Brewing an TRULLY RED Irish Red Ale

[Rasec]

Hello to all, i've been brewing for some time, and i now have a real challenge in hands.


I've been trying do make a REAL Irish Red Ale, that can be REALLY red (not like Kilkenny's, that is more brown than red, for exemple).

Based on the character of the beer that I wish, I´ve selected this relations of malt:

- 78% Pilsen Malt (it's easyer for me to get this one instead of Pale Malt)
- 10 % Wheat Malt (just for foam improvement)
- 10% Crystal Malt (175 EBC)
- 2 % Roasted Barley (1300 EBC)

With this one, the beer goes in a light brown with some orange hue in the light...

I've made several batches, changing a little bit on the proportions of the malts, but i've never reached anything trully red, i've got beer's that range from Light Orange to Dark Brown... but never Red!!


I'll be probably working with Meladoinin Malt in future batches instead of Crystal, but first i would like to know your opinions on this one!


Cheers!!

 

[boo boo]

Now I know I have seen that a certain grain in a certain percentage will give a true red colour, but don't recall what it was now. If I find it in the next few days I'll post it.

 

[Jeepsn beer]

The CaraRed malt in my Oktoberfest recipe I thought was supposed to add a nice red tone to it. I don't know how it would work for the style your trying though. I'm new at all grain doing my first batch this weekend.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

I'm not sure I've ever seen a true 'red'...it's just somewhere between an amber and a brown for me. Melanoidin will give a nice hue and incredible maltiness - I highly recommend it if that's what you're after.

 

[david_42]

Reds tend to be more auburn than red, although I've seen some dark reds. You're not likely to find any cherry-red ales, unless they ARE cherry Red ales.