Red citra ipa not so red

mewithstewpid · Jul 9, 2011

Brewed a red citra ipa 3.5weeks ago. Bottled today and it was not red at all, more gold colored.

Any advice on why this may be???

6lb gold dme
Steep:
1lb carared
.5lb bucuit
2oz roasted barley

Us05

4oz citra over 1hr

It still tastes good, just not the look I wanted

usfmikeb · Jul 9, 2011

I typically use vienna as my base grain for red ales, and also add in rye as well.

mewithstewpid · Jul 9, 2011

Here is a picture during bottling

usfmikeb · Jul 9, 2011

I'm shocked that it's that color with roasted barley in it...

mewithstewpid · Jul 9, 2011

I know that why I was so surprised! I ordered from brewmasters warehouse, could they have sent thenwrong stuff? I've brewed with roasted bar before it seemed to be the same stuff

usfmikeb · Jul 9, 2011

I've never used them before, but anyone could make a mistake. Looks to me like it wasn't included...

mewithstewpid · Jul 9, 2011

No it was they package separately. I definitely received two oz of coffee smelling grains

mewithstewpid · Jul 9, 2011

Anyone else???

birvine · Jul 9, 2011

Possibly forget to crush the roasted b?

B

1Mainebrew · Jul 9, 2011

What was the color of your grain tea?

mewithstewpid · Jul 10, 2011

Interesting idea. The others were crushed but I can't remember about the roasted bar. It's was only 2oz so I didn't look too hard just assumed it was crushed

As for the color is was brown. Boiled 2.5 gallons.

1Mainebrew · Jul 10, 2011

how long did you steep? and what was your total volume after topping up?

mewithstewpid · Jul 11, 2011

1Mainebrew said:
how long did you steep? and what was your total volume after topping up?

20 minutes

5 gal total

terrapinj · Jul 11, 2011

are you sure you added the steeping liquid to the boil kettle?

that looks like a blonde

mewithstewpid · Jul 11, 2011

postive. its one kettle. steep 20 min, boil, then add DME

terrapinj · Jul 11, 2011

damn that is really baffling

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