Brunette colored blonde ale? AG

[tullamoremike]

Hey guys,

Any ideas on how to add color to a blonde ale without adding sweetness, toasted flavor etc? I'm trying to brew a "brunette" ale for my brunette wife; she's into light flavored beers and anything that reminds her of champagne. So I'll obviously be going for high attenuation and at least 3 vol. carb. I'm thinking of using dry notty and fermenting low (58?) to keep the attenuation high and the esters low and possibly adding 5% dextrose to dry it out even more. I'm at a loss when it comes to adding color without flavor though. Any ideas?

 

[bovineblitz]

Add a tiny bit of carafa special III or debittered black patent?

There's also Sinamar
http://morebeer.com/search?search=sinamar

 

[tullamoremike]

Wow, I'd never heard of debittered black patent or sinamar! Either seems perfect. I'll check out the LHBS. This one is on the schedule for Saturday so if I can't find either, she's getting food coloring in the bottling bucket (seriously). Has any one done this? I can't imagine there'd be much in food coloring to throw off flavors.