My stout isnt black! - Page 3

grrtt78 · 01-07-2007, 04:07 PM

i use an electric stove so it takes me a while to get me 3.5 or so gallons to boil. can i steep in the 3.5 gallons at about 150 or so and then when they are done turn up the heat? it would take probably twenty minutes to get up to a boil. would that be bad?

boo boo · 01-07-2007, 04:28 PM

Looks like a lot more dark grain than I use and my stouts are coal black.
you did have those grains crushed, didn't you?

Oh and how are you measuring the colour? If you are eyeballing it in a small container
it may not be as dark as it will be in a glass or bottle, etc.

**Baron von BeeGee** · 01-07-2007, 04:36 PM

Also check the Lovibond rating of your roasted barley. I (and BOSTON) recently made stouts that turned out brown-porter-ish due to the fact that our LHBS sells roasted barley of 350L instead of 500-600L.

cwixon · 01-07-2007, 08:19 PM

You did have the grains cracked... Right?

grrtt78 · 01-07-2007, 10:14 PM

yea they cracked them for me at my lhbs

Beer Snob · 01-09-2007, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boo boo

Looks like a lot more dark grain than I use and my stouts are coal black.
you did have those grains crushed, didn't you?

Oh and how are you measuring the colour? If you are eyeballing it in a small container
it may not be as dark as it will be in a glass or bottle, etc.

Yeah I was actually thinking around these same lines. This should be pretty darn dark.