ToddL3 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Will the colour of my beer lighten as it ferments? I am brewing Coopers Cerveza and generally cerveza is a light colour but the batch looks very dark and reddish. HELP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Yes, it will get lighter as it ferments. Even when fully fermented, the Mexican cerveza still looks a bit dark in the FV, but it's nice and light in a bottle or glass. This thread shows the different colors and clarities of some of the Coopers Kits Kit: Mexican Cerveza Added: 1kg BE2, water to 23L OG: 1.038 FG: 1.010 ABV: 4.3% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 The only reason it looks darker in the fermenter is because it's a bigger container and is holding the whole batch, in a relatively small area, so the color is concentrated. Once you put it into bottles, you'll see it "lighten up". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I say "Colour - shmolour" as long as it tastes fine I'm happy [cool] And welcome to Todd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitto Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 i have just put down a Mex Cerveza as my third brew, and i too was concerned at the colour of the wort when i mixed, 4 days on, it has lightened up heaps. It was a darkish brown colour, and now is more like the Corona colour. I have the FV sitting in a large container of water and have been keeping the temps around the 18-20\xb0 mark with frozen ice bricks. The temps up here this week is going to be in the high 20's low 30's, and i was concerned on not over working the yeast. I am looking forward to this brew. And trying my Pale Ale that got bottled on the weekend, and the first brew i bottled 2 weeks ago.............etc etc [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I bottled a Cerveza last week and it was still quite cloudy. They normally clear up a bit more in the bottle so hopefully it does its thing. With respect to the colour though, when I put mine in the hydrometer tube thing I was surprised at how light it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 As I said, it's mostly to do with the size of the containers. It will always look lighter in the sample tube because it's a very narrow container and there's not much beer in it to look through. In the bottle it'll be a bit darker because it's a wider container. And of course, the FV is wider still, so it's like looking through about 5 or 6 bottles lined up behind each other. [wink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Oh I know, I was just remarking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Yeah, it's simple but interesting. I've done comparisons pre and post boil with my last couple of recipes and the post boil samples are always a little darker. Then I forget they're there and they pick up wild yeast and start fermenting. [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I am looking forward to this brew. And trying my Pale Ale that got bottled on the weekend' date=' and the first brew i bottled 2 weeks ago.............etc etc[/quote'] Drink ALL the Pale Ale [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne (Captain Yobbo) Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 The Pale ale kit is my favourite however I made a batch of Cerveza for SWMBO I ran out of all my other favourites so I started to drink the Cerveza on Friday nights it goes down quite easily I prefer the Cerveza over the Canadian Blonde kit. Ah well a few more weeks and my EB with copious amounts of hops will be ready to try will be putting down a pale ale this week as well. The colour of those light beers is deceitful when you first put them down but by the end of fermentation they are exactly the colour according to the style. Only other factors that would effect the colour is if you use LDM etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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