So my first ever batch has been in the primary for four days now. I opened it up and took a sample to check the gravity.
It is supposed to be a stout, but the color is a medium brown, nowhere near what I was expecting.
I forgot to have the LHBS crush my grains for me so I did it at home with a rolling pin. I'm guessing that I didn't do a good enough job of crushing them and therefor didn't get as much color from them as I was expecting.
What else could cause this?
Here was the recipe I used:
1.00 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 9.09 %
6.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract [Boil for 15 min] Extract 54.55 %
2.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 18.18 %
1.00 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 9.09 %
0.50 lb Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) Grain 4.55 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 4.55 %
2.00 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 35.9 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (15 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1 Pkgs Scottish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1728) [Starter 1000 ml] Yeast-Ale
I realize now that the brown malt really needed to be mashed and not just steeped, however there should have been more than enough roasted barley to get a good dark color right?
It is supposed to be a stout, but the color is a medium brown, nowhere near what I was expecting.
I forgot to have the LHBS crush my grains for me so I did it at home with a rolling pin. I'm guessing that I didn't do a good enough job of crushing them and therefor didn't get as much color from them as I was expecting.
What else could cause this?
Here was the recipe I used:
1.00 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 9.09 %
6.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract [Boil for 15 min] Extract 54.55 %
2.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 18.18 %
1.00 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 9.09 %
0.50 lb Brown Malt (65.0 SRM) Grain 4.55 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 4.55 %
2.00 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 35.9 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (15 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1 Pkgs Scottish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1728) [Starter 1000 ml] Yeast-Ale
I realize now that the brown malt really needed to be mashed and not just steeped, however there should have been more than enough roasted barley to get a good dark color right?