caneandabel
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I have been homebrewing for about year now and my batches continually come out darker than expected. I buy water from the store in 1 gallon jugs and have tried both spring and filtered water with the same results. I use kits that usually require steeping grains plus LME and sometimes DME. I follow the instructions completely but they always come out darker than expected. For example, I did a cream ale that came out almost brown and I was expecting blonde. Same as when I did an american lager. They also weren't as crisp as I was expecting. This has happened with the 8 kits I have done but these were the best examples. When using LME do I need to change when I add it to prevent darkening? Still just an amateur with a basic set up so any help would be awesome.