Anyone used Northern Brewer’s Irish Red?

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  1. Josh Hughes

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    #1 Josh Hughes, Aug 19, 2021
    Brewing an Irish red tomorrow. Using Maris otter for base grain about 90-92% that part I’m good. I have the specialty grains from the Northern brewer kit I was going to use for the rest since I have it, it’s a little old but... It doesn’t have the typical 6% Crystal (split between lighter and darker) and 2% roast. Should I just trust the pros and use it? Or my own?
     
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    #2 Minbari, Aug 19, 2021
    whats the worst that happen?

    I like wyerman carared. nice Roast and amber color
     
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    #3 Josh Hughes, Aug 19, 2021
    Their kit just has biscuit, caramel pils, Chocolate, special roast. No cara red in it.
     
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    #4 Yooper, Aug 19, 2021
    That'll get you there! The special roast and chocolate will give you the color and flavor, and with the biscuit in it, it will enhance the dry finish. It's different, but I think it sounds great to me!
     
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    #5 Josh Hughes, Aug 19, 2021
    Here are the percentages. If you think it gets me there I’ll roll with it. Minus the caraffa. I just put that for color 8579C5F7-CEB9-41AB-86BE-8D13B9B53CC4.png
     
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    #6 AHarper, Aug 19, 2021
    Hi Josh,
    I did an Irish Red - a bit more complicated than above though...
    It worked out OK,
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    #7 Josh Hughes, Aug 19, 2021
    That looks tasty! I’m only this complicated since it was packaged by someone else haha.
     
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    #8 BarbarianBrewer, Aug 19, 2021
    My first home brew was a Northern Brewer Extract kit. It was a few years ago so I don't remember the ingredients but, it turned out pretty good I think.
     
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    #9 Yooper, Aug 20, 2021
    You don't need the carafa, but it won't hurt of course. I actually like the looks of that recipe quite a bit! You may not get much of a red color, more brownish(?) but I think it'll taste great.
     
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    #10 Josh Hughes, Aug 20, 2021
    I’ll roll with it.
     
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    #11 Yooper, Aug 21, 2021
    And of course, report back! It does look good to me and I'm curious what you'll think.
     
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    #12 Josh Hughes, Aug 21, 2021
    Was a good brew day. Color looked really nice. Great smells from the hops. Assuming no uglies got in it should be good.
     
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