EBC - Roasted Barley

[JackoNZ]

Confused over the colour ratings of Roasted Barley. I usually use SRM in Beersmith but thought why not go with EBC as the malt analysis sheets use the same. So I converted an Irish red recipe and updated the details for my Roasted Barley as per the sheet, 1350 EBC. The default roast I had used before was only 300SRM or 591EBC. Obviously as I change my grain to the correct 1350EBC my colour goes black! Now I'm only planning on using 150g in a 20L batch. I've seen others use similar amounts so don't think it looks too much. What's the deal, is the stated EBC value wrong or will I get an Irish black if I use 150g of the stuff? The only other time I used my Roast was for a kit stout so no idea if it changed the colour at all. I think I also grabbed the roast barley from brewcraft shop so no idea if it's the same stuff as Liberty anyway.

Does Roast Barley change colour much between suppliers?

[Horace]

There are two methods of measuring EBC (Traditional and new). The traditional method has a higher value than the new for the same malt. If 1350 is by the traditional system then the new would be roughly 1000 (I think??) and a little over 500 SRM.
Yes different malting houses produce different coloured malts - for roast barley 300 to 600+ SRM at a guess - so a huge range.

If the malt is that dark then I guess it would have quite a strong burnt coffee flavour - you will get some of that in the beer and the beer might come out browner rather than red.