I can't make a light beer to save my life!!!

[Jud]

Ok well I can help you out.. Just send all your dark beer to me!!!

 

[JKoravos]

JKoravos: Nice brew! But how do you get your beer thick enough to stay in the glass at such an angle?!?! *grins*

FG is 1.250. Tastes a little sweet though.

 

[JKoravos]

I'm on the verge of giving up. I can't make a light beer to save my life. I've made multiple batches of brewer's best octoberfest kits. Then I started playing the LME batch recipes and made a high gravity Hefeweisen which was good tasting, but malty and a little darker than most hefeweisens I've seen. It was actually really close to the Octoberfest. So then I swapped out 3lbs of wheat LME for 3lbs of Pilsen LME and got it a little lighter. Then I switched to AG Brewing and wanted to try a really light beer to get my friends to be more receptive to it. Anyway this is what it looked like. WTF Why? I'll list grain bill below.

Grain Bill:
7 lbs. Rahr 2-Row Pale
0.75 lbs. Gambrinus Honey Malt
0.25 lbs. Dingemans Biscuit


What am I doing wrong here. Everything is coming out too dark.

Thanks,
Mike

How is this beer looking now? It looks pretty light to me.

 

[tjderrington]

For what it's worth, I did a light ale during the summer and was told by my local homebrew store owner that in order to get a truly light beer you must use powdered extract (assuming you arent looking to go all grain). I did a partial mash with the powdered extract and it was extrmely light and came in at about 3% abv. Perfect for those times when drinking homebrew all day by the pool would otherwise become dangerous...

 

[Seeves1982]

Finally got it light recipe was great. I'll post pictures as soon as I put it in the secondary. Thanks guys