HELP---Wort daker than I thought

[MoonshinerRick]

Hello mates,

Today I tried to brew a batch of belgian witbier in my home with whole grain, here is my recipe：

white wheat 2.5kg
pale ale malt 2.5

27L of water to boil for 1 hour and 10 min to make there is 23L wort left in the bucket, and then chill it.

but when I done the chilling process, I found that the wort was daker than i thought, I mean, its name is witbier, right ? doest it mean that the wort shoule be a bit pale ? or in any light colour ?
or the colour will change during the fermentation and the final colour of the product will will be lither than the wort ?

I hope some one can offer me any clue on this...

cheers~

[guypettigrew]

Hi MR. Can you please tell us what it was you boiled for the 70 minutes?

Guy

[MoonshinerRick]

[quote=guypettigrew post_id=851741 time=1593181561 user_id=5521]
Hi MR. Can you please tell us what it was you boiled for the 70 minutes?

Guy
[/quote]

Sorry GUY,

I just boiled the wort after the glycation.

Now the fermentation goes quite well~ so happy ~

Thank you for your reply !!!
Have a lovely day !

[nickjdavis]

The colour you need to be concerned about is the colour when the beer is in the glass.

Wort will always look darker because there is less light passing through it....either because of the volume of wort (makes it harder for light to pass through) or because of the walls of the fermentor (steel or plastic) blocking the light.

[Normski]

Assuming the white wheat was malted, with 2.5kg of that and 2.5kg of pale malt at 23L, The colour should be around 8 to 9 Ebc, which is pale. Sort of lager or pale ale colour.
If its darker, maybe some of the wort got a bit burnt during the boil.
If you had taken a hydrometer reading using a test jar, you would have seen what the colour would look like, if you are looking at the whole Fermentation vessel, then it will look different, probably look darker.
Norm

[MoonshinerRick]

[quote=nickjdavis post_id=851769 time=1593336874 user_id=21162]
The colour you need to be concerned about is the colour when the beer is in the glass.

Wort will always look darker because there is less light passing through it....either because of the volume of wort (makes it harder for light to pass through) or because of the walls of the fermentor (steel or plastic) blocking the light.
[/quote]

Thank you so much for the answer~
I think this might be a reason, my fermentor is a transparent one but a bit blue, while the wort is lil pale yellow, so the combination will make it looks little daker, maybe ~
Thank you ~

[MoonshinerRick]

[quote=Normski post_id=851776 time=1593349146 user_id=3445]
Assuming the white wheat was malted, with 2.5kg of that and 2.5kg of pale malt at 23L, The colour should be around 8 to 9 Ebc, which is pale. Sort of lager or pale ale colour.
If its darker, maybe some of the wort got a bit burnt during the boil.
If you had taken a hydrometer reading using a test jar, you would have seen what the colour would look like, if you are looking at the whole Fermentation vessel, then it will look different, probably look darker.
Norm
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Wow, mate, this is quite thorough, and I think this can be another reason, and quite reasonable~
Because i can recall that it was like there were several horses in my wort when I boiled it, the heat was quite strong~ and given there is a lot of sugar in it, that could be a bit burnt...

Luckily, now the colour is much lighter, i think the final beer will be good.
Thank you for your reply and your time, your knowledge~ ~

Cheers~

[richard080561]

Wow, mate, this is quite thorough, and I think this can be another reason, and quite reasonable~
Because i can recall that it was like there were several horses in my wort when I boiled it, the heat was quite strong~ and given there is a lot of sugar in it, that could be a bit burnt...

Luckily, now the colour is much lighter, i think the final beer will be good.
Thank you for your reply and your time, your knowledge~ ~

Cheers~

Hi Rick, I ma guessing that English isn't your first language, but I am struggling to work out what several horses in your wort could mean

[IPA]

Hello mates,

Today I tried to brew a batch of belgian witbier in my home with whole grain, here is my recipe：

white wheat 2.5kg
pale ale malt 2.5

27L of water to boil for 1 hour and 10 min to make there is 23L wort left in the bucket, and then chill it.

but when I done the chilling process, I found that the wort was daker than i thought, I mean, its name is witbier, right ? doest it mean that the wort shoule be a bit pale ? or in any light colour ?
or the colour will change during the fermentation and the final colour of the product will will be lither than the wort ?

I hope some one can offer me any clue on this...

cheers~

No crushing? No mashing?
Lager malt is more appropriate for a Wit beer and it is usual to add bitter orange peel and coriander seeds

[Galena]

From what you say it sounds to me like you boiled the grain rather than mashed it?

[MoonshinerRick]

[quote=Galena post_id=851793 time=1593418532 user_id=30202]
From what you say it sounds to me like you boiled the grain rather than mashed it?
[/quote]

sorry, I just didn't write the entire process.

I am sure there is no step skipped, and i think the reason would be that wort was burnt during the boiling process.

Anyway, thank s for your reply !!!

[MoonshinerRick]

Hello mates,

Today I tried to brew a batch of belgian witbier in my home with whole grain, here is my recipe：

white wheat 2.5kg
pale ale malt 2.5

27L of water to boil for 1 hour and 10 min to make there is 23L wort left in the bucket, and then chill it.

but when I done the chilling process, I found that the wort was daker than i thought, I mean, its name is witbier, right ? doest it mean that the wort shoule be a bit pale ? or in any light colour ?
or the colour will change during the fermentation and the final colour of the product will will be lither than the wort ?

I hope some one can offer me any clue on this...

cheers~

No crushing? No mashing?
Lager malt is more appropriate for a Wit beer and it is usual to add bitter orange peel and coriander seeds

of course there is no step skipped ~ ssory for being too simplified ~ lol.

[london_lhr]

.....that it was like there were several horses in my wort when I boiled it,.....

Hi Rick, I ma guessing that English isn't your first language, but I am struggling to work out what several horses in your wort could mean

probably a vigorous boil....?

[guypettigrew]

Let's be absolutely clear here, MoonshinerRick.

Did you mix the grains with water at about 66°C for an hour or so (it's called mashing), then run off the liquid, rinsing it through with hot water, then boil the liquid which came off the grains?

Or did you boil the grains and do nothing else to them?

A vigorous boil of the liquid after mashing wouldn't make it go darker.

Guy

[MoonshinerRick]

Wow, mate, this is quite thorough, and I think this can be another reason, and quite reasonable~
Because i can recall that it was like there were several horses in my wort when I boiled it, the heat was quite strong~ and given there is a lot of sugar in it, that could be a bit burnt...

Luckily, now the colour is much lighter, i think the final beer will be good.
Thank you for your reply and your time, your knowledge~ ~

Cheers~

Hi Rick, I ma guessing that English isn't your first language, but I am struggling to work out what several horses in your wort could mean

lol, yes, you are right ~ i just tried my best to describe it ...lol, sorry for that ~