dennisbyington
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Hi all...
My name's Dennis and I'm very new to Home Brewing (only 1 batch in). First I would like to say that I'm very glad to find this forum, I've learned quite a bit so far just by reading, but now I have a question that I can't find an answer to in the archives...
I brewed my first batch 2 days ago, and as far as I can tell all went well.
Here's the rundown of what I used...(it was extract with stepping grains...)
2.5 gls of water to start partial boil
1/2 lb Crystal-10L
1/2 lb British Crystal
Both steeped for 1 hour @ 165 (started from cold water)
Then I added 3 lbs of Light DME and 3 lbs of Amber DME then brought to a boil...
The hops were -
1 1/2 oz of willamette (60 mins)
1 oz Cascade (15 mins)
3/4 oz Cascade (5 mins)
I added to 6.5 gl Carboy and added water to make 5 gls
Yeast - Safale US-05 (Dry Ale Yeast)
It looks like fermentation is going well (nice krausen (sp?) and good bubbles in the airlock)
So...my question is...when I first got the carboy to capacity, the color was a pretty dark brown, similar to Newcastle.
Now that I'm 2 days into fermentation the color is becoming lighter, it is now a dark amber, similar to Sierra Nevada ESB.
So, is this normal? My guess would be that sediment is falling to the bottom and making the beer lighter, but I jsut want to make sure.
Thanks for the help,
Dennis
My name's Dennis and I'm very new to Home Brewing (only 1 batch in). First I would like to say that I'm very glad to find this forum, I've learned quite a bit so far just by reading, but now I have a question that I can't find an answer to in the archives...
I brewed my first batch 2 days ago, and as far as I can tell all went well.
Here's the rundown of what I used...(it was extract with stepping grains...)
2.5 gls of water to start partial boil
1/2 lb Crystal-10L
1/2 lb British Crystal
Both steeped for 1 hour @ 165 (started from cold water)
Then I added 3 lbs of Light DME and 3 lbs of Amber DME then brought to a boil...
The hops were -
1 1/2 oz of willamette (60 mins)
1 oz Cascade (15 mins)
3/4 oz Cascade (5 mins)
I added to 6.5 gl Carboy and added water to make 5 gls
Yeast - Safale US-05 (Dry Ale Yeast)
It looks like fermentation is going well (nice krausen (sp?) and good bubbles in the airlock)
So...my question is...when I first got the carboy to capacity, the color was a pretty dark brown, similar to Newcastle.
Now that I'm 2 days into fermentation the color is becoming lighter, it is now a dark amber, similar to Sierra Nevada ESB.
So, is this normal? My guess would be that sediment is falling to the bottom and making the beer lighter, but I jsut want to make sure.
Thanks for the help,
Dennis