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Post by tommymorris on Dec 30, 2021 15:24:08 GMT -6
I just bought 10 lbs of Red X. I am gonna try a Vienna lager with it first.
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Post by brewbama on Dec 30, 2021 15:48:42 GMT -6
I just bought 10 lbs of Red X. I am gonna try a Vienna lager with it first. Just a thought: ynotbrusum said, “I have a club member friend who wins regularly with his Vienna Lager (several ramp ups by commercial breweries, also): 5.5 gallon batch 5.5# Vienna 2# Red X 1.6# Pils .125 # Carafa II I will typically skip Red X and substitute 1# Munich and another extra pound of Vienna or just substitute 2 # Munich.”
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Post by tommymorris on Dec 30, 2021 16:14:48 GMT -6
I just bought 10 lbs of Red X. I am gonna try a Vienna lager with it first. Just a thought: ynotbrusum said, “I have a club member friend who wins regularly with his Vienna Lager (several ramp ups by commercial breweries, also): 5.5 gallon batch 5.5# Vienna 2# Red X 1.6# Pils .125 # Carafa II I will typically skip Red X and substitute 1# Munich and another extra pound of Vienna or just substitute 2 # Munich.” Thanks!
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Post by Ken on Dec 31, 2021 8:18:46 GMT -6
I think mine is a slight bastardization of Jamil's recipe. Pils, Munich 2, Vienna, Carafa, Hallertau hops, a suitable lager yeast. I did use some RedX awhile back and I made some good beers with it but in my crusty old age I am simplifying and shunning malts like this (although I'll sing the praises of copper malt... go figure). The Redx had a very malty character (how much you use dictates that) and added nice color but it's not color that you can't achieve in other ways. Also, I have a weakness for the classics and the way they may have been made a long time ago. I assume RedX didn't exist a long time ago. If anyone wants my exact recipe, let me know and I'll dig it up. Jamil's Vienna is on the dark side and the hop schedule (and overall character) is not really that far off from a dunkel. As a result, I looked for ways to differentiate between the two and my thought was a slightly lighter color in the Vienna Lager (less Carafa) and a slight increase in hops so the Vienna would be more "amber" or "dark amber" and hoppier and the dunkel would be darker and smoother.
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Post by tommymorris on Dec 31, 2021 8:32:04 GMT -6
I got the Red X from Adventures in Homebrewing. I bought a Tapcooler from them and that gave me a $25 gift certificate. I wanted to use the gift certificate immediately so I bought base malt. I threw in 10 lbs. of the Red X because it was the cheapest malt on their site.
My plan for the Vienna is 50/50 Best Pils/Red X with a touch of Carafa to get the color to 11 SRM. I am not sure if that will taste like a Vienna or not. I don’t want to over do it with the Red X since I hear it is very malty.
PS. I also bought a pack of White Labs Charlie’s Fist Bump for $8.99. It was 3 months past best by date when it arrived. I paid 99 cents more for an ice pack. It shipped without ice. Of course the weather was also warm all week. They are refunding the cost of the yeast and ice.
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Post by cliffs on Jan 11, 2022 10:21:03 GMT -6
If I want intense malt aroma and flavor, I use caraaroma and not special B. I absolutely adore that malt in small amounts. I use it in my porter, stout, scottish ales. Its like the smell of a bakery and the taste is rich, but it integrates into recipes better. When Special B is in a beer, it just seems to stand out so much.
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