Recent content by joffiler

Haha! Yep, that's bang on, I use that phrase at least twice a day! But with a comment like that, I'm inclined to say you're 'taking the piss out of me' (another English phrase for you :p I've kinda resigned to the fact its gonna be darker then I hoped for. But I've got a lot of stuff to think...

When I say plumped for, I mean I chose, sorry about that, poor use of British slang! It's a brubox I'm fermenting in, its a clear soft plastic box, so the colour is representive of the actual wort. And thanks paparker, I'll download that software before my next brew in a week or so! Thanks...

Thanks for the replies people! Just wanted to know if I'd made any errors. I used coopers pale malt extract and the crystal didn't have such a number on it. As I'm new to this I just asked the shop keeper for crystal malt and he gave me this. The late addition of the LME and use of DME points...

Anyone at all?

Hi gang, new to brewing. Today I brewed my first beer that wasn't from a kit. Not confident enough to start all graining just yet, so I tried LME. I wanted a pale beer so I plumped for a light LME. The problem is that my wort looks very dark (see pic below). Any suggestions as to why this is...