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[Big Nake]

After banging my head against the wall to find a nice, deep red beer... I came up with this. To get the color, I use 8 oz of Crystal 120°L and 8 oz of Belgian Special B along with the base grains. I do not care for the overly roasty flavors I get from roasted barley, chocolate or black malt so the color is made from all crystal malts. I will use Hallertau in the lager version, maybe Willamette or Mt. Hood in the ale version. I'll use something like White Labs 830 German Lager in the lager, White Labs 01 Calfornia in the ale.

Home Run Red Lager

6½ lbs American Pale Malt
1½ lbs Vienna
1 lb Wheat
8 oz Crystal 120°L
8 oz Belgian Special B
4 AAU Hallertau pellets for 60 minutes
4 AAU Hallertau pellets for 15 minutes
1 oz Hallertau pellets for 1 minute

White Labs 830 (lager) or White Labs 01 (Ale)

OG: 1.050, FG: 1.013, IBU: 27, SRM: 18, ABV: 4.8%

[VolFan]

That's a good looking pint there Ken. Recipe formulation has always been my weakest point. I don't devote enough time to it and it sometimes shows.

[BrianBrewerKS]

I've got this currently on tap...the ale version. Mighty tasty. Mine didn't turn out quite as reddish as the photo above, but it's close!