I brewed the Rochefort 8 clone extract kit from northern brewer a few weeks ago and began secondary fermentation just moments ago. When I took my hydrometer reading for the final gravity I noticed that the color was way off from what a rochefort 8 would be. I also entered the recipe into beersmith and it seemed to produce a color expectation that was on par with the real rochefort 8. I don't have a way to measure the color but I can say that it is the color of a milk caramel. (Funny thing is that is also tastes like a milk caramel). The color of the wort when I brewed was darker, on par with expectations.
Not sure what went wrong, or if anything is in fact wrong. Could it be that the sample just had an excessive amount of yeast? I don't know what the whole wort looks like because its sitting in a steel conical fermenter instead of a glass carbory.
Not sure what went wrong, or if anything is in fact wrong. Could it be that the sample just had an excessive amount of yeast? I don't know what the whole wort looks like because its sitting in a steel conical fermenter instead of a glass carbory.