scorched brew

loopmd · 03-23-2008, 02:04 PM

I should be putting this in the nOOb section, because that's what I felt like after I brewed this batch a few weeks ago. Long story short....I scorched the crap out of my oatmeal stout. On brew day a number of things happened and I have never tossed out a batch before, but I almost did this one on brew day. Anyway...I didn't toss it, but just racked it to the secondary yesterday and it tastes like rotten @ss to me. It has a heavy smoky taste. (but great color and mouth feal...lol) Is there anything I can add to mask this flavor?

I thought about adding lemon juice at bottling, is lemon juice acidic enough to not ferment out?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,

Loop

Donasay · 07-01-2008, 08:52 PM

did you wind up drinking this, what did you do?

loopmd · 07-03-2008, 12:58 AM

LOL

Thanks for the "reply"

It is still sitting in the carboy. I don't have the guts to see what it is like yet and I have multiple carboys to use for new stuff.

Loop

impulsoren · 07-03-2008, 01:12 AM

Well it's not exactly the same but....
I scorched the milk making cheese once. The whole house smelled like burned milk, the cheese smelled like it. Aged it for a year (I usually do 6 months) and it didn't taste scorched at all. Best guess from me is set that carboy at the back of the closet and fuggetaboutit for a long time. Maybe you will end up with something great.

loopmd · 07-03-2008, 01:56 AM

That's what I was hoping for. This thread reminded me that I still had it sitting and I just went downstairs and popped the airlock and gave it a whiff. It actually smells pretty good. I will give it a few more months and give it a taste.

Loop

fermenteverything · 01-05-2011, 09:49 PM

how'd it turn out? 2 years later...

loopmd · 01-05-2011, 10:34 PM

Undrinkable. Just too scorched. I let it sit for about a year in bottles to "smooth out". Too smoky for my liking.

Loop

**Yooper** · 01-05-2011, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loopmd

Undrinkable. Just too scorched. I let it sit for about a year in bottles to "smooth out". Too smoky for my liking.

Loop

Well, you can't say you weren't patient enough!

I've been lucky to never have burned/scorched my wort, I guess. I've had some boilovers that were amazing though. Did you know that 5.5 gallons of boiling wort in a keggle can boilover easily, and continue boilingover the entire time you're away? It surprised me, that's for sure!

loopmd · 01-05-2011, 11:04 PM

Lol...ya yoop, it still pained me to dump it. I didn't go into detail 2 years ago, but that is exactly what happened...I went inside for a few minutes and came back out to find a HUGE boilover....needless to say I never have done that again!

Loop

**Shooter** · 01-05-2011, 11:06 PM

NOOB!!!!!!!!