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Tyo's Fourth of JulIrish Red, White & Brew

Vital Statistics: Batch Number: 47 Style: Irish Red Brew Date: 4 July 2011 Original Gravity: 1.054 (13.33 °Plato) Final Gravity: 1.007 (1.80 °Plato) ABV: 6.2% ABW: 4.8% Calories per pint: 231 Estimated IBU (Rager): 24.6 Estimated IBU (Tinseth): 18.9 Mash Temperature: 151° Mash Efficiency: 75% Days in Primary: 25   Days in Secondary: 0 (kegged on 29 July 2011) Ferm. Temp. Notes: 72-76° Yeast Used: 1084 Irish Ale Apparent Attenuation: 87% Real Attenuation: 71% Rating: 3.85 Entirely Consumed: Yes (finished 29 November 2011) Availability: 123 days	Recipe: 10 lb 2-row pale malt 8 oz Crystal 60° 3 oz Cara-Pils 2 oz chocolate malt 5 AAU (27g @ 5.1% AA) Fuggles @ 60 2 AAU (11g @ 5.1% AA) Fuggles @ 20 Whirlfloc tablet @ 15 Wyeast 1084 - Irish Ale
General Notes:
Tasting Notes: Tasting notes taken 9 September 2011, 42 days after kegging. Poured from tap into a pint glass. Appearance: medium orange-brown hue with a good finger of pillowy ivory foam atop. Actually a pretty decent appearance. (4) Smell: light malt aroma with elements of bread, biscuit and caramel. A pretty typical collection of crystal-malt-related aromas; not bad, but pretty light and not particularly inspriring. (3.5) Taste: pretty decent malty flavor. There is a bit of biscuit going on along with the more-prevalent caramel flavor, but it's really not that bad. Bitterness is pretty well balanced, though hop flavor is low. I think I've done a good job duplicating the style; unfortunately, it's not my favorite style in the world. I've had some reservations about the 1084 yeast I used, but in this application, it seems to have done a pretty good job (although, Irish Ale is how it is meant to be used). Not bad. (4) Mouthfeel: medium-light body with a dose of well-integrated carbonation, yielding a good creaminess. I like the texture this yeast offers. (4) Drinkability: this beer is not bad, and it is a faithful representation of the style, but I'm just not crazy about it. I can definitely quaff a pint or two of it here or there, but I wouldn't want to make a day of this beer. (3.5) Overall score 3.85 (B+). I want to give this beer to someone who likes malty Irish ales and see what they have to say about it. Unfortunately, I don't really know any such people. If this beer sticks around long enough to get entered into a contest, I may do so, but this seems rather unlikely -- especially with football season upon us.
Hops Table Hop Variety Addition Time AAU AA% Quantity (g) Type IBU (Rager) IBU (Tinseth) Notes Fuggles 60 5.00 5.1 27 Pellet 20.4 15.2   Fuggles 20 2.00 5.1 11 Pellet 4.2 3.7