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Harvest Red
My "Harvest Red" Ale has been the most popular of all of my homebrews. All beer drinkers seem to like this one! Definitely a house favorite!!
| Brewer: | Rod Milligan | Email: | ramilligan23@earthlink.net | |||||
| Beer: | Harvest Red | Style: | American Amber Ale | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 38 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.070 | FG: | 1.040 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 3.9% v/v (3.1% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | N/A | |||||||
| Grain: | 10 lb. American 2-row .5 lb. Wheat malt 1 lb. American crystal 40L .5 lb. American crystal 120L |
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| Mash: | 80% efficiency | |||||||
| Bring mash water to 156° (accounts for 2° decrease after adding grains). Mash-in the following grains... - 10 lbs. American 2-row - 1 lb. American Crystal 40L - .5 lb. American Crystal 120L - .5 lb. American Wheat Starch Conversion - 60 minutes at 154° Mash-out - 10 minutes at 168° Sparge Water - 178° Sparged for 35 minutes. |
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| Boil: | 90 minutes | SG 1.047 | 7.5 gallons | |||||
| Add 1 oz. Northern Brewer (7.7%) at 40. Add 1 oz. Hallertau Hersbrucker (4.4%) at 25. Add 1 tablet Whirlfloc (condensed Irish Moss) at 15. |
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| Hops: | 1 oz. Hallertauer Hersbrucker (5% AA, 40 min.) 1 oz. Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 25 min.) |
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| Yeast: | Wyeast 1056 - American Ale Yeast pitched at 74°. | |||||||
| Log: | Approximate SRM - 13.2 Primary Fermentation held at 72° for 8 days. Secondary Fermentation held at 72° for 5 days. Chilled to 36° for 2 days. |
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| Carbonation: | Force Carbonated at 12 PSI at 36°. | |||||||
| Tasting: | This is a great beer! I'm definitely not a professional beer taster, but I would describe this one as having the following characteristics... - Good balance of malt/hops - No resonating after-taste - Great Color!! |
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Recipe posted 10/22/02.
