Color of different crystal malts

[bja]

Does something look wrong with these two bags of crystal, or is it just me?

 

[McKnuckle]

I had a similar experience recently, buying C80L and C150L. The former had a darker appearance than the latter. I asked the LHBS proprietor and he acknowledged this, but reassured me. I've used them both in my brews and all has been as predicted colorwise. Go figure.

 

[m00ps]

Looks to me like they got swapped. Ive never had those few extra dark husks in c40-60, but they are there in c80+

smell them. Whichever one smells sweeter should be the 60, more toffee would be 120

 

[zchwlsn]

It could just happen to be that the darker grain in the 120L just happened to settle in a way that makes it look lighter.

 

[bja]

I contacted Morebeer about this and they assured me that the bag labeled C60 is in fact C60, though I don't know how they can be so certain since the people I spoke with are not the ones who packaged it.

I used the C60 and the beer turned out much darker than it should've and has a taste that you would attribute to using a much darker crystal.

I sent this picture to Morebeer several weeks ago and again explained what I was experiencing but never heard anything back.