MasterDood
New Member
Okay so for me this is my second brew, my first one went well. Im doing mini-mashs (3lbs grain/ 4lbs extract for a 5 gal). During the grain soaking, I let a friend take over because I had no choice and had to leave to give someone a ride. When I came back a half hour later and opened the lid, the water was BOILING!
I immediately shut off heat and moved the pot off of the burner. The grains may well have been at temps over 170 for up to 30 minutes! I freaked out, scolded my pal, but finished the batch and pitched the yeast. Its been three days, the batch smells great, but im sure smell isn't everything. After perusing the forums I'm now concerned I may have extracted too many tannins and the beer will taste awful. My hope is that since the actual grains are only account for half of the batch it may yet be saved and worth keeping. And also of course that the grains were only scalded for a part of the time.
Id love to hear your advice and what you think I should do. This kit came from Austin Home Brew Boddingtons Pub Ale clone.
I figured if this happened in an all grain scenario, it would be trash so hopefully since its partial, I wont have to throw it out! Any thoughts or advice?
Thank you!
I immediately shut off heat and moved the pot off of the burner. The grains may well have been at temps over 170 for up to 30 minutes! I freaked out, scolded my pal, but finished the batch and pitched the yeast. Its been three days, the batch smells great, but im sure smell isn't everything. After perusing the forums I'm now concerned I may have extracted too many tannins and the beer will taste awful. My hope is that since the actual grains are only account for half of the batch it may yet be saved and worth keeping. And also of course that the grains were only scalded for a part of the time.
Id love to hear your advice and what you think I should do. This kit came from Austin Home Brew Boddingtons Pub Ale clone.
I figured if this happened in an all grain scenario, it would be trash so hopefully since its partial, I wont have to throw it out! Any thoughts or advice?
Thank you!