Homebrew Recipe: Imperial Red Ale Recipe

Here we take a look at an Imperial Red Ale. I was surprised to learn it’s a relatively new style compared to most of what we all brew.

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Broken Stitches Imperial Red

Imperial Red Ale

8.7% / 20.3 °P

Recipe by

Flora Brewing

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 1.014)

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