IPA with orginal 9.7 SRM turned black/red.
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PseudoChef
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Darker in the carboy than in the glass...
Yep. It looks pretty clear, so it looks dark in the carboy.
Try taking out a sample, and putting it in a glass and holding it up to the light to see the actual color.
TahoeRy
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The color turns like that when you have it in the carboy. When you pour a glass it will be fine. I have an ipa that looks dark brown right now in the carboy and its only about 9 srm.
PseudoChef
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Like my post above says. That's in a much narrower tube than the carboy pic above.
The increased volume in the carboy allows a lot less light to get through, hence looking darker, especially when the yeast drop out. My Kolsch I just bottled looked deep amber/copper colored in the carboy, but in reality is only about 4 SRM.
You're fine.
You're fine.
mooshimanx
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That's pretty much what every beer I've ever made, including most pales, looks like in the carboy.
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Beer's law is extremely relevant here. And yes, the name is a coincidence, but very fitting.
http://teaching.shu.ac.uk/hwb/chemistry/tutorials/molspec/beers1.htm
You are experiencing a real life application of path length!
http://teaching.shu.ac.uk/hwb/chemistry/tutorials/molspec/beers1.htm
You are experiencing a real life application of path length!
alestateyall
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I think the color change in the carboy is from the yeast dropping out. Lots of my pale ales are tan in the carboy while fermenting then the carboy gets dark after the yeasts flocculate. The yeast cells are white and they lighten the color even with the large volume in a carboy.
PS. as mentioned above a hydrometer sample will appear much lighter. Even light beers look brown in the carboy.
PS. as mentioned above a hydrometer sample will appear much lighter. Even light beers look brown in the carboy.
Johnnyhitch1
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Light refraction...science.
jhall4
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Look at the bottom of your sample where, due to the angle, you start to be looking down the wort rather than through it. Starting to look pretty dark and pretty much the same as in the carboy.
Science schmience, you can fix this but your going to need some goat's blood and a divining rod.
