Brainmuffin Deep Red Irish Ale
Ingredients:
Procedures:
Steep whole grains in 1 gallon for water for 20 minutes at 150 F. Sparge grains with 1 gallon of water at 150 F.
Bring to a boil and add Willamette. Boil for 1 hour. At 10 minutes to go, add 1.5 oz Fuggles. With 5 minutes left, add Malto-Dextrin.
Remove from heat and add 0.5 oz Fuggles. Let stand for 2 minutes.
Cool to proper temperature, fill to 5 gallons and pitch yeast.
Fermentation for 7-10 days at 60 F. Bottle and let condition for 2 weeks.
Use hop bags on bittering and flavor hops. Remove at end of boil. Add aroma hops without a bag and keep in wort during fermentation. For more aroma or flavor, use leftover 0.5 oz of Willamette.
The extract used has an effeciency ratio of 7/9. Other extracts may require adjustments.