First batch question

Well folks, I just made my first batch by myself. I've made a couple of porters with the help of my friend, but never made a batch myself. I did a Honey Red Ale. Everything went smoothly. I steeped the grain, I added the extract. At the proper time, I added the hops and Irish Moss. I dumped into the primary and cooled before pitching the yeast about an hour ago.

Now my question. This is a red ale. Every red I've ever drank has had a redish hue to it. This is brown. Will the color improve as it ferments out and clears?

I'm going to finish what I started, just want to know what's going on.

TIA Greg

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gsmith81
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It might lighten up a little bit as it clears, especially if it's a lighter shade of brown, but if it's dark brown, there's not much chance of it turning red. If that's the case, best you could hope for would be a dark ruby brown.

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David M. Taylor

when you checked the clour was it in a graduated cylinder when you were checking the SG or was it in a carboy? Volume makes a beer look darker than it is. Light has a harder time penetrating through the larger volume (ie a test tube of beer would look lighter than a pint). But if there is no redness and you are judging from a carboy it would probably be amber in colour at best.

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stephen

It's when I first put it in the primary that it shows up as brown. I don't really care about the color, as long as it tastes good. Thanks to all for the input.

Greg

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gsmith81

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