bloodysafety
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So I kinda followed a recipie for a partial mash IPA out of the homebrewers book by the dude who started the zymurgy magazine... Anyway maybe im just used to store bought but ive never seen a red ipa. The recipe wasnt very specific outside of hop varieties. And was very confusing to procure as i dont know wtf a lovibond degree is. I ended up letting the clerk pick most of it. He hooked me up with some 2 row to toast and some 15* crystal and the wort was a bright golden color pre boil. after the boil my brew looked more like chocolate milk and now that its clearing its a red-brown. Is this kind of change normal or did I screw the pooch somewhere? Oh and the malt extract (liquid) was pale.
Edit: the recipe called for dry extract and the book said to use 17% more extract if using liquid so I bought a half pound more than it called for and made up the difference with agave syrup. not sure if that's pertinent or not.
Edit: the recipe called for dry extract and the book said to use 17% more extract if using liquid so I bought a half pound more than it called for and made up the difference with agave syrup. not sure if that's pertinent or not.
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