Beehemel
Well-Known Member
I've only brewed two batches so far (one extract +specialty, and one partial mash), and I feel like I'm not getting the color out of the specialty grains that I should be. My first beer was a Black IPA, and after steeping the grains the color was jet black, just as I expected. I even poured some into a cup to taste it and ensure the color was on, and it looked great. After the brew (full boil, 5 gallon batch) I noticed that the color had lightened. I attributed this to the fact that there was so much stuff swirling around in the pot reflecting light, etc. After bottling, the beer is still not as black as I have seen some others of this style. My second batch was a recipe from ChshreCat for a Double Chocolate Oatmeal Stout. Again, this looked great after the partial mash and looked good going into primary. I racked it to secondary on Monday, and the color seems to be brown now. The flavor of both of these has been good, but I did use distilled water for both of them instead of spring. Anyone know why the colors would be off? Here are the grains in each brew so far, maybe I just need to add more:
Black IPA:
1 lb Carafa III
1 lb Crystal 60
Double Chocolate Oatmeal Stout:
1.50 lb Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 12.43 %
1.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) (3.0 SRM) Grain 12.43 %
0.82 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 6.79 %
0.75 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 6.21 %
0.50 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 4.14 %
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Black IPA:
1 lb Carafa III
1 lb Crystal 60
Double Chocolate Oatmeal Stout:
1.50 lb Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 12.43 %
1.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) (3.0 SRM) Grain 12.43 %
0.82 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 6.79 %
0.75 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 6.21 %
0.50 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 4.14 %
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.