Texas Red Ale

 

Recipe Date: January 22, 2013

Type: Red Ale - Texas Red (9D)

Specialty Grains: .5 lb 2-Row Malt, .5 lb Crystal 90L Malt, 1 lb Spec. B Malt, .25 lb Spec. B Malt

Extract: 7 lb Extra Pale Extract

60 Minute Hops: 2 oz Crystal (4.3 % Alpha, 7 % Beta)

15 Minute Hops: .5 oz Crystal

5 Minute Hops: .5 oz Crystal

Yeast: Dry English Ale 007

OG/FG: 1.050 / 1.008 (5.5%)

Brewing Notes:

This red ale, called "Texas Red Ale", was a very easy recipe to make. It only had one variety of hops (Crystal). Another factor was the temperature - 65 degrees in my brewery (garage). That is a very comfortable temperature to brew beer, with a large propane burner, without the room getting to hot. The cool temperature also made it easy to chill my wort to 80 degrees in 10 minutes.

Results:

If you like Irish red ales, you will like this recipe. I aged it in the keg for about 6 weeks and cleared out to a nice red color a week or two after the chilling and carbonation process.  It became known as the "Better Red than Dead".