Racked to Secondary - Pale ale turned Caramel?

[kinggoo]

Hey folks,

Did some searching around -- and couldn't find a similar experience with this..

I racked to my secondary for the first time yesterday and moved it to the basement. The brew was a darkish brown/copper color before I siphoned into the carboy, and after siphoning has turned caramelish in color.

Is this normal? I attempted to introduce as little oxidation as possible, but at first I figured it was due to the transfer mixing up the beer and it would eventually settle darker again. The next day it still appears to be the color of a caramel candy?

Not worried, just curious.

 

[damdaman]

What were you siphoning from? The color of the beer will vary greatly depending on how much light can go through. So if you rack from a bucket to a carboy, the color will appear different in the carboy because there's more light going through, since it's glass.

When you pour it into a glass, it will appear even lighter, because there's not as much beer to absorb light.

 

[kinggoo]

I was siphoning from a bucket, so I guess that would make sense.