Red X Malt

[baloonon]

Anyone ever use it?

I just ordered some that I thought I'd use to make a batch of Halloween
beer. It's supposed to be fairly similar to Munich, so I was figuring
about 90% Red X with a bit of caramunich and toasted grain and Hallertau M.

http://www.bestmalz.de/en/malt/BEST_Red_X.htm

I've read a variety of opinions, some questioning whether there's really
anything especially red about it, although tastewise it seems perfectly
fine. But I was curious if anyone here had anything to add.

[r***@gmail.com]

How did this turn out? A few friends and i are all making smash beers, one Amarillo/ipa, one with magnum. I'm thinking if toasting some and trying to get close to an Amber? Or a red wheat like the website says. Or maybe even a galaxy/pale ale

[brewski09]

Post by r***@gmail.com
How did this turn out? A few friends and i are all making smash beers, one Amarillo/ipa, one with magnum. I'm thinking if toasting some and trying to get close to an Amber? Or a red wheat like the website says. Or maybe even a galaxy/pale ale

I haven't used the Red X malt, but I have done an orange/amber colored single malt beer using briess pilsner malt and toasting 1lb to make an "amber" grain. I think you could do it just fine and still make a SMASH beer since you are still taking a single malt and modifying it like you would with you hop additions to get different characteristics from the hops.

[baloonon]

Post by r***@gmail.com
How did this turn out? A few friends and i are all making smash beers,
one Amarillo/ipa, one with magnum. I'm thinking if toasting some and
trying to get close to an Amber? Or a red wheat like the website says.
Or maybe even a galaxy/pale ale

I posted a followup a while later, where I wrote:

A while back I asked if anyone had any experience with Red X
malt by Best Malz.

For what it's worth, I just bottled a batch made with 80%
Red X, with the remainder mostly rye malt and a touch of
caramunich, hopped with Hallertau M.

I think if you look at it in just the right light it
appears just a little bit reddish, but that's about it.
To be fair, Best Malz says you get the most red if you
go with 100% Red X, but it's hard for me to see how you
get to a truly red beer, although it could get a bit
redder under the right circumstances, I'm sure.

Taste is more important than color, of course, and it's
not bad. It's sort of halfway between pale malt and
Munich, I'd say, although to be honest I'd prefer either
all pale malt or all Munich, but it still makes a decent
tasting moderately malty beer with noble hops, if that's
what you're after. I can't say I'd get it again, not
because there's anything wrong with it, just that I prefer
other malts more and I'm not sure of what it would be
well suited for.

I still have a few left and I think it's gotten better with time,
although it's always been a good beer. Personally, I'd still prefer
Munich for maltier beers and pale malt for pale ales, but I don't think
there's anything wrong or bad about Red X, and I can imagine someone
doing more experimenting where it works really well.