Red Ale

[Old Bloater]

Hi
I recently had a fantastic and interesting pint of "Royston Red"

Does anyone know how to get that glorious red tinge to the ale?
I have found several recipes which mention small amounts of crystal malt and pale malt but that is all I usually use anyway. It seems to also be an Irish speciallity but I can't find any recipes.
Any comments gratefully received.

Cheers
OB

[steve_flack]

IIRC Royston Red is a Buntingford Brewery beer. Try emailing them and asking what gives the red colour. I've spoken to them before and they've been very amenable.

To answer your question though, it could be a number of things. Some of the darker roasted barley's give a red color but you need to be careful of amounts as too much and you end up with a black beer.

[pigpen]

hello ob ive been trying to get a nice red colour to my ales & my last attempt was pretty good i used 4kg of pale malt ,300g of dark crystal & 140g of chocolate malt it turned out a nice deep red colour not too roasty you can add your own hopping schedule hope this helps

[smp465]

Uumm, Royston Red! The website says they use a cocktail of hops, i'd be fairly sure that Centennial is one of them from my own attempts at this style.