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Red Flanders

Vital Statistics: Batch Number: 68 Style: Flanders Red Ale Brew Date: 24 February 2013 Original Gravity: 1.047 (11.67 °Plato) Final Gravity: 1.003 (0.77 °Plato) ABV: 5.8% ABW: 4.5% Calories per pint: 199 Estimated IBU (Rager): 12.7 Estimated IBU (Tinseth): 9.7 Mash Temperature: 152° Mash Efficiency: 82% Days in Primary: 10 (into secondary on 6 March 2013) Days in Secondary: 300 (kegged on 31 December 2013) Ferm. Temp. Notes: 66-68° Yeast Used: 3787 Trappist High Gravity Secondary Yeast: 3278 Belgian Lambic Blend Apparent Attenuation: 94% Real Attenuation: 77% Rating: 3.73 Entirely Consumed: Yes (finished 27 April 2014) Availability: 117 days	Recipe: 8 lb 2-row pale malt 12 oz Crystal 60° 1 oz roasted barley 3 AAU (18g @ 4.8% AA) Glacier @ 60 Whirlfloc tablet @ 15 Wyeast 3787 - Trappist High Gravity (primary) Wyeast 3278 - Belgian Lambic Blend (secondary)
General Notes:
Tasting Notes: Tasting notes taken 20 January 2014, 20 days after kegging. Dispensed from kegerator into a tulip. Appearance: amber-orange hue with a light haze and a light effervescence. Head poured several fingers of creamy light-tan foam that dissipated slowly, although not much lace has been left. Not too bad, but it's not the rich, red hue that I wanted. (3.25) Smell: quite tart and almost fruity with a faint malt undertone. The sourness is appealing, although I would like a richer profile overall. (3.75) Taste: not a bad flavor, but not quite the rich Flanders red that I wanted. Bright sourness is followed by a somewhat flat middle palate; the flavor is rounded off with a somewhat bready malt. It's pretty tasty, but falls short of my intent. (3.75) Mouthfeel: light body; this is a highly-attenuated beer. However, for all that, it has a good level of carbonation and a very round, satisfying creaminess that I think works well here. (4) Drinkability: highly drinkable, if not highly flavorful. The tartness keeps me wanting more. Bam! (4.25) Overall score 3.73 (B). I need to look at my grain formulations in the next one of these I try; I want to accomplish better color as well as a slightly sweeter, more complex flavor. I need to look at Special B, maybe a different base malt like Munich.
Hops Table Hop Variety Addition Time AAU AA% Quantity (g) Type IBU (Rager) IBU (Tinseth) Notes Glacier 60 3.00 4.8 18 Pellet 12.7 9.7
Competitions Entered Competition Category Date Submitted Final Judging Date Score (High/Low) Outcome Cascade Brewers Cup 2014 BJCP 17B - Flanders Red Ale 7 April 2014 26 April 2014 33/50 (33/33) Did not place (12 entries in Sour Ale category).