Colour of this beer right ?

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Colour of this beer right ?

Post by Bigbud78 » Sat May 27, 2017 9:17 pm

Its supposed to be greg hughes american wheat beer, looks much darker in the book

3KG wheat malt
2.5kg pilsner malt (instead of larger malt)
300g Carapils

Only thing I changed was using pilsner malt instead of lager malt.

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Re: Colour of this beer right ?

Post by Sadfield » Sat May 27, 2017 11:03 pm

I wouldn't worry about it. Even if you'd used the same malt, it could look different, the printed image is highly unlikely to be an accurate representation of the subject.

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Re: Colour of this beer right ?

Post by sbond10 » Sun May 28, 2017 9:05 am

Looks like the same colour as mine (i did the wietbier one so no carapils)

And i think theres no major between pilsner and lager malt in terms of ebc just how its malted (floor) and where and varity of barley used.

Looking at the grain bill as previously none of the grains go above 8ebc so id expect a very light coloured beer

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Re: Colour of this beer right ?

Post by monkeyboy » Mon May 29, 2017 10:16 am

I find that my pale beers tend to darken between fermentation starting and being ready to drink. Not entirely sure why. But I agree with Sadfield - I wouldn't worry about it.
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Re: Colour of this beer right ?

Post by orlando » Mon May 29, 2017 11:18 am

Doubt you will taste the colour difference, colour is something I rarely care about unless it's a clone and even then a slight shade is good enough.
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Re: Colour of this beer right ?

Post by Dave S » Mon May 29, 2017 11:32 am

There is little to no colour in any of those ingredients, so looks about right to me.
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Re: Colour of this beer right ?

Post by Bigbud78 » Wed May 31, 2017 10:02 am

Thanks for the replys :)

tastes good from the trail tube, hopefully will be great :D

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