Don't dump it. If I think I ruined a beer I bottle it in one gallon carboys to save myself the effort of potentially bottling ruined beer.
American and Hungarian oak cubes have mellowed out harsh high gravity beers for me in the past so you may want to look into oaking.
One last idea; try...
An overcarbonated batch of Kolsch taught me to point bottles away from my face while uncapping. Two thirds of the ridged portion of bottle cap gouged itself into my cheek.
My LHBS stands behind Iodophor but I will be switching to Star San after consulting the forums and John Palmer's book.
As this is the lightest beer I have ever brewed (6lbs XLDME and no specialty grains), it is understandable that I may have exceeded the iodine taste threshold that more...
I sanitized my plastic fermenter bucket with 25ppm of Iodophor BTF Sanitizer and realized I wasn't ready to brew that day. Instead of wasting the solution, I let it sit in the bucket for two days, then drained and dried the bucket before use.
Though the bucket was dry, it smelled distinctly...
Thanks for your input guys. I've decided to let it be for now. After refrigerating some of my sample I found the roasted character to come through after the sensations of mouthfeel and sweetness faded away. It appears much better balanced now and will probably do wonderfully with age and...
Hi. I'm bottling a stout tomorrow. I took a FG reading today and upon sampling I found that the beer is not roasty enough. Its as if I made a sweet oatmeal porter.
I'd like to give it a little more bitterness to balance the sweet character (*I am certain it as stopped fermenting). Are either...
I've been using a stick-on liquid crystal thermometer, but I think I'm ready to begin probing the core temperature of my fermenting wort in order to achieve greater control over fermentation.
Here's my concern:
The specific heat of the high density polyethylene bucket fermenter is...
All three batches are going and going strong now.
With the addition of Fermax Yeast Nutrient, the cider with sweet mead yeast took off, and so did the cider with wine yeast after I repitched.
Thank you all for your input.