Really, a light extract dunkel?

[linkstorinks]

really perplexed here (1st brew) especially after reading about extract brewing and darkness of their batches. But here I intentionally try to brew a darker weizen and get it much lighter than probably expected.

Also to be noted, the Wit that i brewed seems to be light in color as well but not as far off the norm as this one seems to be. Any ideas?

should i just go ahead and bottle this as the SG has not changed much on it at all and wait another 2 weeks in the bottle and compare it again?

taste was about the same just lighter bodied than most dunkels.

 

[slomo]

The color wont change as it goes through bottle conditioning, but the body and flavor will change.

 

[linkstorinks]

so no reason more to keep it in the secondary?

also, any thoughts on the color? Doesn't it seem a little light for a dunkel?

 

[BarleyWater]

It does look a little light. Maybe you've got your grain bag packed too tightly and you're not getting everything out that you could be.

 

[linkstorinks]

no grains in the recipe, just extract and hops from NB's dunkel extract kit. I am perplexed could it be the water I am using?

ETA: I know i stirred it really frequently, so i would avoid any sort of scorching of the extracts. but dang!
here is the recipe:
1 3.15 lbs Amber Malt Syrup (liquid) 60 min.
2 3.15 lbs Wheat Malt Syrup (liquid) 60 min.

1 1 oz. 60 min. Argentina Cascade 3.20%

Wyeast Liquid German Wit

 

[BarleyWater]

no grains in the recipe, just extract and hops from NB's dunkel extract kit. I am perplexed could it be the water I am using?

ETA: I know i stirred it really frequently, so i would avoid any sort of scorching of the extracts. but dang!
here is the recipe:
1 3.15 lbs Amber Malt Syrup (liquid) 60 min.
2 3.15 lbs Wheat Malt Syrup (liquid) 60 min.

1 1 oz. 60 min. Argentina Cascade 3.20%

Wyeast Liquid German Wit

That's not a dunkel recipe. It's an amber colored wit without the corriander or orange peel.

 

[linkstorinks]

it is according to NB

 

[BarleyWater]

I would blame it on that extract, a traditional dunkel would be wheat and munich, and that amber extract is probably just plain ol' 2-row with some caramel. They do make munich extracts, and that would probably be preferred over that syrup. Also in extract recipes, specialty grains can give you some missing flavor and color that you can't get from the extracts.

Also, a wit yeast probably isn't the preferred yeast for the style either, but it wouldn't be too far off and wouldn't affect the color either.

 

[linkstorinks]

yeah, understandable. but on the first brew I just went along with the kit to see how everything turned out. so what really is it then haha?

here is their explanation on their amber extract:
Northern Brewer Amber. Northern Brewer Amber is a mix of pale and Munich malt with Caramel 60 for a sweet malt flavor with caramel overtones.

 

[antheus]

If it tastes great, don't worry about it. You have the opposite problem most extract brewers have which is that their beer is too dark haha.

 

[Beezer94]

I would judge off the taste not color.

NB's description says:
Dunkelweizen Extract Kit - O.G: 1049 / Ready: 5 weeks

Its name means "dark wheat", and that's just what it is. An amber colored version of a German hefeweizen, with the same sour-phenolic character and light hopping of its paler cousins. Although it's a bit maltier than our Hefeweizen kit, it's still a mighty refreshing beer.