Flaked Wheat

[groenspookasem Banned Find all posts View Profile Close groenspookasem]

Red in all grain would be Red-X, you can also use some CaraAmber/Aroma even roasted barley, although I'd be careful with darker malts if your base is light. I once attempted to color a pale ale with black malt - disgusting I've since binned the black malt. No thoughts on the beetroot juice sorry

[Toxxyc Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Toxxyc]

Keep in mind Beetroot sugar is Sucrose - in other words, table sugar. Can just as well get red food colouring and add brown sugar to the brew, IMO.

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Yip, one of the previous sales guys at Beerlab (as a side note: he now works for one of the breweries in Woodstock I think) made an IPA with beetroot ... AFAIK they got the colour from it but not much of a detectable taste.

[Johan Stander Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Johan Stander]

I think it would probably be best to stick to beetroot on my plate.

[jakeslouw Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jakeslouw]

Has anyone ever tried using beetroot in beer? I think it might just be a bit too ''earthy"?
Please feel free to tear me apart for even considering such a thought. I am just wondering.

I've tasted a very acceptable Beetroot Saison.........Atron knows who did that one.

[Johan Stander Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Johan Stander]

I've tasted a very acceptable Beetroot Saison.........Atron knows who did that one.

I know I said that I would bin the idea, but the gears in my head are spinning. Interestingly enough, I also had a saison in mind.
Oh the joys of home brewing. Maybe a tiny 5l test batch would be in order.

[The Flying Brew Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Flying Brew]

Red in all grain would be Red-X, you can also use some CaraAmber/Aroma even roasted barley, although I'd be careful with darker malts if your base is light. I once attempted to color a pale ale with black malt - disgusting I've since binned the black malt. No thoughts on the beetroot juice sorry

For colour adjustment, I'd go for a Caraffa grain. Always have Caraffa II in my brewery. It's a dehusked roasted grain so you don't get any flavour from it when used in small quantities. My pale ale only gets 40g in a 40l Batch which I need for colour due to lack of caramel malts. Can go higher than that if required.

[The Flying Brew Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Flying Brew]

For colour adjustment, I'd go for a Caraffa grain. Always have Caraffa II in my brewery. It's a dehusked roasted grain so you don't get any flavour from it when used in small quantities. My pale ale only gets 40g in a 40l Batch which I need for colour due to lack of caramel malts. Can go higher than that if required.

Caraffa II is usually used when brewing a dark lager, when they want to get plenty of colour but keep roastiness low.

[jakeslouw Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jakeslouw]

I know I said that I would bin the idea, but the gears in my head are spinning. Interestingly enough, I also had a saison in mind.
Oh the joys of home brewing. Maybe a tiny 5l test batch would be in order.

well, the brewer has been awarded a stand at the Gin and Craft Beer festival to showcase this beer......

[BeerHolic Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BeerHolic]

Ok, so I will need to wait to brew the wit. Closest LHBS is 120km.
The closest I can find to flaked wheat is weet-bix lite.
10mg sodium (which is low enough) in 100g vs 354 mg in the normal weet-bix.
However the iron is still to high 6.8mg in 100g, equated to 136mg for 2kg.
Max recommended in beer is 1mg per litre.