Crazy @$$ RedX Red Ale
#1
Posted 22 October 2014 - 01:17 PM
RedX Red Ale
9 lbs Best Malz RedX malt
4 ounces Thomas Fawcett & Sons Dark Crystal #1 (about 85°L)
.4 oz Magnum pellets 12.1% for 60 mins (about 4.8 AAU)
1 oz Hallertau Select pellets 5.3% for 10 minutes
1 oz French Strisselspalt pellets 2.8% for 5 minutes
1 oz Crystal pellets 3.6% for 2 minutes
White Labs 011 Euro Ale Yeast
The color should come in around 13-14 SRM and the IBUs are around 30-32. Mash around 150°, balanced water profile, etc. Water is filtered, grain is measured out and milled. Brewing early tomorrow morning.
#2
Posted 22 October 2014 - 01:22 PM
so the redx red ale isn't he pseudo alt? I'm a little confused about what has been made and what has yet to be made.
#3
Posted 22 October 2014 - 01:44 PM
Did you taste your pseudo-alt to see if you got any funny flavors from the WLP011? Mine is tasting righteous, very promising.
#4
Posted 22 October 2014 - 02:03 PM
The alt was made in early October and it's ready to go to secondary. I just wasn't sure what to do with the WLP011 (use it again or retire it) but I came up with this. I sort of hate to risk wasting the RedX if this yeast isn't my cup of tea but I'm pressing on.so the redx red ale isn't he pseudo alt? I'm a little confused about what has been made and what has yet to be made.
No, not yet. In fact, I rarely taste beers 'in-progress' because I don't want to futz with them anymore than necessary. The aroma was very nice during the active fermentation and I think that if something was not in line with my tastebuds, I would have picked it up in the aroma. I have a bunch of hops committed to upcoming beers but I had some random hops with no batch in mind so I came up with this one. Should be interesting.Did you taste your pseudo-alt to see if you got any funny flavors from the WLP011? Mine is tasting righteous, very promising.
#5
Posted 22 October 2014 - 06:43 PM
#6
Posted 23 October 2014 - 05:29 AM
#7
Posted 23 October 2014 - 05:47 AM
#8
Posted 23 October 2014 - 05:53 AM
That should be nice. I'm thinking that the RedX malt being used as a base malt is going to pave the way for some really nice beers that are RED. I used to be able to get a liquid MEDIUM-colored extract (LME) that when combined with a bit of C120 (I think) would make a nice red beer. That was in my extract days. When I moved to AG, I had the hardest time trying to formulate a red beer. I got pale-ale colored and amber-ale colored beers but not red. I will snap a pic and post it later today.Interested to see the color, keep us posted. My "Alt-ish" RedX is set to brew in a cpl weeks and will have .25 oz each Simpsoms crystal 165 and CaraAroma
Edited by KenLenard, 23 October 2014 - 05:53 AM.
#9
Posted 23 October 2014 - 06:45 AM
#10
Posted 23 October 2014 - 09:45 AM
Into the primary...
Edited by KenLenard, 23 October 2014 - 09:45 AM.
#11
Posted 23 October 2014 - 10:16 AM
Beauty
#12
Posted 27 October 2014 - 07:28 AM
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