What Malts for Golden colour

[TartanSpecial]

Am about to order ingredients for my next brew...a Galaxy Golden Ale. I want to get a proper golden colour...like you get in Black Sheep's Golden Sheep Ale, or St Peters Golden ale. Anyone know how they get that extra intensity gold colour???

 

[clibit]

Dunno what they use. I have just polished off my Chinook pale ale and that was a lovely deep golden colour.

Maris Otter Malt 85%
Caramalt 7%
Wheat Malt 6%
Crystal Extra Dark 2%

 

[CreweBrewer]

You can use caramel malts or dark malt in small amounts. I use a straight base malt at 6 EBC. It gives a lovely straw colour.

Dave

 

[dan125]

I've just polished off a Mosaic SMASH that was 100% Dingemanns pale malt, and this had a lovely dark golden colour (not sure if this is the same as the brews you mention) from the slightly darker EBC the malt has - tasty too, would recommend

 

[MyQul]

I once made a Thwaites Wainwright clone which is a golden ale and had a nice golden colour. It had 0.46% black malt and the rest was Marris O

 

[TartanSpecial]

thanks guys, this is giving me some leads. Has anyone brewed anything with 100% Vienna?

 

[ManseMasher]

thanks guys, this is giving me some leads. Has anyone brewed anything with 100% Vienna?

Midge Ure, I think....

 

[TartanSpecial]

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