Light red lager...Something Redder!

Bigbre04 · Jun 13, 2024

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1485272

So I have being doing a series of beers starting with Something Different where I experiment with different things. Something different was using Black patent malt at a low percent for some interesting flavor and color in a golden lager. I have Something Bigger on right now which is a golden lager that is 5.6%, but is using Apex Berlin Yeasties instead of my normal Munich variety. Both beers have been really good overall and interesting for sure.

I just made a recipe for a Red lager what i think will be really interesting. I have never used red x in this high of a percentage without a bunch of roasted malt. I originally wanted to use exclusively red x as a base malt, but it was getting alot darker(12srm) then i wanted(8-9srm). I think the touch of Spec X will add a little flavor to it without bringing it into a big red category.

Let me know what you think!

Simonpyman · Jun 14, 2024

Bigbre04 said:
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1485272

So I have being doing a series of beers starting with Something Different where I experiment with different things. Something different was using Black patent malt at a low percent for some interesting flavor and color in a golden lager. I have Something Bigger on right now which is a golden lager that is 5.6%, but is using Apex Berlin Yeasties instead of my normal Munich variety. Both beers have been really good overall and interesting for sure.

I just made a recipe for a Red lager what i think will be really interesting. I have never used red x in this high of a percentage without a bunch of roasted malt. I originally wanted to use exclusively red x as a base malt, but it was getting alot darker(12srm) then i wanted(8-9srm). I think the touch of Spec X will add a little flavor to it without bringing it into a big red category.

Let me know what you think!

This looks really interesting, i have never used red x before but this should be good in color and taste.

Bigbre04 · Jun 14, 2024

Simonpyman said:
This looks really interesting, i have never used red x before but this should be good in color and taste.

Ya I think it will be cool. Basically a light lager with smallest hint of roasty caramel flavor but with hopefully a cool reddish color. If it works, I might use red x for fruited sours that have red fruit in them to get a really deep red.

I didn't go 100% because the color ended up closer to 12-14 which was darker then I wanted.