On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 10:13:37PM +0100, thorkild nielsen wrote: > jeg har fundet en beskrivelse af hvordan man > maaler EBC-tallene, der beskriver øl-farven. Det > gøres med et alm. spektrofotometer hvor man > maaler absorbansen ved 430 nm > http://www.specialtymalts.com/maltster/faq_brewing.html > > Jeg vil prøve metoden en af dagene i næste uge, > men er der nogen her, der har erfaring med det? > Måske er der faldgruber, jeg har overset?
Somehow I suspect that a "alm. spektrofotometer" is something most of us have never heard of. Anyway, there is something fundamentally wrong in the whole idea of expressing the colour of beer with just one number. Color is a multi-dimensional thing, almost by definition. And I am sure various different authorities have defined various different ways to produce "EBC" numbers. Probably most of them tend to agree with the usual sortiment of beers, but I bet all of them go wrong with a good Kriek, or a (syntheticlly dyed) St. Patrick's Ale... With all respect Heikki -- Heikki Levanto LSD - Levanto Software Development <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
