PHillbrewer
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This is only my second extract brew and its about 4 days in the primary. I used 2 3.3# cans of Munton's Wheat LME, one added at the beginning of the boil and the second at 30min. I used 1oz of Saaz hops at beginning of the boil and the second oz of Saaz at 20 min. The last 10 min I added 1oz of bitter orange peel and 1oz of corriander. Pitched WLP400 Belgian Wit at 70 degrees and fermentation started in about 12 hours. Everything has gone well except for one thing....The color of my beer in the carboy is about as dark as a nut brown ale and doesn't resemble a wit at all. I'm worried about what went wrong that would cause it to be much darker than expected. I know LMEs can be darker than normal but this is much darker. I used the same exact malt extract in my first brew (bavarian hefeweizen) and it turned out great with the color I expected. Any help or ideas on whats going on is much appreciated!