IREKS Mela Red Alder - 55 lb. Bag

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IREKS Mela Red

IREKS Mela Red is a melanoidin-style specialty malt designed to build rich malt aroma, warm red color, and a fuller malt impression in the finished beer. It adds the kind of depth brewers often associate with traditional lager brewing: bread crust, toasted malt, and a rounded malt sweetness that can make a beer feel more complete.

Use it in red lagers, amber lagers, Märzen, bock, altbier, amber ales, and other malt-forward recipes where color and malt complexity matter. Mela Red is especially useful when you want to enhance malt richness, deepen the beer’s reddish hue, and create a more layered malt profile without pushing into heavy caramel or roast character.


Technical Specs

Quick Malt Specifications

Key malt details for recipe planning, production use, and purchasing decisions.

Malt Type Specialty Malt
Color Range Amber
Color 15-20 °L / 40-50 EBC
Origin Germany
Suggested Usage Up to 20%
Best For Red lager, amber ale, Marzen, bock, dark lager
Flavor Profile Strong malt aroma, red hues, rich malt depth
Storage Store cool, dry, and sealed
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About IREKS

Original Bavarian Malt Since 1856

IREKS is a long-standing German malt producer known for high-quality base and specialty malts used by brewers around the world. Their malt portfolio gives brewers reliable options for building clean, consistent, and characterful beers.
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Why Brewers Choose IREKS

• Producing malt since 1856
• Original Bavarian brewing tradition
• Base and specialty malt portfolio
• Trusted by craft and commercial brewers
• Built for consistent brewing performance
• Wide range of aroma, caramel, roasted, and sour malts

Why Pro Brew Supply Carries IREKS

Pro Brew Supply carries IREKS because their malt portfolio gives brewers dependable quality, practical brewing performance, and reliable options for both core recipes and specialty beer production. From clean base malts to character-building specialty malts, IREKS helps our customers build consistent, flavorful beers with ingredients backed by generations of malting experience.

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