2026 Irish red ale By 2026-02-12 imperial of 2026 Irish red ale All Grain Irish Red Ale homebrewing recipe Prep Time: 1 hour Cook Time: 90 minutes Yield: 5.5 gallons
Nutrition facts: 319 calories (4.2% ABV), 12 oz,
Ingredients: 8.76 lbs Maris Otter Pale - UK 5.92 oz Caramel/Crystal 40 5.92 oz Caramel/Crystal 120 4 oz Roasted Barley - US 4 oz East Kent Golding 4 oz Willamette 1 Irish Ale Yeast (yeast)Instructions: 1. Add grains to pre-heated water and rest @ 153F for 60 min. 2. Remove grains and bring to boil. 3. Add hops and boil for 60 mins. 4. Cool to 65F, add yeast and let ferment for 1-2 weeks. 5. Bottle with priming sugar, let carbonate 1-2 weeks. 6. Chill and enjoy your delicious beer!

2026 Irish red ale

An All Grain recipe


By Russell

Style: Irish Red Ale
Batch Size: gal
Efficiency: 72%
Recipe Statistics
OG: 1.045
FG: 1.013
SRM: 15
IBU: 20
ABV: 4.2%
Profile: Evenly Balanced

Fermentables

AmountIngredientPPGColorUse
8.76 lbsMaris Otter Pale - UK363 °LMash
5.92 ozCaramel/Crystal 403440 °LMash
5.92 ozCaramel/Crystal 12033120 °LMash
4 ozRoasted Barley - US33300 °LMash

Hops

AmountHopTimeTypeUseAlpha
0.84 ozEast Kent Golding60 minsPellet Boil 5%
0.58 ozWillamette15 minsPellet Boil 5%

Yeast

NameLabStrainAttenuation
Irish Ale YeastWhite LabsWLP00471.5%


Recipe Notes:

Brewed on my HERMS system / 5.5-gallon Batch size will get 5 gallons in keg.
Recipe by the book this doesn't seem to fit the style, so I adjusted it.
Original Recipe is from Brewing classic styles pg. 130
5 gallon in keg, 5.5 gallon in fermenter 7 gallon in boil
OG=1.054 / OG=1.014 / IBU=25 / SRM=17 / ABV=5.2 (This doesn't fit the syle)
Grains: 11.25 gallons of Maris otter, 6 oz of crystal 40, 6 oz of crystal 120 and 6 oz of Rosted Barley (300 L)
Hops: 1.25 oz of East Kent Goldings 5% AA at 60 minutes
Irish Ale yeast.
Mash at 153, Ferment at 66 f,



Recipe Comments


Russell
Jan 15th 2026 10:05pm

target water profile: Balanced

Ca=80 / Mg=5 / Na=25 / Cl=75 / S04=80 / HCo3=100

Russell
Feb 7th 2026 8:58pm


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