Hey everyone, I've consistently found that my beers come out darker than intended / predicted using Beersmith (2). I hit my targets, volumes, etc., so it's not that. My recent APA came out too dark, my Vienna Lager came out too red, and even my summer ale wasn't as pale as I intended. It's not, like, porter dark, but just noticeably more than intended.
I was thinking about it today, and it may simply be the calibration of Beersmith vs the grain I can get locally.. that's perhaps the most likely cause.
But I was also thinking: I wonder how much malliard reaction I'm getting in my boil. Does anyone know much about this? I can't find any detailed info.
I boil on propane with a nice tallboy kettle. I don't overdo it, and I do back off on the propane, but I was thinking that maybe I /am/ boiling still too hot. How possible is it that I'm boiling a little too hard, and getting more malliard browning? I've always aimed for a solid rolling boil, but maybe I'll see how low I can go and still have a boil, if less vigorous?
thoughts?
I was thinking about it today, and it may simply be the calibration of Beersmith vs the grain I can get locally.. that's perhaps the most likely cause.
But I was also thinking: I wonder how much malliard reaction I'm getting in my boil. Does anyone know much about this? I can't find any detailed info.
I boil on propane with a nice tallboy kettle. I don't overdo it, and I do back off on the propane, but I was thinking that maybe I /am/ boiling still too hot. How possible is it that I'm boiling a little too hard, and getting more malliard browning? I've always aimed for a solid rolling boil, but maybe I'll see how low I can go and still have a boil, if less vigorous?
thoughts?