I recently attempted Jamil's Chocolate Hazelnut Porter, which is currently starting it's secondary fermentation. I'm looking at it and the color is medium brown.
My steeping bag was very tighly packed as you can see in this photo.
Could it the lightness in color be the result of an overly tight steeping bag?
Should I or could I, steep another small bag of dark grains to boost the color to porter level, and add it to the current batch?
Or should I just let it be?
As for the attenuation it seems to be right on target, so the amount of convertible sugars were correct as per recipe.
Thanks!
My steeping bag was very tighly packed as you can see in this photo.
Could it the lightness in color be the result of an overly tight steeping bag?
Should I or could I, steep another small bag of dark grains to boost the color to porter level, and add it to the current batch?
Or should I just let it be?
As for the attenuation it seems to be right on target, so the amount of convertible sugars were correct as per recipe.
Thanks!