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I was looking around for a new Irish Red AG recipe and targeted a Smithwick's Clone. Jake's recipe (https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/409293/jake-s-smithwicks-clone) looked pretty good.
I made a couple of significant changes that I would like to get feedback on.
1) I'm not anal about the style guidelines, but, the SRM on the original recipe is 25 and the style guide tops out at 14. It has 16 oz 140L Crystal, 4 oz 425L Chocolate & 4 oz 550 Roasted Barley.
My question is what should I reduce or eliminate to put the color in the ballpark? Or just go with it, as is, for the first brew? That is my default but, this is so far out I'm questioning whether I should modify it.
(Note: Amounts are after scaling up the recipe from 5.5 gal to 7.5 gal)
2) I removed 1 oz Fuggles at 60 min and replaced with 1 oz Willamette at 60 and 0.75 oz EKG at 15 minutes (mainly because I already have Willamette & EKG in the freezer. I've never brewed with Fuggles so I don't know what flavor difference this will have.
This is my revised recipe: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/951393/smithwicks-clone
[Edited to correct recipe urls]
I made a couple of significant changes that I would like to get feedback on.
1) I'm not anal about the style guidelines, but, the SRM on the original recipe is 25 and the style guide tops out at 14. It has 16 oz 140L Crystal, 4 oz 425L Chocolate & 4 oz 550 Roasted Barley.
My question is what should I reduce or eliminate to put the color in the ballpark? Or just go with it, as is, for the first brew? That is my default but, this is so far out I'm questioning whether I should modify it.
(Note: Amounts are after scaling up the recipe from 5.5 gal to 7.5 gal)
2) I removed 1 oz Fuggles at 60 min and replaced with 1 oz Willamette at 60 and 0.75 oz EKG at 15 minutes (mainly because I already have Willamette & EKG in the freezer. I've never brewed with Fuggles so I don't know what flavor difference this will have.
This is my revised recipe: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/951393/smithwicks-clone
[Edited to correct recipe urls]
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