Anyone have recipe/advice/suggestions for an Irish Red Ale?
Here’s what I brewed this past weekend…
Salt Pond Irish Red Ale
Date: 1/17/2010
Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5.5 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
9 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 84.71 %
1 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 9.41 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 4.71 %
2.0 oz Roasted Barley (Simpsons) (550.0 SRM) Grain 1.18 %
2.00 oz Hallertauer 3.6 [3.60 %] (60 min) Hops 21.1 IBU
1 Pkgs Irish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1084) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.058 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.016
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.80 %
Bitterness: 21.1 IBU
Est Color: 11.6 SRM
Mash Profile
Mash 60 minutes at 152F
It’s that time of the year! I throw my recipe out there for you to check out. If your interested, the kit’s available from my LHBS. 8)
Kilkenny’s Penny Red
http://alemakers.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.40
KPR Signature Kit from High Gravity
http://www.highgravitybrew.com/productcart/pc/Kilkenny-s-Penny-Red-66p2783.htm
RDWHAHB
I like that Kilkenny’s Penny Red recipe.
What does Sweet Gale taste/smell like?
I’m a fan of BJ’s Pizza & Brewery’s Jeremiah Red. It is way too big for the category but it is fun to drink! 
I have tried to make one like it but it never comes out the way I like it.
I may have to brew the Kilkenny’s Penny Red soon.
Myrica gale used in place of the finishing hops adds a unique herbal/resinous scent to the aroma combining with the malts to create a sweet(leaf) character like the nickname suggests. It really adds to the overall complexity of the finished beer, but it’s a character that you’ll either like or hate. Bog myrtle/Sweet gale was a very popular ingredient in gruit ales. So… you may want to brew the regular version first before experimenting with the sweet gale version.