Dano,
tried your recipe 3 and really happy with it even though I stuffed some things up. My mash temps were very sloppy and I overshot the diacety rest to 28C.
Anyway, in comparing my brew after 3 weeks in bottle to the real thing:
mine was a darker reddish colour - not unhappy about this
my...
Have you tried it yet and if so how did it go?
I agree with you about Hopped Out Red, its a fantastic beer. My best to date is a Hop Hog clone recipe by Danestead. The man is brilliant, its so close to the original that its not funny. I reckon HoR takes it one more step though so I'm keen to...