Brew Day: Imperial Red Ale

This Imperial Red Ale’s grain bill was almost too heavy to lift from the kettle! The bloopers are painful to watch this time around…homebrew EVERYWHERE!

Equipment:

Clawhammer Supply 120V Electric System here

Blichmann Riptide Pump here

Monster Mill here

Grain Scale here

Hop Scale here

Catalyst Fermenter here

Statis Glycol Chiller here 

Hudson Sprayer for Sanitizer here 

Refactometer here 

Brewfather App here

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Brewfather Recipe here

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Broken Stitches Imperial Red Recipe by Flora Brewing

Imperial Red Ale

8.7% (Actual 9.7%)/ 20.3 °P

All Grain

Grainfather G30 110V

72% efficiency

Batch Volume: 5.5 gal

Boil Time: 60 min

Mash Water: 6.53 gal

Sparge Water: 0.01 gal / 0.01 gal HLT water

Top-Up Water: 1.67 gal

Total Water: 8.21 gal

Boil Volume: 6.53 gal

Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.077

Vitals

Original Gravity: 1.084 (actual 1.09)

Final Gravity: 1.018 (actual 1.006)

IBU (Tinseth): 70

Colour: 14.5 SRM 

Mash

Temperature — 152.6 °F — 45 min

Malts (17 lb 8 oz)

14 lb (80%) — Briess Brewers Malt 2-Row — Grain — 1.9 °L

2 lb (11.4%) — Avangard Vienna Malt — Grain — 2.8 °L

1 lb (5.7%) — Briess Caramel Malt — Grain — 44.9 °L

8 oz (2.9%) — Simpsons Crystal Dark — Grain — 100.2 °L

Hops (6 oz)

2 oz (41 IBU) — Northern Brewer 8% — Boil — 60 min

3 oz (21 IBU) — Centennial 7.5% — Boil — 10 min

1 oz (8 IBU) — Northern Brewer 8% — Boil — 10 min

Miscs

1.6 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash

1.6 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Mash

1.6 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash

Yeast

2 pkg — White Labs WLP001 California Ale 80%

Fermentation

Primary — 65 °F — 14 days

Carbonation: 2.4 CO2-vol

Water Profile

Ca2+ 62

Mg2+ 15

Na+ 40

Cl- 55

SO42- 64

HCO3- 151

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IN METRIC:

Broken Stiches Imperial Red

Imperial Red Ale

8.7%(Actual 9.7%)

Recipe by Flora Brewing

All Grain

Grainfather G30 110V

72% efficiency

Batch Volume: 20.82 L

Boil Time: 60 min

Mash Water: 24.7 L

Sparge Water: 0.04 L / 0.04 L HLT water

Top-Up Water: 6.32 L

Total Water: 31.06 L

Boil Volume: 24.72 L

Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.077

Vitals

Original Gravity: 1.084

Final Gravity: 1.018

IBU (Tinseth): 70

Colour: 28.5 EBC 

Mash

Temperature — 67 °C — 45 min

Malts (7.938 kg)

6.35 kg (80%) — Briess Brewers Malt 2-Row — Grain — 3.5 EBC

907 g (11.4%) — Avangard Vienna Malt — Grain — 5.9 EBC

454 g (5.7%) — Briess Caramel Malt — Grain — 118 EBC

227 g (2.9%) — Simpsons Crystal Dark — Grain — 265 EBC

Hops (170.1 g)

56.7 g (41 IBU) — Northern Brewer 8% — Boil — 60 min

85 g (21 IBU) — Centennial 7.5% — Boil — 10 min

28.3 g (8 IBU) — Northern Brewer 8% — Boil — 10 min

Miscs

1.6 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash

1.6 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Mash

1.6 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash

Yeast

2 pkg — White Labs WLP001 California Ale 80%

Fermentation

Primary — 18.3 °C — 14 days

Carbonation: 2.4 CO2-vol

Water Profile

Ca2+ 62

Mg2+ 15

Na+ 40

Cl- 55

SO42- 64

HCO3- 151