Need help. Red malts? Know of any.

[joeguy07]

I'm planning to make a red ale this fall and I'm in need of finding a malt that will five me a nice red colour to my beer. Thanks

 

[weirdboy]

Try some caramunich, maybe 10oz or so, and then a small amount of chocolate or roasted malt, maybe 2-4oz.

 

[Yooper]

A pound of carared with a few ounces of chocolate malt will give a red color!

 

[arturo7]

roasted barley works as well

 

[corkybstewart]

Take a half pound of black patent and sprinkle it on top of the mash just before you start sparging. You won't get any roast flavor but it will give your beer a beautiful copper red color.

 

[solavirtus]

If you can get it, Pale chocolate might be good. Don't use much and you'll get a nice red color and flavor that doesn't dominate.

 

[Pappers_]

Take a half pound of black patent and sprinkle it on top of the mash just before you start sparging. You won't get any roast flavor but it will give your beer a beautiful copper red color.

+1 This is the process I use also. I use roasted barley instead of black patent, but the same process in my Red Ale http://www.singingboysbrewing.com/Red-Ale.html

 

[mc_eric]

I'm sipping on an amber ale right now that I used 1 pound of caramunich and 2oz of dark chocolate malt in, it's got a nice reddish-copper hue to it. Doesn't taste bad either

 

[corkybstewart]

+1 This is the process I use also. I use roasted barley instead of black patent, but the same process in my Red Ale http://www.singingboysbrewing.com/Red-Ale.html

I use BP only because the brewer at a nearby pub changed her recipe and had a 25 kilo sack she no longer needed so I was busy for a couple of years coming up with ways to use it-I gave over half away but that still left a bunch.

 

[joeguy07]

I have some of that black malt and roasted. I like that idea of adding a bit to the mash. Thanks guys. This site is great could not live without it. Unless my keg was full then I could last a while.

 

[Pappers_]

I have some of that black malt and roasted. I like that idea of adding a bit to the mash. Thanks guys. This site is great could not live without it. Unless my keg was full then I could last a while.

Just to make sure you understood correctly, you don't mash the roasted barley. You add it to the mash tun after the mash is done, before you sparge.

 

[joeguy07]

Ya at the sparge. I can't wait to brew now.

 

[ChillWill]

Crystal 120 and a touch of roast barley in the main mash is also a common way of making a red ale.