Colouring beer

[bloodoaf]

Graham Wheeler's recipe in "BYOBRAAH" for Adnams Bitter includes 75g chocolate malt for colouring only. I have brewed this about 10 times now and is my firm favourite (thanks Graham!), narrowly beating Fullers London Pride. The chocolate malt has little discernible taste in the finished ale, and is incredibly similar to my local's Adnams (but theirs is not quite as good!)

[mshergold]

Gravy browning? I remember seeing it mentioned in a Dave Line book and wondered if anyone actually used it but was too scared to ask!

[cooldad]

are well got that wrong then

[subsub]

That's more to achieve a toffee flavour present in some commercial beer. It won't darken the wort as there's not enough of it to affect the bulk of the wort. Caramel/Browning or darker malts should do the trick

Isn't that the technique used to get the Newcastle Brown flavour?

Yep, but they also blend a stronger and weaker beer together as well.