Recipe question

[Gugs44]

Hi Lads,

Would anyone have a recipe for either O Haras Red, Sunburnt Red or Porterhouse Red?? Or even a close clone of any of these would be great, been looking on Beersmith but Cant seem to find any

Cheers

[Gugs44]

Looks to be a good'n alright and nice at 5.7ABV

Am doing something similar but with Northern brewer and cascade...first time all Grain brewer so all experimenting with my personal tastes.

Thanks for that info

[TheSumOfAllBeers]

This is the best red beer I have ever tasted, and one of the lads in our club got one of the brewers to spill the beans on the malt bill.

Its also made with all UK hops, which makes it really interesting as it is a US style beer.

In terms of malt... At the Birmingham Beer Bash event at the weekend, Dominic Driscoll from Thornbridge gave a talk on speciality malt and by handy coincidence, he talked through the malt grist for Thornbridge's Colorado Red. I've reproduced it below:

"The red ale is one which can be dificult to get right - often brewers produce a brown mess of a beerin a desperate attempt to get the perfect red hue. One of the main secrets is to forego chocolate and roasted malts, sticking with a combination of munich and a variety of crystal malts. Perfect ruby red every time.

58% Maris Otter
27% Munich
7% Crystal
3% Caramalt
3% Dark Crystal
2% Wheat (just a touch for head retention)"

[Rossa]

I think Rebel Red is First gold and EKG but I stand to be corrected. Just a smidgen of roasted barley to get the colour and the rest is pale. One of my favourites that has not disappointed over the years unlike some of the others that have been dumbed down.