10 Gallons
16# 2 row
1# Wheat
1# cyrstal 40
3/4# Carared
4 oz. 2 row black malt
Hops
1.5 oz. summit 60min
1.25 Horizon 15 min
1.00 horizon 10
1.00 cascade 2 min
1.00 mosaic 2 min
2.00 cascade dry hop 7 days
2.00 mosaic dry hop 7 days
maybe major will chime in on this but I beleive you need to use ALOT more carared to really get the color red. have you considered trying the red X malt in place of the the 2 row? leave out the carared and crystal 40?
The black malt is going to give a LOT of red! Maybe cut the C-40 and use 2lbs of Carared. My concern is that all those dry hops are going to produce a lot of turbidity so the beer is going to look more muddy than garnet.
Can you clarify what you’re targeting? When I hear “Red IPA”, I imagine an IPA that has the additional malt characters typical of an amber/red ale. Whereas this is going to be relatively low-gravity (<1.060), relatively lightly hopped (<2 lb/bbl), and all the character malts are light-medium crystal malt.
For my tastes, 1.3% black malt is still noticeable; I have to keep it below 1% if I’m using it solely for color adjustment. In red ales, I like to use an extra dark crystal malt for 3-5% instead.