Red Ale

As a red beer different beers are called. Regional distinction is the Belgian red beer and the Nuremberg red beer in particular. In other regions also smoked beer and brown beer is called a red beer.

In Anglo-Saxon culture space Red Ales are among the traditional beers.

History

The development of the Belgian Rotbiers was carried out by the Brewery Rodenbach in Roeselare, West Flanders in the 19th century. It has about 5% alcohol, a fruity -sour taste and a typical reddish color that results from the aging in wood barrels. Distinguishing characteristics of this beer are a parched intense malt, a fermentation with a mixture of top-fermenting yeast and usually a lactic acid bacteria culture as well as the aging in oak barrels.

Original Nuremberg red beer has been brewed since the early Middle Ages there to own brewing laws. In 1530 also the top-fermenting "white beer " was brewed. In contrast to the top-fermented wheat beer is the red beer to a bottom-fermented beer that has been brewed exclusively with barley malt. In 1597 there were 35 red beer in Nuremberg and 11 White breweries and the urban wheat brewery. Later, the number was limited by law. Today Original Nuremberg red beer is brewed again in the brewery Altstadthof.

Recent Developments

Nationally known was red beer with the spread of small breweries, whose specialties include frequently Rotbiersorten.

, Nowadays, have ways to create a "red " beer, increased. A red coloration by appropriate storage is no longer the only type of beer. Alternatively, the staining by the addition of certain coloring malts ( Rotmalz ) is reached. In addition, the staining between a reddish yellow to reddish brown is influenced by the distribution of hops and malt, as well as the taste.

The Irish Murphy's brewery produces the well-known beer Irish Red Beer. These are like the Kilkenny is a Red Ale, which also receives this coloring by malt - a frequently encountered in particular in England beer.

There are also examples where the word ' red ' is included in the beer names, like the robins Citizens brewery, which was brewed in early 2010 in Berlin -Friedrich Hagen.

In other red-colored beers coloration resulting from the addition of fruit or fruit juice, in which case it is not red beer but depending on the fruit addition to cherry beer or otherwise.