AHS Smithwick's recipe details

[ChemicalBrew]

Anybody brew this clone from Austin Homebrew Supply that can give details of the recipe? I just ordered it, but I would like to know what exactly the extracts, specialty grains and hops are that it contains. As far as I could find AHS doesn't give recipe details like some other suppliers do.

 

[ChemicalBrew]

Well, my order arrived so I can answer this myself. I wasn't going to bother, but somebody else may be interested at some time, so here it is.

7 lbs. Extra Pale Malt Extract
8 oz. Crystal 60L
4 oz. Crystal 90L
1 oz. Challenger (1/2 @ 60, 1/2 @ 15)
1 oz. UK Fuggles (1/2 @ 15, 1/4 @ 5)
Wyeast Irish Ale 1084

 

[WI_Wino]

Nice, I like Smithwicks a lot. Is that LME or DME?

EDIT - never mind, I see on the AHS site that it is liquid.

 

[ChemicalBrew]

Yep, you got it, LME it is. Brewed this last night and I'm hoping for a good result. This one is for my wife who really likes Smithwick's. Happy wife, happy life. I'm fermenting at 63F with a swamp cooler for the first time. I have usually fermented in the high sixties, but hope to see the improvement with the lower temps on this one.

 

[brewmcq]

What would be the equivalent to this with AG?

 

[brew_ny]

9.33 lbs. Pale Malt
8 oz. Crystal 60L
4 oz. Crystal 90L
1 oz. Challenger (1/2 @ 60, 1/2 @ 15)
1 oz. UK Fuggles (1/2 @ 15, 1/4 @ 5)
Wyeast Irish Ale 1084

should work for you for all grain

S_M

 

[ChemicalBrew]

Gotta say, I'm disappointed in the color on this one. It doesn't have that deep red color I expected, more of an amber. It's at 1.016 at 14 days and still pretty cloudy. Taste is ok on my FG sample.

I guess looking at the calculated SRM for this grain/extract bill I should have expected that. Didn't do that before brewing but I see that now. If I make this again, should I switch to an amber extract instead of the pale? What other changes to get that deep red Smithwick's color?

 

[brewmcq]

That's one of the problems I have with the morebeer.com Irish Red Ale.. its color. WAY to dark to be a red ale.

 

[ChemicalBrew]

I did a little research and playing around with a brew calculator and I think doubling the amount of steeping grains would get me there. I might even change the crystal 90L to 120L.