First All Grain Batch - Irish Red Ale

This batch of irish red was my first all grain recipe, and I realized that I needed to upgrade my brewing equipment after going through the boil. My 22 quart brew pot (obviously) wouldn't hold the over 6 gallons that I needed to boil to get down to my 5.25 gallon fermentation volume. This extra volume for a full boil was much harder for me to heat up and cool down.  So I would have a better brewing experience next time, I just went on a little buying spree. I got a new stainless steel 32 quart pot, wort chiller, and a propane burner (I also got the ingredients for an imperial IPA, but I'll get into that later). Look out wort, there is now a 210,000BTU dragon underneath you!

Back to the irish red. The Beer Smith build list is below, and everything went well. All of the steps took a little longer than normal, but nothing ended disastrously. During the boil I had a separate pot of boiling wort that I used to top off the main brew pot, so the volume and specific gravity were very close to what was expected. I am really excited to see how my St. Patty's day/opening day brew turned out!

Quadruple hops brewed...look out miller lite!

*Note - I just named this batch "Maroon Monsoon"