Is that normal for my Imperial pale ale taste like stout

[cetwlaa]

This is the first time I try to brew an imperial pale ale from an extract kit. I bottled the beer last night and sampled a bit to taste. Um...it actually tastes good, but it also looks (very dark reddish brown color) and tastes like a stout to me...

Wonder If it is an imperial pale ale suppose to be?




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[BrewWNC]

I'm going to say maybe but no.

What was th recipe and did you variate, have issues, etc.?

 

[cetwlaa]

Sorry guys, I made a mistake on the title of this tread, what I brewed was an imperial blonde ale (IBA)

It was a brewer's best extract ingredient kit . I strictly followed the instruction and recipe, which said the color should be deep gold in color, but mine one turn out like a stout color...taste like a stout as well

The ingredient list is as follow:

6.6 lb LME
1 lb wheat DME
1lb corn sugar
1 lb honey malt

Hops:
1oz brewer 'a gold
1 oz cascade

Yeast
1 sachet

I wonder if my boiling process caramelised the LME and caused the color of the beer darkened




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[sandyeggoxj]

Did you burn the lme to the bottom of the pot and scorch it?

 

[rodwha]

I always add my LME at flameout just to preserve the color, as well as make it part of my top off.

 

[kaconga]

If you boil lme in too little water then it can darken even more than it normally does IME.

 

[cetwlaa]

I did flame out when I added the LME into the pot, and turned it back on when everything was genteelly mixed. At the end of the boil, I did not find there was scorch at the bottom of my pot.

Should I next time let more time for the LME to dissolve before turn the heat on?

And is the stout taste due to the darkening of the beer colour?



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[rodwha]

Don't turn the heat back on.

I wouldn't see how it would cause that if you are certain it didn't scorch. LME drops like a rock and will sit on the bottom. It must be stirred well when the heat is on. I generally wait a minute or so for the burner to actually turn off before I add the LME, and still stir like a mad man!

 

[kaconga]

I did flame out when I added the LME into the pot, and turned it back on when everything was genteelly mixed. At the end of the boil, I did not find there was scorch at the bottom of my pot.

Should I next time let more time for the LME to dissolve before turn the heat on?

And is the stout taste due to the darkening of the beer colour?



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This may seem silly but are you sure it wasn't a stout? Accidents happen all the time and sometimes people will buy a kit of x just to end up with y. It should be an amberish sort of color with lme darkening. Not going from blonde to black.

 

[Hello]

Don't turn the heat back on.

I wouldn't see how it would cause that if you are certain it didn't scorch. LME drops like a rock and will sit on the bottom. It must be stirred well when the heat is on. I generally wait a minute or so for the burner to actually turn off before I add the LME, and still stir like a mad man!

But I think he was saying he added it when he turned the flame out and then turned the flame on to boil. Instructions on kits tell you to add LME much earlier than at actual flameout. Assuming that he followed the kit, he had to turn the flame on to boil the wort as per instructions.

I happen to think there is a chance the kit was packaged wrong. Were all specialty grains light in color or did you see anything that was dark brown or black? Never would a blonde ale accidentally turn into a stout unless the recipe was wrong.

 

[cetwlaa]

Exactly as Hello said, the recipe asked me to get the LME dissolved wort to boil for another 60 mins for hopping. Will the boiling process carmellise the sugar?

I guess there is slim chance for wrong ingredient was put in my kit, they looked in order, honey malt did look like what it suppose to be. The only thing puzzle me a little was the LME, though it was extra light LME!, its colour was deep brwn when i pouring it out

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