will my beer lighten in color?

[david83]

first of i was wondering if my beer will lighten in color while in the bottles.it apears much darker than its supposed to be which is a srm of about 5 and it looks like its about 20 right now.i dont care about whether it stays dark but was wondering if i did something wrong.the beer is a scottish light ale from midwest supplies.thanks dave

 

[hopdhopshops]

whats the recipe?

 

[Sithdad]

If you are looking at it while it is in the fermenter then it will appear darker. When you pour it into a glass is will lighten up, to a point. If you are looking at it in the hydrometer test cylinder or a glass and it's darker then you expected then it's probably not going to change. If you used liquid extract this is the cause for your color to be off. It's a side effect of boiling liquid extract for long periods of time. If you add your liquid extract with 10 minutes to go in your boil time you can minimize the darker color. This "late addition" method for liquid extracts can also help prevent your extract adding more bitterness to your beer.

 

[david83]

4. The Boil Before returning the pot to the burner add your malt extract and brown sugar and the
malto-dextrin. Make sure to stir the water so the malt extract does not scorch on the bottom of your
pot. When the extract is fully dissolved, return the kettle to the burner. As soon as you see a boiling
bubble add 1 oz Tradition bittering hops and boil 60 minutes for optimal hop utilization and bittering.
Hops can be added directly to the kettle or placed in a nylon boiling bag (Catalog #6300) in order to
keep hop sediment out of the fermenter. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR POT UNATTENDED! Boil-overs
are messy and should be cleaned up immediately. There are no flavor or aroma hops in this recipe,
finish boiling then remove the pot from the burner.
this is what the instructions from midwest say so what your saying is because the lme was added at the begining of the boil this will keep the beer dark?

 

[david83]

heres the recipe
Scottish Light Ale. This unique recipe offers a heavy malt taste but has a clean tasting finish. A lightly hopped beer that is surprisingly full bodied. Our 60/- recipe is a nice introduction to IPAs and Strong Ales. 60/- = 60 shillings. Our ingredients for this recipe include: 3.3 lb. Gold liquid malt extract, 1 lb. of Light DME, 4 oz. Brown Sugar, 12 oz. Crystal 40°L, 4 oz. Chocolate Malt specialty grains, 8 oz. Maltodextrin, 1 oz. Tradition pellet hops, Dried Oak Chips, yeast, priming sugar, and a grain bag. Scottish Light Ale w/ Munton's 6 gm dry yeast.

 

[smizak]

If you're looking in your bucket/carboy and wondering about the color, it's going to appear MUCH darker in the fermenter than in a glass. The light is traveling through about 10 times as much beer as a pint glass.

 

[david83]

no this is out of the bottle i bottled my beer and threw one in the freezer and tried it.it tasted good,but was much darker than i expected it to be and was wondering if over time while it conditioned it would lighten up?

 

[smizak]

Gotcha. No, it won't lighten up. In fact, with a lot of time, it will darken more. Talkin a year or so.

My extract batches were always darker than I wanted.

 

[remilard]

That should not be a 5 SRM beer, probably high teens.

 

[remilard]

Its got nothing to do with extract, there is 12 oz C40 and 4 oz chocolate, that doesn't make a 5 SRM beer under any circumstance.

 

[smizak]

Its got nothing to do with extract, there is 12 oz C40 and 4 oz chocolate, that doesn't make a 5 SRM beer under any circumstance.

Whoa, didn't see that.

That's your problem.

 

[david83]

Its got nothing to do with extract, there is 12 oz C40 and 4 oz chocolate, that doesn't make a 5 SRM beer under any circumstance.

ok i understand that,so why do they advertise it has a 5 on the srm scale?and like i said it dont matter to me im gonna drink them all anyways.

 

[david83]

That should not be a 5 SRM beer, probably high teens.

i agree i held the glass of beer to the scale on the inside of palmers book and thats what i thought upper teens.

 

[remilard]

ok i understand that,so why do they advertise it has a 5 on the srm scale?and like i said it dont matter to me im gonna drink them all anyways.

Typo, I would guess they meant 15 maybe.
The BJCP SRM range for scottish light is 9-17.

 

[david83]

ok thanks its at or around the 17 mark.