Questions tagged [color]
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Hard seltzer turns pink after a few weeks, why?
I've got a bit of an odd situation. I've been brewing some hard seltzers, simple recipe: 4LB Dextrose + Champagne Yeast + Water + Nutrient.
However, I've got an odd issue. 2 of 3 hard seltzers have ...
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Different appearence of liqueur after aging
Last year I have made walnuts liqueur, or nocino in Italian.
From the single batch I have obtained 2 liters of liqueur, which I have bottled in dark beer bottles and left to age in the same, dark ...
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What can cause color loss in a finished beer?
I made an American Brown ale that turned out very dark brown.
I opened the last couple of bottles a month or so apart after most of the batch.
The color seems to have faded to a significantly lighter ...
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Why is a fermented sugar wash white and opaque?
For various reasons I have done a series of test fermentations with various types of ginger powder in the mix. The control was a solution of sugar in water (OG 1.040) with some tartaric acid, boiled ...
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Hibiscus mead changed color after adding yeast nutrient
I'm making an hibiscus-tea mead. The tea/honey mixture had a really nice red color. But after I added the yeast nutrient, the color turned black. The nutrient I'm using is LD Carlson Yeast Nutrient (...
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Issues with the colour / clarity of my brew
I made my first proper brew today and was wondering about the colour. It did not have the colour I thought it would have. I used 4 cups of pale malt, one cup of Halcyon, one cup of Maris Otter and ...
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How to get a feel for the numbers involved in brewing
So I drink a lot of beer (go figure) and I try to characterize it each time. How much carbonation there is, what color it is, mouth feel, what specific flavors are involved, how hoppy it is, how malty ...
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Beer color - Calculating MCU
I have two questions regarding calculating the MCU for a beer receipt.
MCU = (weight of grain i lbs) * (color in degrees lovibond) / (volume in gallons)
For my grains, I have the color listed in SRM,...
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Rhubarb wine colour lost after additives introduced
I'm making an Rhubarb wine. It's been 'dry sugared' for 3 days and the extracted syrup had a nice pink hue from the pink Rhubarb stems.
Yesterday evening I made the volume up to 5 litres and the pink ...
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Is it normal for my fermenting ale pails to be discolored?
I used a brand new ale pail just recently and I wasn't able to remove the discoloring left on the inside despite how much I scrubbed. Is this normal/will it affect the flavor of future brews?
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Why is my wort dark?
I recently brewed a beer with 70% pilsner malt, 28% light munich malt, and 2% chocolate malt. I used RO water, a 1 hour rest at 156 deg, and fly sparged. I had no means to check PH.
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Colour adjustment
Is there a difference between darker malts in the color they give to the brew?
Melanoiden malts are said to give a red color, chocolate malts should render the beer brown. But there is just one ...
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Little hop aroma in first batch
So... I just enjoyed my fist bottle of my first batch of home brew, and overall it was a success. I know the saying is "pour your first batch down the drain!", but my first batch will certainly give ...
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Does filtering yeast change the color of a beer?
To what extent would filtering out yeast change the color in a beer?
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What would have caused my wort to darken in the fermenter?
Experimenting with a recipe for a Scottish ale, from extract. On brew day, my color was just a little lighter than I anticipated. The color darkened slightly during a very active fermentation. (It ...
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