff's Red Dragon for something lighter next time and cold steep the roast malt.

I'm starting to simplify my grain bills lately and liking the results!

The first and simplist PA i done was MO, crystal, Ekg (no dry hop) us-05.turned out really well,could drink it all day and night.