You sucked me in. I was expecting to see a Donny or Hilster pic and it took a moment to recognize the hydrometer pic was offensive. I just instituted a bunch of brewery process changes to reduce DO in my beers. I think they are worth it. Give it a thought. Your beers will stay fresher, longer.
Hehe. My last post showed me floating the hydrometer in my kettle, and I got a lot of crap about that from a couple of buddies. So I figured it would be a bit of a joke to mention this as an offensive pic.
I'm interested in minimizing oxygen, at least on the cold side (I'm not ready or even super interested in the LODO stuff yet). I do purge my kegs prior to siphoning, and purge three or four times after. I try to minimize splashing and such. If you have some suggestions as to things I can improve, I'm all ears!
So, have you made that recipe before with another base malt? I have to admit that I tend to use malts that are indigenous to the beer style. A German maltster wouldn't have been my first choice, but I understand your interest due to the color rating. You mention Munich-like flavor, but a lack of caramel. That description has some similarity to Paul's Mild Malt, which I love.
As I alluded in my post, this was a complete "start over" for my Irish red. I've done four other versions with varying levels of success on appearance and flavor targets. I also try to use indigenous ingredients - next weekend, I'm brewing a British brown for NHC, and will be using exclusively Crisp and Simpsons malts, UK hops, and WLP002.
For the red, I was really trying to think outside the box a bit, as I just hadn't been happy with any of my previous versions. This is what led me to Red X.
Paul's Mild? That's a new one on me, I'll have to check it out.
Thanks for the feedback!