Irish Red Ale1 First time brewer. I have been collecting beer making equipment for the last 2 years so seeing everything cometogether was really great.2 I picked Irish Red Ale and Oatmeal Stout as my first 2 beers to do. I went with The Irish Red Ale as my first. Oatmeal Stout very soon.3 The easy to follow directions made it simple to follow. On that note I thought it would have been cool to have both sets directions. not a big deal but their customer service helped me out downloading the All Grain directions. 4 Just to let everyone know that if you every need help theircustomer service is great. I had other questions about sparge water later on that i gave them what i figured and they plugged it they plugged it in to double check me.5 all in all i was extremely happy with my beer kit and more beer has a new customer!

ABV came out higher than expected at 5.6% Brew is a bit hoppy but not bad. Not quite an exact match to Killians Irish Red however the color was a nice shade of red unlike some previous reviews claiming it was brown. Overall, I would brew this one again.

Not my favorite Irish Red, a little to hoppy for me, but has some great flavors. If I brew it again I will probably cut the hops down from 1.5 and 2oz to 1 and 1.25

First all grain brew. Ive done extract brew. I like this beer alot. This will be one i brew more often. I did 10 gallon batch and couldnt be happier. Fermented in conical fermenter for three weeks. Pressure Transferred to kegs and put on CO2. Two weeks later carbonation is good. Very easy drinking beer.

At a party recently, several friends and I drank samples of several of my homebrews, and this was the favorite. Only problem is, it get used up too fast. My one minor complaint is that it is a little too dark to be able to see the lovely reddish color.

Great kit for traditional Red. Not overpowering with hops like a lot of newer gen reds are.

This kit as it comes is pretty far off style guidelines. I reduced the Caramel 120 and the black malt each by half and that brought it a little closer. Pretty tasty beer, will likely brew again.

I haven't kegged it yet but if it tastes as good after carbonation as it is before, it's wonderful.

This is my first brew in 20 years and it came out great. If you don't like the toasted (almost burnt) flavor, add less of the toasted malt.

I ordered this before loading all of the ingredients into BeerSmith, when I should have done prior. I just brewed today, and the wort turned brown very quickly. I thought I had made a mistake, but later loaded the grain bill into BeerSmith to try to troubleshoot where I went wrong, only to discover that the preview color is identical to what went into my fermenter. I'm giving it 4 stars because it smelled great going in and I'm sure it'll be a delicious beer, but was really wanting a red, not a red-brown.

was as expected all done now and just waiting on new lid to carbonate beer

I'm very pleased with the flavor of this Irish Red Ale, which is good news because I made 10 gallons of it.

Great taste after two weeks of fermentation and one one in keg

A good Irish Red recipe!

Brewed this last week in my Grainfather and everything looks great. All gravities came in spot on. Looking forward to a pint or two on St. Patty's Day!

Great color, flavor and mouthfeel. Love making red ales and this was no exception. Delicious!

I got the efficiency for the mash that the instructions said ai should get. Final sg was right on target. My only gripe is the lack of “maltiness” in the final product. To me Irish reds need a good malt taste. If I get this again will add 2-3 pounds of base malt to the recipe.

brewed this for a friend and she loves it

I'm not a huge fan of red ales but this is nice. Just enough of the darker malts to make it interesting.

Took about three months to age properly, probably because I sparged and added some finishing sugar which increased fermentation time. Final ABV was about 6.5 percent and everybody really likes the beer. Worth the extra wait!

My all-grain batch is almost porter looking. Very malty, low bitterness, dark.

This kit is amazing! I hit all my numbers dead on except for the final volume came in just under 5 gallons. The malty flavor paired to the light hoppiness makes for an awesome beer. My friends and family loves it and it will definitely be on my rotation from now on!

I brewed this for a friend and fell in love. Great flavor! I'm on batch 20 and this will be in my rotation from now on.

I made had a handful of 'issues' while brewing this yet the beer still came out great. I fermented with Safale 05. Initial ferment temp was 74 (by mistake) but dropped it down to 68 for the remainder. I bottled using CO2 levels of 2.6. If bottling I strongly recommend a good 2-4 weeks before you crack the first beer. I couldn't wait and opened on at 7 days. Way better now that I have waited.

Reds are my favorite so I have made this beer from extract and from all grain, this was also my first ever all grain batch. All grain takes the cake by a mile. The color is better in all grain, the extract version came out very dark and tasted sweeter, the taste is much more distinct and developed in the all grain recipe as well. I only fermented this one once and did not feel it is necessary to dry hop at all. This was my friends and families favorite one I have brewed thus far and they want me to make it again ASAP! I highly reccomend making this one its worth the time!

This beer is phenomenal! It's very malty and has a slight nuttiness to it. I brought a keg of this up to the mountains over New Year's Eve a few years ago and everyone loved it.

I have brewed this kit for two weddings and one 40th Birthday party. Each time it goes faster than whatever other beer is being served including some good microbrews! A very balanced beer that is a crowd pleaser

Used the WL Irish ale yeast. The beer had great flavor and body. It is one of the best beers I have made.

I have brewed several "Irish Ales" and all I can say is this one tops them all......by far! True Irish flavor, eye pleasing color, good mouth feel and a great balance. This one will remain a staple for my offerings... And that?s no blarney!