To be honest, the colour is not that important to me - I just found it nifty. I am more interested in seeing how this beer will compare to the Hitachino - my variant is less alcoholic and without flaked barley.
I am more than happy if the direction of the flavour is in that of the Hitachino...
I brewed this recipe last wednesday. Brewday conclusions: I believe one needs a much larger proportion of red rice in order to get that very red colour. Perhaps as much as 50%. I also think that such a large proportion may result in problems such as stuck mash.
The wort, however, got a lot of...
I am making a similar beer in a couple of weeks. Recipe (50L batch)
5 kg Pilsner malt
3 kg Wheat malt
3 kg Red rice
0.5 kg Cara red
1.5 kg dry light extract
0.5 kg table sugar
Yeast: WLP705 Sake
Hops: 12 g Warrior (17%) 90 min
50 g East Kent Goldings (4.4%) 5 min
Preboil rice...