2006-12-28 10:10:00 · 9 answers · asked by Allen J 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Beer/ale is made from malted barley. The malting process involves soaking dried barley seed in water until it sprouts. This releases the sugar which was stored as carbohydrates. Once the seed starts to sprout, it is roasted. The temperature of the roasting oven determines the color of the brew. The hotter the oven, the darker. Guinness is roasted at a high temp.
2006-12-28 10:18:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
10% of the grain used to make Guinness is dark-roasted.
Just like coffee-the darker the roast of the bean, the darker the coffee.
Pilsner style beers use no dark malt and pale-amber ales use a less severely roasted grain.
Wanna make your own? Here's a recipe:
http://www.stoutbillys.com/stout/recipens/(Flat)/B3946C21.htm
2006-12-28 18:59:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe the colour and a lot of the taste comes from roasted unmalted barley.
2006-12-29 11:13:09 · answer #3 · answered by david f 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Guinness and other stouts get their dark colour and bitter taste from roasting the barley after it's been malted(sprouted).
2006-12-28 19:30:37 · answer #4 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Originally the barley was roasted until it was black. These days there's probably a food additive called Black FG.
2006-12-28 18:14:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
A portion of the barley is flaked (i.e. steamed and rolled) and roasted to give Guinness its dark-ruby colour and characteristic taste.
2006-12-28 18:19:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
actually its not black its adark red
2006-12-28 20:16:09 · answer #7 · answered by Windsor 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a pint of Guinness is actually a Penguin, you boil them up and all the white stuff floats to the top!
2006-12-28 18:20:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
WHY, you got something against being BLACK???
2006-12-28 18:37:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋