Castle Malting: Beer recipe RED INTENSE BEER
RED INTENSE BEER Beer recipe
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ABV 7.4% Color 52 EBC Bitterness 25 IBU
Description:
This recipe is intentionally simple to highlight the full aromatic potential of Château Red Intense malt. The yeast is neutral and the hop bitterness is moderate to match the alcohol content. This red-hued beer will delight fans of malty flavors.
Service:
Glass: Tulip beer glass
Temperature: 4-8 °C
BREWER`S TIP
For an IPA version, feel free to dry-hop this beer with your favorite hops during fermentation.


This recipe is provided by Castle Malting®. Please note that this recipe is just a guideline. Some modification might need to be done to meet different technologies, efficiencies and ingredients yield as grain dry extract and hop alpha acid percentage.

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RECIPE FOR 100L
MALT

Château Red Intense 100% / 26.8 kg
HOPS

Magnum (12.0% aa) 25 IBU / 82 g
YEAST

SafAle US-05 80 g

Mashing Temperature

Step 1: Mashing
Mash-in and follow the profile below:
pH 5.3 Mix Ratio 2.6 L/kg
Mash-in at 64°C
Rest for 50min at 64°C
Rise to 72°C at 1°C/min
Rest for 20min at 72°C and do the Iodine Test
Rise to 78°C at 1°C/min
Rest for 2min at 78°C to mash out

Once the mash is done, filter and sparge with water at 78°C
Step 2: Boiling
Boil for 60min.
Hop addition 1: After 10 minutes, add Magnum hops.
Whirlpool to remove the trub.
Total evap 6.0% Batch size 100L OG 16oP Efficiency 85%
Step 3: Fermentation and Maturation
Cool down the wort to 16°C and pitch the yeast.
Ferment at 16°C for 2 days then rise to 18°C. Once the fermentation is done (FG reached and off-flavors removed – about 7 days), drop the temperature to 8°C and rest for 1 day, and then harvest the yeast. Drop the temperature to 2°C and rest for 7 days.
Attenuation 86% FG 2.30oP
Step 4: Cold Aging and Packaging Cold age the beer at -1°C for 5 days, remove the residual yeast, and carbonate until 2.5 volumes of CO2. The beer is ready to package and drink. Enjoy! *For refermentation in the bottle, add brewing sugar and SafAle F-2.
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