I've had an opportunity to try a couple of beers lately that were referred to as Flemish or Flanders red ales, and I've really enjoyed them. They're usually sour, full-bodied, and with a heavy sweetness that's reminiscent of dried dark fruit. It turns out that Northern Brew has a 3 gal extract recipe for a Flemish Red Ale, and since I had some of the ingredients, I thought I'd give it a shot. All I need to do is a bit of math for the reduction in volume, and I have a pretty good souring process, so I'm all set.
Brew Day: 7 Sept 2017
Partial Mash:
8 oz Vienna malt
3 oz Caramunich
3 oz Special B
2 oz Carapils
Boil #1 (20 min):
1 lb Golden Light DME
4 oz sugar
At this point, no hops are added. Follow all of the normal processes (partial mashing, boil, cooling the wort). Once the wort is cooled, I added 2 Good Belly Straight Shots to the fermenter and then racked. Then, I moved the fermenter to a warming plate and wrapped it in a towel; I now need to let it sit for at least 48 hrs.
Boil #2 (20 min - 10 Sept):
20 min boil to kill the bugs. Cool the wort following the boil, using normal processes, pitch the yeast.
Hops: 7 g Styrian Goldings hops (@ 20 min)
Yeast: T-58
Cooled the wort and pitched the yeast via the usual method(s).
Addendum, 22 Sept: Racked to secondary.
Addendum, 6 Oct: Bottled tonight, using 2.5 T of table sugar dissolved in 1/2 c boiling water. The beer smelled really good during transfer; I got 8 good brown bottles out of it, plus one former Sprite bottle that I "repurposed".
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