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General Category => Beer Recipes => Topic started by: flatfour64 on March 30, 2011, 01:08:09 AM
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Ok, first post on this forum, been on NB forum for a while. Be gentle please :D
I have a partial mash recipe here for a half boil on the stove top. I would like to have this recipe work year round, even in the frozen months when I do not brew outside, hence the partial boil. Here it is from my Beersmith files:
BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Green Monster Red
Brewer: Rob Colton
Asst Brewer:
Style: American IPA
TYPE: Partial Mash
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 2.40 gal
Estimated OG: 1.066 SG
Estimated Color: 11.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 85.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.50 lb Muntons Light DME (3.5 SRM) Dry Extract 56.70 %
3.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 36.08 %
0.30 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 3.09 %
0.25 lb Melanoiden Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 2.58 %
0.15 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 1.55 %
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 Hops -
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (60 min) Hops 17.5 IBU
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (20 min) Hops 9.8 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (10 min) Hops 3.8 IBU
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (10 min) Hops 5.9 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (0 min) (Aroma HopHops -
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-SteepHops -
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (0 min) (ArHops -
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
7.00 gal Poland Spring (R) Water
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [Starter Yeast-Ale
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 4.20 lb
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Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 5.25 qt of water at 163.7 F 152.0 F
The question is about the grain bill, will this be too malty for an IPA? I know that a "red ipa" is not to style anyway, but I just don't want too much malty character in the beer. The specialty grains are chosen mostly to impart as much of a red color as I can get. Also note that this will be a 90 min boil to help the melanioden malt kick up the red, thats what I have been told anyway. I have never used roasted barley or melanoiden malt before, so some advise would be appreciated!
Cheers!
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I would nix the roasted barley and the melanoiden.
Maybe add a shot of some medium crystal to give you the color your looking for. If you like your IPA's dry then adjust the mash down to 149F but keep it where it's at if you like a little more body. Definitely has a healthy hop schedule.
Welcome to the AHA forum.
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11 SRM is not that red. Generally the imperial ambers/red IPAs are generally around 15SRM and above. Yours will probably be more orange in color. Otherwise, it looks mighty tasty!
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I do think a little of something black is key to getting red. Just an ounce or two. If you're doing an extract beer with steeping, I'd just put that dark malt in a mesh bag by itself and steep it while gently stirring until it gets to the color you want. Then remove it immediately. Go ahead and steep the rest of the steeping grains for awhile. But don't steep the dark malt for very long because you don't want the flavor.
Roast barley, black malt, chocolate malt. Any of those can give you the color. But you don't want the flavor. Go easy. You can always steep a bit more later if you need it. Take small steps.
If you're going to mash, you can steep briefly in your strike water before mashing.
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I would nix the roasted barley and the melanoiden.
I'm not so sure I agree. The roasted barley at that amount won't add much roastiness, just some red color, which is in his beer's name. Melanoidin will add some malt complexity. More crystal/caramel (medium, as bluesman says) will boost the body.
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I do think a little of something black is key to getting red. Just an ounce or two. If you're doing an extract beer with steeping, I'd just put that dark malt in a mesh bag by itself and steep it while gently stirring until it gets to the color you want. Then remove it immediately. Go ahead and steep the rest of the steeping grains for awhile. But don't steep the dark malt for very long because you don't want the flavor.
Roast barley, black malt, chocolate malt. Any of those can give you the color. But you don't want the flavor. Go easy. You can always steep a bit more later if you need it. Take small steps.
If you're going to mash, you can steep briefly in your strike water before mashing.
I've never steeped before...At what temp would you suggest steeping the dark color malt to extract color without flavor.
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I would nix the roasted barley and the melanoiden.
I'm not so sure I agree. The roasted barley at that amount won't add much roastiness, just some red color, which is in his beer's name. Melanoidin will add some malt complexity. More crystal/caramel (medium, as bluesman says) will boost the body.
You don't want any of that roast flavor coming through with the black malts although I do agree with Gordon an ounce or two will lend some red color (maybe steep it). I think a slight boost in the crystal 120 will get him a redish hue.
The other option is some sinemar (Wyermann) or some debittered carafa which will aid in some reddish color. Again...it has to be very small additions.
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I do think a little of something black is key to getting red. Just an ounce or two. If you're doing an extract beer with steeping, I'd just put that dark malt in a mesh bag by itself and steep it while gently stirring until it gets to the color you want. Then remove it immediately. Go ahead and steep the rest of the steeping grains for awhile. But don't steep the dark malt for very long because you don't want the flavor.
Roast barley, black malt, chocolate malt. Any of those can give you the color. But you don't want the flavor. Go easy. You can always steep a bit more later if you need it. Take small steps.
If you're going to mash, you can steep briefly in your strike water before mashing.
I will be doing a mini-mash of the pale and specialty malts. I also heard that I could just add the roasted barley to tun during the sparge to get color without much flavor, seems to make sense maybe? I think the majority of the body of the beer will be set by the DME anyway, yes/no? I have good AG recipes for more traditional style IPAs, and I do like them dry, so I mash low and long. This one I'm hoping to have a bit of a different twist in the grist, and RED in color, along with with that glorious hop slam. So I want some complexity and SOME maltyness, but not too much.
Also, does a longer boil really help out the red color?
Thanks for the quick replies!
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I use 2oz of Roast Barley in my Irish Red and that gives a nice red color. It does, though, impart a tiny bit of roasted flavor which you probably don't want in an IPA. The trick of adding it at the end of the mash might do the trick of getting the color without the roast.
Oh, and welcome to the forum.
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I use 2oz of Roast Barley in my Irish Red and that gives a nice red color. It does, though, impart a tiny bit of roasted flavor which you probably don't want in an IPA. The trick of adding it at the end of the mash might do the trick of getting the color without the roast.
Oh, and welcome to the forum.
Joe's comment about roasted barley is why I would try to avoid using it in the mash. I'm not even sure about steeping it but I haven't tried it so I can't say for sure. Debittered Carafa would be your better choice for black malts but go small.
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I've never steeped before...At what temp would you suggest steeping the dark color malt to extract color without flavor.
Anything between 150F and 170F. In Zymurgy, I say use 158F, but that's only because it converts nicely to 70C. 8)
Put it in some tight mesh nylon bag or multiple layers of kitchen cheesecloth if you don't have a steeping bag. Sort of dunk it around in there (tying a string to it helps, sometimes the mesh bags have it already). Swirl it a bit and watch the color change. Yank it out without squeezing it out when you're at a color you like.
Sure, try debittered black or carafa if you like. I've even used chocolate wheat. It's not much malt. You can play around with some water and decide if you like the color. If not, pitch it and start over. That's the great thing about doing it in the water before anything else.
You can also add the darker malts at mashout or during the vorlauf. But it sounded like a partial mash or extract+steep recipe, so I went easier. Basically, I would minimize the contact time between the dark malt and the hot water. It's like making tea. Give it a couple minutes and it tastes fine. Leave it in for a half hour and it will taste terrible. If you want color, not flavor, then yank the malt when you've hit that goal.
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You can also add the darker malts at mashout or during the vorlauf. But it sounded like a partial mash or extract+steep recipe, so I went easier. Basically, I would minimize the contact time between the dark malt and the hot water. It's like making tea. Give it a couple minutes and it tastes fine. Leave it in for a half hour and it will taste terrible. If you want color, not flavor, then yank the malt when you've hit that goal.
Sound advice. It's a trial and error kind of thing. Once you settle on a recipe you may find that it needs more color or less hops. You can always tweak it from there. The important thing is that you'll make beer. :)
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Sinemar would work too (it's just concentrated carafa extract). But you wouldn't need to use the whole bottle, and the stuff is perishable and spendy. However, if you have it open from another use and need to use it up, adding by drops would be a good approach.
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You can also add the darker malts at mashout or during the vorlauf. But it sounded like a partial mash or extract+steep recipe, so I went easier. Basically, I would minimize the contact time between the dark malt and the hot water. It's like making tea. Give it a couple minutes and it tastes fine. Leave it in for a half hour and it will taste terrible. If you want color, not flavor, then yank the malt when you've hit that goal.
Sound advice. It's a trial and error kind of thing. Once you settle on a recipe you may find that it needs more color or less hops. You can always tweak it from there. The important thing is that you'll make beer. :)
Agreed, that sounds like a good starting point. I think I will try the steeping idea with a few dark and black malts to see what gives the best color. Perhaps the chocolate malt flavor would be less offensive if detected in small amounts than the roasted barley. I'll post up the finalized recipe in a few days, thanks for the input!
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So cool. I appreciate the advice.. I always wondered how to add color with out adding the dark roast flavor. Since I go all grain, I'm assuming this 'dunk method' of extracting color and not flavor works across the board. Black Pilsner here I come.
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Black Pilsner here I come.
a.k.a Schwarbier
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So if I wanted to add a reddish tinge to a bitter, you're suggesting steeping instead of mashing the black malt? I was going to add 2 oz of black patent to my mash but after reading this I'm reconsidering and maybe I'll do like the OP and steep it in the sparge water before I sparge. Could I add the BPM to the mash tun after I collect the first runnings? Would the sparging draw out enough colour (read: I have no grain bag)?
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You can add the black malt near the end of the mash right before the sparge. Again you'll have to dial in the quantity but start out with a small amount like an ounce or two and tweak it from there. Sinemar is your other option which can be added in the boil.
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Does using CaraRed to get a reddish color add too much maltiness to the beer for BJCP purposes?
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Red IPA/imperial red isn't a BJCP style, so it's all subjective. I'd expect a caramelly character in those kinds of beers, so if it gives you that, then you're probably fine.
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I was thinking about this today at work (where this and many other sites are blocked). Would it work to add 1 oz or so each of chocolate, roasted barley, and black patent to the steeping idea? Would the flavors blend together and be a bit less noticeable or would it end up tasting weird and confusing? It seems like that would lend the color I desire along with the .4 lbs of C120. I know at some point I will just decide what to do and go with an idea, but playing with this type of recipe is expensive with all those now hard to find hops!
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Ok, first post on this forum, been on NB forum for a while. Be gentle please :D
I have a partial mash recipe here for a half boil on the stove top. I would like to have this recipe work year round, even in the frozen months when I do not brew outside, hence the partial boil. Here it is from my Beersmith files:
BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Green Monster Red
Brewer: Rob Colton
Asst Brewer:
Style: American IPA
TYPE: Partial Mash
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 2.40 gal
Estimated OG: 1.066 SG
Estimated Color: 11.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 85.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.50 lb Muntons Light DME (3.5 SRM) Dry Extract 56.70 %
3.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 36.08 %
0.30 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 3.09 %
0.25 lb Melanoiden Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 2.58 %
0.15 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 1.55 %
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 Hops -
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (60 min) Hops 17.5 IBU
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (20 min) Hops 9.8 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (10 min) Hops 3.8 IBU
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (10 min) Hops 5.9 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (0 min) (Aroma HopHops -
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-SteepHops -
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (0 min) (ArHops -
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
7.00 gal Poland Spring (R) Water
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [Starter Yeast-Ale
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 4.20 lb
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Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 5.25 qt of water at 163.7 F 152.0 F
The question is about the grain bill, will this be too malty for an IPA? I know that a "red ipa" is not to style anyway, but I just don't want too much malty character in the beer. The specialty grains are chosen mostly to impart as much of a red color as I can get. Also note that this will be a 90 min boil to help the melanioden malt kick up the red, thats what I have been told anyway. I have never used roasted barley or melanoiden malt before, so some advise would be appreciated!
Cheers!
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (60 min) Hops 17.5 IBU
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (20 min) Hops 9.8 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (10 min) Hops 3.8 IBU
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (10 min) Hops 5.9 IBU
Where are the 85 IBUs?
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I don't know why Beersmith shows the addtions this way, but this is a partial mash and partial boil, with the 5.5 lbs of DME as a late addition. I have made a Pliny the Elder clone this way and it came out right. I agree, it looks screwy compared to my AG full boil recipes, but the outcome is the same.
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Something tells me it is an error: 1oz. of Columbus at 60min will give you way more than 17 IBUs. It looks like 85 IBUs to me.
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I find that the total IBUs calculated by Beersmith are generally right, but the individual calculations shown for each hop addition are way off when you are working with a partial mash and partial boil situation. This recipe when coverted to all grain and a full boil of 8.5 gallons shows a calculated IBU of 121, which seems right. I don't even pay attention to the individual hop addition IBU calculation, as long as the total numbers is right, which it has been in the past for both partial mash and AG recipes. I'm sure the software writer(s) could shed some light on this.
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Here is what I ended up with for a recipe. It has been in primary for 5 weeks, with a 6 day dry hop and is now cold crashed to 33 degrees until Saturday for bottling. I can't wait!
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 8.52 gal
Estimated OG: 1.077 SG
Estimated Color: 14.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 129.1 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
1 lbs 4.0 oz Muntons Xtra Light DME (2.0 SRM) Dry Extract 8.39 %
6 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 40.30 %
6 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 40.30 %
1 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 6.72 %
7.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 2.96 %
1.6 oz Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 0.67 %
1.6 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 0.67 %
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (90 min) Hops 45.0 IBU
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (60 min) Hops 42.1 IBU
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 Hops -
1.00 oz Simcoe [14.00 %] (30 min) Hops 29.1 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.00 %] (5 min) Hops 5.4 IBU
1.00 oz Simcoe [14.00 %] (5 min) Hops 7.5 IBU
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (0 min) (ArHops -
1.00 oz Simcoe [14.00 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-SteepHops -
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.00 %] (0 min) (Aroma HopHops -
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
10.00 gal Poland Spring (R) Water
1 Pkgs American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [StartYeast-Ale
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 13.64 lb
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Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 15.69 qt of water at 167.2 F 150.0 F