Hi all,
I just brewed up a batch of American Wheat beer today:
60min 10lb Wheat LME (morebeer.com)
60min .75oz Willamette (4.6%)
30min .5oz Willamette (4.6%)
0min .3oz Sterling (6%)
6 gallon boil, Safale US-05 yeast.
The recipe was based off of the American Wheat from 'Brewing Classic Styles', but I added 1 more pound of LME than what the recipe called for (I had to purchase 2-5lb bags, so I figured I might as well use it all!!)
My question is about the color of the LME and the resulting wort. It was much darker than I expected. I think morebeer.com lists it at 2-6 SRM, but it is much darker than this, maybe around 15. I'm not too worried about it, but was wondering why the LME was so dark? Anyone else have any experience with this?
Thanks
Jason
I just brewed up a batch of American Wheat beer today:
60min 10lb Wheat LME (morebeer.com)
60min .75oz Willamette (4.6%)
30min .5oz Willamette (4.6%)
0min .3oz Sterling (6%)
6 gallon boil, Safale US-05 yeast.
The recipe was based off of the American Wheat from 'Brewing Classic Styles', but I added 1 more pound of LME than what the recipe called for (I had to purchase 2-5lb bags, so I figured I might as well use it all!!)
My question is about the color of the LME and the resulting wort. It was much darker than I expected. I think morebeer.com lists it at 2-6 SRM, but it is much darker than this, maybe around 15. I'm not too worried about it, but was wondering why the LME was so dark? Anyone else have any experience with this?
Thanks
Jason