Mollies Red Ale
I’m hoping to pick up the ingredients for this recipe tomorrow at Mr. Steve’s Homebrew Supplies down by York. Â I’ve never been there but the place looks good from the pictures online, and people have nothing but good things to say about it.
This is my first “from scratch” recipe… I bought BeerSmith, picked the Red Ale style and just tried to fall into those guidelines. Â I hope it’s good 
Edit: I checked out Mr. Steve’s today and it was great. They had everything you could need and the prices were fair. Also, the people there were very friendly. I had to change my recipe a bit because they didn’t have exactly the things I had planned for…. I had to get Caramunich malt instead of Munich, Roasted Barley instead of Chocolate Malt, and I think I got Crystal 90L instead of 80L, even though I didn’t update that. Either way, I think it will still turn out good but it might be a little closer to deep brown instead of red. You don’t brew beer for the looks though!Â
Recipe: Mollies Red Ale Brewer: Ryan Muldowney Style: Irish Red Ale TYPE: Partial Mash
Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 5.00 gal   Boil Size: 4.08 gal Estimated OG: 1.052 SG Estimated Color: 16.7 SRM Estimated IBU: 20.0 IBU Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 % Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients: ------------ Amount       Item                                     Type        % or IBU   3 lbs 8.0 oz Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM)        Dry Extract 46.3 %     2 lbs        Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)           Grain       26.4 %     1 lbs        Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM)    Grain       13.2 %     1 lbs        Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM)               Grain       13.2 %     1.0 oz       Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM)               Grain       0.8 %      1.00 oz      Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (60 min)    Hops        15.3 IBU   0.50 oz      Fuggles [4.50%] (15 min)                Hops        3.4 IBU    0.50 oz      Fuggles [4.50%] (5 min)                 Hops        1.4 IBU    6.00 oz      Malto-Dextrine (Boil 5.0 min)            Misc                    1 Pkgs       Irish Ale (White Labs #WLP004)           Yeast-Ale               Mash Schedule: Mini-mash Total Grain Weight: 4.06 lb ---------------------------- Name              Description                        Step Temp    Step Time  Mash In           Add 11.61 qt of water at 161.9 F   155.0 F      45 min     Â
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Posted: November 3rd, 2006 under Homebrewing.
Comments: 1
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Comment from ryser2k
Time: December 18, 2006, 1:45 pm
I tried this one at bottling and a week later… this is, hands down, THE best beer I have made in my homebrewing career. It’s not fully carbed yet, but in another week or two it will be ridiculous.
I love the fact that this recipe was basically an accident and it turned out so great.
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