BrewBalls
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My first batch is now fermenting. It was a Northwest Golden Ale from San Diego Brew mart. Its a malt extract kit with palisade hops.
1. The color of your wort is the color of your final beer right? I brewed a golden ale, but the final wort color is more like an amber ale. My thinking is that I might have boiled at too high a temperature and the wort got darker and darker during the boil and adding water in the bucket only lightened it slightly. Does the color lighted during the fermentation process? The instructions that came with the kit are more like a "one brew fits all" type that were kinda vague on what temps I should boil at. I didn't have specific brewing temps, but the instructions said to keep it at a "vigorous boil" If the final beer comes out as an amber color does this effect anything other than the appearance of the beer?
2. Right now my airlock is gurgling, but the center piece stays floats up kind of high and doesn't fully drop on a gurgle. And if I put the lid on it kind of just stays up. I filled it up half way. I keep the lid off the airlock while its gurgling. Should I be concerned?
3. Is there a place where I can find a reference chart to my initial gravity or a comparison of what it should be?
4. What happens if I left my flavoring hops in a few minutes too long?
1. The color of your wort is the color of your final beer right? I brewed a golden ale, but the final wort color is more like an amber ale. My thinking is that I might have boiled at too high a temperature and the wort got darker and darker during the boil and adding water in the bucket only lightened it slightly. Does the color lighted during the fermentation process? The instructions that came with the kit are more like a "one brew fits all" type that were kinda vague on what temps I should boil at. I didn't have specific brewing temps, but the instructions said to keep it at a "vigorous boil" If the final beer comes out as an amber color does this effect anything other than the appearance of the beer?
2. Right now my airlock is gurgling, but the center piece stays floats up kind of high and doesn't fully drop on a gurgle. And if I put the lid on it kind of just stays up. I filled it up half way. I keep the lid off the airlock while its gurgling. Should I be concerned?
3. Is there a place where I can find a reference chart to my initial gravity or a comparison of what it should be?
4. What happens if I left my flavoring hops in a few minutes too long?