Getting that red color from an Imperial Red ale

[zoomzilla]

My tentative recipe for a five gallon batch is as follows:

13lbs Maris Otter
1lb crystal 20
.50lb crystal 60
.50lb crystal 120
a ladle of coffee malt(about 2oz)

I stock my grains so I'm not going to buy a grain bill, but I do have others to choose from if anyone has any suggestions. Does this look like it will have that deep copper color I'm looking for?

 

[Adirondack47]

Munich malt would help with an orange-ish/red hue as would as ounce of two of black patent, chocolate malt, Special B etc. with the grain bill that you posted above.

 

[te-wa]

i used some munich, c-80, and roasted barley for a SRM of 13.9 - not too brown, not too orange.
this is the recipe i built, feel free to copy it.

10 lbs maris otter
1.5 lbs belgian munich
1 lb victory
6 oz crystal 80
2 oz roast barley
2 oz acid malt, for RO water
8 oz table sugar (in last 10 mins)
1 oz chinook 60
.5 amarillo, .5 cascade 30
1 oz ahtanum 10
.5 amarillo, .5 cascade, flame out
1 oz cascade, dry hop
wlp 007 1.5 L starter, @ 65 for 21 days.

 

[riceral]

...as would as ounce of two of black patent… with the grain bill that you posted above.

+1 to using a little black patent malt.

Something else to consider is using some Red X malt, which might add some red color. I haven't used it but others have and have had positive comments. I don't have any suggestion as to how much to use.