Joe the joe wrote:[color=blue]
> I just brewed an american pale and it was listed as a golden color?[/color]

Is that a question? ;-)
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> however when I bottled it was more like an amberbock.
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> Any suggestions[/color]

My brews always turned out darker than I expected until I got a bigger
pot. Previously, I brewed as much as I could in a smaller pot -- about 2
gallons max -- then added the wort to cold water in the fermenter to
cool it down. Since I started brewing the entire 5 gallons at once, and
using a wort chiller, the colors of my lighter colored beers have been
more true to form.

HTH

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Bill

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