whodatgeauxbrew
Active Member
Hello all,
My friends and I recently decided to try to increase the alcohol level of our beer, so we added three extra pounds of pilsen light DME to our pale ale recipe, without changing any other ingredients. After taking over an hour to achieve the hot break, we began to notice that the wort was drastically changing to a darker color and beginning to smell burnt. After further examination, we decided to toss out the batch because the wort seemed to be burnt beyond repair. Does anyone have any idea what may have happened? Should we have added more water to the recipe since we added more DME? Any help would be grateful.
Thanks!
My friends and I recently decided to try to increase the alcohol level of our beer, so we added three extra pounds of pilsen light DME to our pale ale recipe, without changing any other ingredients. After taking over an hour to achieve the hot break, we began to notice that the wort was drastically changing to a darker color and beginning to smell burnt. After further examination, we decided to toss out the batch because the wort seemed to be burnt beyond repair. Does anyone have any idea what may have happened? Should we have added more water to the recipe since we added more DME? Any help would be grateful.
Thanks!