Newest Version of Ralph's Knucklehead Red

[Gymrat]

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Ralph's Knucklehead Red Spring 2014
Brewer: Roger
Asst Brewer: Ralph the Wonderdog
Style: Irish Red Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 6.20 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.20 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.051 SG
Estimated Color: 15.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 30.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
9 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 91.1 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 5.1 %
4.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 3 2.5 %
2.0 oz Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 4 1.3 %
0.50 oz Sterling [7.50 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 5 16.9 IBUs
2.00 oz Fuggle [4.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 6 13.4 IBUs
1.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast 7 -
2.00 oz Fuggle [4.50 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 8 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 9 lbs 14.0 oz
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[Gymrat]

I am going to use the yeast I dropped out from under my brown ale last week for this.

[Kealia]

I was about to ask if this was an Irish Red but then I:
1) Figured if it was an Amber you would have called it that
2) Read the style from your post/printout

So...nothing to see here

[Gymrat]

I think instead of dry hopping I am going to do a 30 minute hop stand.

[Gymrat]

I dropped the yeast out from under this beer today. I have it in the fridge, after work I am going to decanter some beer off of the yeast to sample. I am really curious about this hop stand thing.

[Beer-lord]

Roger, so far, with my little bit of playing around with hop standing, I've found I like dry hopping more. Yes, I have to add more hops to the fermenter but I get more aroma and flavor that way.
But I've read where some people do a continual hop stand adding a little bit of hops from flameout to -45 and while I think that might work very well for me, we're back to using more hops than my standard dry hopping of about 2-3 oz.
I've also read where some have noticed more of a benefit from using leaf hops in hop stands than pellets but I haven't tried leaf.

I'm curious what you find.

[Brewbirds]

We've been doing it for the last several batches and the beers have been good. But we used it instead of the short boils and still dry hopped for 3-4 days.

I'd like to do identical batches in some sort of taste test but haven't really sat down to decide what comparative boil schedule to use.

[Gymrat]

The sample I tasted tonight was absolutely perfect for flavor. I didn't get any aroma off of it but the taste was right where I want it. I could see doing both a hop stand and dry hopping.Though I have found in the past that the aroma doesn't show up until the beer has been carbonated. So it will be interesting to see how it is as a finished product.

[Gymrat]

I kegged this beer today. A friend stopped by while I was working so I gave him a sample. The first thing he said was "it smells like hops" so some degree of aroma was achieved. He then tasted it and said it was hoppy. I would describe it more as having a hop presence. The balance was exactly what I was after.

[Brewbirds]

Awesome and good on ya! Glad it turned out so well for you and even more so that you seem to be up and into full brew mode now.

[Kealia]

The first thing he said was "it smells like hops" so some degree of aroma was achieved.