"neon" orange color ipa

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d_striker

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Had an ipa yesterday that was a really bright orange color. Almost neon orange. What grain profile does it take to get that neon orange?
 
How neon orange? kinda like a carrot orange? Or as bright as hunter's blaze orange? I haven't had seen anything that was a "neon" orange that wasn't because of a dye like food colouring.
 
A lot is going to depend on the lighting. Here is the recipe for an IPA I am drinking. It has a decent orange color but you need a little light and a light colored background to see it. I'm guessing its the redwheat and rye that helps. The haze in the pic is on the glass, its a sharper orange when the glass isn't hazed.

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% LB OZ Malt or Fermentable ppg °L
67% 18 0 American Two-row Pale info 37 1
11% 3 0 Munich Malt info 37 9
7% 2 0 Rye Malt info 29 4
7% 2 0 Wheat Malt info 39 2
4% 1 0 American Crystal 20L info 34 20
4% 1 0 American Crystal 40L info 34 40
27 0
Batch size: 10.0 gallons


Original Gravity
1.072
(1.064 to 1.075)
Final Gravity
1.017
(1.015 to 1.018)
Color
8° SRM / 16° EBC
(Gold to Copper)
Mash Efficiency
75%

hops
use time oz variety form aa
boil 60 mins 2.0 Warrior info pellet 15.0
boil 30 mins 1.0 Citra info pellet 11.0
boil 20 mins 0.5 Amarillo Gold info pellet 7.2
boil 20 mins 0.5 Citra info pellet 11.0
boil 20 mins 1.0 Cascade info pellet 5.5
boil 10 mins 1.0 Citra info pellet 11.0
boil 10 mins 0.5 Cascade info pellet 5.5
boil 10 mins 0.5 Amarillo Gold info pellet 7.2
boil 5 mins 1.0 Amarillo Gold info pellet 7.2
boil 5 mins 0.5 Citra info pellet 11.0
boil 5 mins 1.0 Cascade info pellet 5.5
dry hop 7 days 0.5 Amarillo Gold info pellet 7.2
dry hop 7 days 0.5 Cascade info pellet 5.5
 
How neon orange? kinda like a carrot orange? Or as bright as hunter's blaze orange? I haven't had seen anything that was a "neon" orange that wasn't because of a dye like food colouring.

Well, not exactly neon but a very bright orange with back lighting.
 
A lot is going to depend on the lighting. Here is the recipe for an IPA I am drinking. It has a decent orange color but you need a little light and a light colored background to see it. I'm guessing its the redwheat and rye that helps. The haze in the pic is on the glass, its a sharper orange when the glass isn't hazed.

Man that's a tasty looking beer. I think you hit the nail right on the head in reference to lighting conditions.

The IPA I had was much paler than your brew. Thanks for the tip on the rye and red wheat. It'll give me a good place to start researching.
 
That´s our last IPA experiment (belgian). It has an orangeish colour profile with a huge and persistent head! Full of spyces and flavors...
Cheers!!

MMB IPA.jpg
 
5,03 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) Bel (5,9 EBC) Grain 2 97,5 % > Castle
0,08 kg Crystal Malt - 150 (150,0 EBC) Grain 3 1,6 % > Castle
0,05 kg Carafa I (663,9 EBC) Grain 4 1,0 % > Weyermann
 
Any chance you got the name of the IPA? If so, sometimes breweries will give a basic grain/hop profile.

But the beers posted in here look simply outstanding.
 
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