Why is my beer so dark!?

[Skyhead22]

Here is my recipe

4 ounces Pilsen malt
4 ounces white wheat malt
20 minutes at 150

3lbs bavarian wheat dme
3lbs golden light dme

1/2oz hallertau 60 min
1/2oz hallertau 0 min

1/2oz coriander 5 min (crushed)
1/4oz sweet orange peel 5 min
1/2oz bitter orange peel 5min

I really expected maybe a deep yellow.. I'm including a picture of what I ended up with. For my next brew how do I end up with a cloudy yellow?

 

[morticaixavier]

because you are looking through 5 gallons of it.

when it is done and in a glass it will be a lovely golden hue

 

[Hello]

because you are looking through 5 gallons of it.

when it is done and in a glass it will be a lovely golden hue

This. Now close that lid and give yeast a chance!

 

[Skyhead22]

This was during cool down. Even in a spoon it still looked pretty brown.

 

[Zuljin]

because you are looking through 5 gallons of it.

when it is done and in a glass it will be a lovely golden hue

That, plus the Bavarian, plus the hops, plus everything is all stirred up in it.

I recently made an American lager, which I have made before. Just like before, it looked brown like New Castle ale in the bucket. By the time I was drinking it, it was yellow.

 

[DocScott]

When did you add the extract? Maybe you got a lot of darkening if the sugars burned or with increased Maillard reactions with early additions and a long boil.

It looks pretty dark even if taking into account looking through the volume.

What are the lovibond readings on the extracts?

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[livetaswim06]

Some beers will lighten up a bit after fermentation. Right now there is probably trub and other crud floating in the bucket, when the yeast is done with it everything should settle down.

 

[freisste]

It's certainly related to the points already listed (you're looking through 5 gallons instead of 12oz, and it's cloudy with undissolved solids like hop particles and trub), but it also looks dark because it's in a BUCKET. Drink a beer out of a coffee mug sometime. No light goes through, so even miller lite would look pretty dark.

Even if it's darker than you want, that's cosmetic. If it tastes good, who cares.