Smuwahmb Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I\u2019ve just found the Irish Red recipe on the Coopers site and am keen to give it a go. The recipe is listed as 1.7kg Australian Pale Ale beer kit 500g Coopers Light Dry Malt 100g Crystal Malt 50g Roasted Barley Yeast under the lid or an ale yeast of your choice Just wondering if anyone has made this before and if it goes alright? Or if anyone has any tips to make it better? I\u2019m thinking about using a can of malt extract instead of the LDM and also adding some hops? Any tips, tricks or advice would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I tasted a mate's Irish Red yesterday (not the coopers recipe though sorry) and he said the Irish Red's are all about the malt, as the Irish didn't have hopses. I don't know where that info comes from. He had the aroma right - there was a Celtic Red I had in Ireland that his smelt like. Really caramelly aroma. But it was too early and tasted a bit green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Don't know if this helps or not, but I've been using a grain called 'Caraaroma' in some of my AG brews and just a wee bit of it turns any brew a lovely red colour. When used sparingly the flavour is absolutely beautiful. When I've gone too far over 100g it tasted a bit weird though. Learnt that the hard way! [lol] [biggrin] [lol] [biggrin] [bandit] Long story short, I reckon a touch of that would go nice with the Crystal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuwahmb Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 Thanks for the Replies Philbo and Adam, Sounds like I should give the hops a miss this time [crying] I haven\u2019t heard of the caraaroma before? But will hit up my LHB guy next time I\u2019m there. I\u2019ve already got some crystal and barley so will stick with that this time but I\u2019m thinking I will either use either a can of the Morgans caramalt instead of the LDM or maybe half a can plus the LDM. I\u2019ll let you know how it turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Caraaroma is Crystal and about as dark as you'll get. I use CaraAroma and/or CaraRed and/or CaraAmber in my Irish Reds. I'd suggest getting some Wyeast 1084 then ferment it at 22C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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