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Notes about Beer Color

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  • blond|pale(gold)|light(gold) // Hell/Blond
  • gold // Gold
  • amber // Naturtrueb? Bernstein/Amber
  • reddish|copper // Rot/Kupfer
  • dark(brown)|brown // Dunkel/Braun
  • black // Schwarz
Farbe EBC
Blond 4
Hell 5
Gold 6-8
Orange 10-12
Bernstein (Amber) 16
Kupfer 20
Hellbraun 25
Braun > 30
Dunkel(braun) > 50
Schwarz 80

(Source: Das Oesterreichische Bierbuch)

Basic Color Hue Lovibond Units
Yellow light 2.0 - 3.0
medium 3.0 - 4.5
deepstraw/gold 4.5 - 6.0
deep gold 6.0 - 7.5
Amber light 7.5 - 9.0
copper 9.0 - 11
red/brown 11 - 14
Brown light 14 - 17
medium 17 - 20
dark - light black 20 - 25
Black start of full black > 25

(Source: Beer Recipes)

| SRM/Lovibond | Example | EBC | | 2 | Pale lager, Witbier, Pilsener, Berliner Weisse | 4 | | 3 | Maibock, Blonde Ale | 6 | | 4 | Weissbier | 8 | | 6 | American Pale Ale, India Pale Ale | 12 | | 8 | Weissbier, Saison | 16 | | 10 | English Bitter, ESB | 20 | | 13 | Biere de Garde, Double IPA | 26 | | 17 | Dark lager, Vienna lager, Marzen, Amber Ale | 33 | | 20 | Brown Ale, Bock, Dunkel, Dunkelweizen | 39 | | 24 | Irish Dry Stout, Doppelbock, Porter | 47 | | 29 | Stout | 57 | | 35 | Foreign Stout, Baltic Porter | 69 | | 40+ | Imperial Stout | 79 |

(Source: Wikipedia Beer_measurement#Colour)

Beer Color SRM to RGB Conversion

Wikipedia

  • Shades of yellow - e.g. Amber, Gold, Straw, etc.

  • Shades of brown - e.g. Copper, Chocolate, Coffee, etc.

  • Copper is a reddish brown color, that resembles the metal copper.

    • copper => reddish brown

  • Straw is a tone of pale yellow, the colour of straw.

    • straw => pale yellowish

  • Amber - range of yellow-orange colors

    • amber => brownish yellow

  • gold => light olive-brown to dark yellow, or a moderate, strong to vivid yellow

  • List of colors

SRM Beer Color Chart

BJCP (=Beer Judging Certification Program)

BJCP Beer Style - min/max SRM colors

Lite American Lager 2 - 3 # very pale straw to pale gold Standard American Lager 2 - 4
Premium American Lager 2 - 6 Munich Helles 3 - 5 # medium to deep gold Dortmunder Export 4 - 6 # light gold to medium gold German Pilsner (Pils) 2 - 5
Bohemian Pilsner 3.5 - 6 # light gold to deep copper-gold Classic American Pilsner 3 - 6 # light to gold Vienna Lager 10 - 16 # reddish amber to light brown Oktoberfest/Märzen 7 - 14 Dark American Lager 14 - 22 # deep copper to dark brown Munich Dunkel 14 - 28 # medium amber to dark brown, often with a red or garnet tint Schwarzbier (Black Beer) 17 - 30 Maibock/Helles Bock 6 - 11 Traditional Bock Doppelbock Eisbock Cream Ale 2.5 - 5 Blonde Ale 3 - 6 Kölsch 3.5 - 5 American Wheat or Rye Beer 3 - 6 Northern German Altbier 13 - 19 # California Common Beer Düsseldorf Altbier Standard/Ordinary Bitter Special/Best/Premium Bitter Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) Scottish Light 60/- Scottish Heavy 70/- Scottish Export 80/- Irish Red Ale Strong Scotch Ale American Pale Ale American Amber Ale American Brown Ale # dark amber to dark brown Mild Southern English Brown Northern English Brown Ale Brown Porter Robust Porter Baltic Porter Dry Stout Sweet Stout Oatmeal Stout Foreign Extra Stout American Stout Russian Imperial Stout English IPA American IPA # medium gold to deep copper Imperial IPA Weizen/Weissbier Dunkelweizen Weizenbock Roggenbier (German Rye Beer) Witbier # very pale straw to very light gold Belgian Pale Ale Saison Bière de Garde Berliner Weisse Flanders Red Ale Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin Straight (Unblended) Lambic Gueuze Fruit Lambic Belgian Blond Ale Belgian Dubbel Belgian Tripel Belgian Golden Strong Ale Belgian Dark Strong Ale Old Ale English Barleywine American Barleywine Classic Rauchbier # amber, copper to dark brown