{"id":60,"date":"2009-11-04T17:36:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T22:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2010-04-18T18:37:08","modified_gmt":"2010-04-18T23:37:08","slug":"batch-03-10-irish-red-ale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=60","title":{"rendered":"Batch #4-10: Irish Red Ale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Style<\/td>\nIrish Red Ale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ingredients<\/td>\nView Here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brewing Date:<\/td>\nSaturday, March 6, 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Primary Fermentation:<\/td>\nSaturday, March 6, 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Original Gravity:<\/td>\n1.040<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secondary Fermentation:<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bottling Date:<\/td>\nTuesday, March 16, 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final Gravity:<\/td>\n1.012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Release Date:<\/td>\nFriday, April 16, 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alcohol by volume:<\/td>\n3.7% (raw) \/ 4.2% (conditioned)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brand:<\/strong><\/td>\nMaster Yeast Theatre<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Release Name:<\/strong><\/td>\nDeath of a Tax Man<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Summary: This will be a revisit to the popular Red Ale of last year, but with partial mash instead of a brew can.\u00a0 Irish Red Ale and Stouts are my favorite beers.<\/p>\n

The release name honors the Irish who, in their Government’s wisdom, eliminated income taxes on artists.\u00a0 So from the home brewer who’s artistic outlet is beer (currently), I will raise a glass to you.\u00a0 And, of course, the release day will be one day after the US Federal Tax returns are due.\u00a0 I might need it by then.<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/p>\n

Mar 05 6:30PM :: Created the yeast starter with the standard 5oz malt pack.\u00a0 I also have a new hydrometer: my third in 16 months.\u00a0 Man those things are fragile.<\/p>\n

Mar 06 12:00 PM :: Brewing went smoothly.\u00a0 The yeast was pitched at 62F, the lowest I have done it yet.\u00a0 I cooled the wort in an ice bath for 20 minutes, and it was 120F when I added it to the fermentation bucket with 3 gallons of ice cold water.\u00a0 62F was the temperature immediately afterwards.<\/p>\n

The yeast in the starter was very active so, combined with a nice IG measurement, I hope this will produce over 4% ABV when done.\u00a0 Bucket is in my 18-gallon bin with 2 inches of water for wick cooling.<\/p>\n

Mar 07 9:30 AM :: Bubbling cycles are already 6 seconds apart with strong 2 second bursts.\u00a0 Just the type of quick start needed to break the 4% threshold.<\/p>\n

Mar 08 12 :30 AM :: Bubbling cycles are now at strong at 1-2 seconds apart with strong 2 second bursts.<\/p>\n

Mar 10 10:00 PM :: Bubbling cycles subsided to about 40 seconds intervals, but the burst is still strong and close to 2 seconds in duration.\u00a0 Gave the barrel a stir to<\/p>\n

Mar 12 6:30 PM :: Bubbling cycles are still at 50 seconds intervals, and the burst rate is subsiding.\u00a0 This has been a very strong fermentation cycle.\u00a0 I’m hoping it ends soon so that I can bottle the batch.<\/p>\n

Mar 16 9:00 PM :: Bubbling cycles went over 90 seconds two days ago.\u00a0 Took a hydrometer reading.\u00a0 The alcohol content will be over 4% after conditioning, as I was hoping.\u00a0 The brew is very smooth, with a nice hop to malt balance.\u00a0 This batch had nowhere near the massive trum of the previous batch, which was a nice change.\u00a0 Yield was 47x 12oz, 2x 20oz, and 1x 34oz.<\/p>\n

Mar 21 6:30PM :: Opened a bottle early to try.\u00a0 It’s already generating head, and the taste is very good.<\/p>\n

Apr 4 6:00PM :: Opened a second bottle to try.\u00a0 The taste is better, but the flavors haven’t melded quite yet.<\/p>\n

Apr 15 10:00PM :: Conditioning should be finished today.\u00a0 The flavor is now melded and the taste is very smooth.\u00a0 I’m very happy with the result of this batch.<\/p>\n

I received good feedback on this batch.\u00a0 This Irish Red recipe from Heart’s is a good one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Style Irish Red Ale Ingredients View Here Brewing Date: Saturday, March 6, 2010 Primary Fermentation: Saturday, March 6, 2010 Original Gravity: 1.040 Secondary Fermentation: n\/a Bottling Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Final Gravity: 1.012 Release Date: Friday, April 16, 2010 Alcohol by volume: 3.7% (raw) \/ 4.2% (conditioned) Brand: Master Yeast Theatre Release Name: Death […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/112"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}