Undrtkr_00
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OK, first time posting, here.
I just cooked up my first batch of extract last night. I was working off of a Fat Tire clone recipe (HERE) Overall, it seems like things went OK, but the wort is nearly black - far too dark wind up as a coppery, amber beer like Fat Tire. I am wondering if the guy who put together my grain order (at the LBS) screwed up, or if I possibly scorched the DME when I put it in. I realize now that I left the (gas range) burner on while adding the DME, so I could have scorched it, but I actively stirred the whole time, and did not wind up with a lot of stuff stuck to the kettle bottom like I would experience when scorching pasta sauce or milk, etc.
Can anyone tell me how to tell if I have scorched the DME and ruined my beer? The smell definitely has dark edge to it, but not outside of what I might expect from a dark porter or stout (a little nutty, chocolatey, smokey, etc.).
I just cooked up my first batch of extract last night. I was working off of a Fat Tire clone recipe (HERE) Overall, it seems like things went OK, but the wort is nearly black - far too dark wind up as a coppery, amber beer like Fat Tire. I am wondering if the guy who put together my grain order (at the LBS) screwed up, or if I possibly scorched the DME when I put it in. I realize now that I left the (gas range) burner on while adding the DME, so I could have scorched it, but I actively stirred the whole time, and did not wind up with a lot of stuff stuck to the kettle bottom like I would experience when scorching pasta sauce or milk, etc.
Can anyone tell me how to tell if I have scorched the DME and ruined my beer? The smell definitely has dark edge to it, but not outside of what I might expect from a dark porter or stout (a little nutty, chocolatey, smokey, etc.).
