Malnourished
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(Apologies for cross-posting this, but I'm really keen to show off my new Imagestation skills :lol: )
A while back Neonmeate brewed a Beetroot Brettanomyces Barleywine which I was lucky enough to be able to taste. In a discussion on another board it was mentioned that when you mash beetroot the resulting beer loses the colour. Neonmeate's beer was the colour of blood, but he added the beetroot to the secondary, so I was keen to test it out.
Anyway I got around to finally brewing this beer on the weekend and it's true! The runoff was a beautiful beetroot colour, but after the boil it had changed to more of an orangey-pink, kind of like that Schweppes Agrum soft drink. Weird.
I took some photos which can be viewed here
Anyone have any idea why this would happen? I wish my beer was still purple
A while back Neonmeate brewed a Beetroot Brettanomyces Barleywine which I was lucky enough to be able to taste. In a discussion on another board it was mentioned that when you mash beetroot the resulting beer loses the colour. Neonmeate's beer was the colour of blood, but he added the beetroot to the secondary, so I was keen to test it out.
Anyway I got around to finally brewing this beer on the weekend and it's true! The runoff was a beautiful beetroot colour, but after the boil it had changed to more of an orangey-pink, kind of like that Schweppes Agrum soft drink. Weird.
I took some photos which can be viewed here
Anyone have any idea why this would happen? I wish my beer was still purple