SunyJim Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I've done two recent brews with the liquid light malt extract, the Coopers Sparkling Ale, and a Heritage Lager, both have turned out darker than expected. Gold not yellow(10 SRM instead of 5 SRM) Both cans were fairly fresh, and I added them direct to the fermenter without boiling or anything odd. Anybody else have an issue like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andris Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 *cough... cough* http://www.coopers.com.au/the-brewers-guild/brewing-products/brew-cans/thomas-coopers-selection quote: "Weight - 1.7kg, Colour - 90EBC, Bitterness - 390IBU" 90EBC thats roughly... 45SRM another quote: http://www.coopers.com.au/the-brewers-guild/brewing-products/brew-sugars/malt-extract-range "Thomas Coopers Light Malt Extract,..... Available in 1.5kg cans. Colour - 53EBC" thats what? 26SRM? I wish I had that stuff you've been smoking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunyJim Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 Ok so there are a bunch of weird colour charts I have yet to understand. I was using the one from the front cover of the How to brew by John Palmer book I just got. The Lager is not the colour of the lager in the picture linked, it's almost the colour of the IPA, and the Coopers sparkling ale was also just about the colour of the IPA where the store bought was closer to the Lager picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biermoasta Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Andris - Those values are for the concentrated extract, not for the final brewed product... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kearnage Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Yep. The FAQ's are a wonderful thing! The quoted bitterness and colour figures seem very high... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunyJim Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 Just so we are clear, the question about the colour that the beer is getting from light malt extract in THE FINISHED BEER, not the extract in concentrated form. It's making the beers far darker than they should be. Both the heritage lager (10 SRM) light brown/golden colour, and Sparkling ale (14 SRM) almost the colour of IPA poured into the glass before I drink it. Here's a colour chart to help see what I mean http://www.franklinbrew.org/brewinfo/srm.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I don't really get into colour charts and the like but I would expect a Sparkling Ale to somewhat similar to an IPA. Have you ever had a commercial Sparkling Ale SunyJim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng12 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 The sparkling ale should be lighter in colour than the IPA, but like Muddy i don't really get into the colour charts more the taste and aroma but each to himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregT5 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I have to agree with Muddy. I'm not so much into what colour the beer is as long as it tastes great. I have brewed 2 lager brews & they have been 2 completely different colours. The only difference between the brewing process was the 2nd brew fermented at a higher temperature. Both perfectly drinkable but you wouldn't know they were the same beer if you put a glass of each next to one another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andris Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 For Heritage Lager - if mixed with Light LME as per recipe to 23 liters without boiling, I still end up with ~17-19SRM (35-39EBC) and nowhere near 5 or 10 or so my various beer mixing programs tell me. Sources are Qbrew and Beersmith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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