Kolsch

[rcjmil]

I am brewing a Kolsch Kit from Beer-Wine.com. Seemed that the wort, when I pitched the yeast, was darker than I expected. I waited until the end of the boil to add the DME and rice solids. How can I get a lighter color next time?

 

[uniconfis]

You did add a little DME before adding hops to ensure proper hop utilization right?

As far as color, the late extract addition you did is the only technique that I know of. But I'm still a fairly new to this.

 

[lackofstyl]

doing a full wort boil will help not only with color but with hop utilization + you really dont need to worry about a late extract addition

 

[taydawg197]

I had a kit from there and it called for 1 gal of water for 90 min boil. (octoberfest ROM) It came out really thick and syrupy. I hope its not ruined, i tried emailing them about it asking if 1gal is legit on the recipe and they never responded. Recently ordered from AHS and the directions were much easier to follow.

 

[skeeordye11]

My last 2 batches (Kolsch & Wheat) both looked real dark going into the primary, but they both cleared nicely by the time they were at three weeks in the bottle. RDWHAHB!

 

[Beerrific]

Three things that I can think of to lighten color:
1. late addition
2. bigger boil
3. use DME and know what kind it is (Briess make a pilser extract that is light as water)

 

[malkore]

I used 2 lbs of Briess's Extra light pilsner in my Kolsch (the rest was all partial mash for fermentables)

Kolsch turned out great! I did use a late addition mostly for the color aspect.