Stoneciphes
Active Member
Ok so here is the story. I bought Brewers Best Belgian Golden Ale. I decided to let a buddy of mine help me so he could get interested in brewing too. After cleaning and bringing the pot to a boil it was time for the DME. I put in 3 lbs of DME and asked if he would add the second 3lb bag of DME while I grabbed the hops and timer. He asks "Whats DME?". (Dry Malted Extract) It is in the plastic bag full of powder like the one I just dumped in. I should have been watching because he grabbed my 4lb bag of corn sugar and in it all went. (I didn't know this at the time). I added hops and when it got time to add in the second bag of hops and candy sugar I noticed the bag of DME was still in the box. I added in the DME. After figuring out that he added in my corn sugar I held out the 2 lbs of Belgian candi sugar and the 1 lb of candi sugar that was in the kit. Hops were added at the following times, 5 oz. Brewers Gold hops 60 min, 1 oz. GR Hallertau hops 30 min, 1 oz. GR Hallertau hops at 10 min then flame out and ice bath.
So for fermentables there is 6lbs of DME, 4lbs Corn Sugar, and the 5 gallon OG was 1.110!. I diluted with 1 gallon of water bringing it up to 6 gal to get it down to OG 1.070. I then siphoned off 1 gallon after mixing (into another sterile bucket) so I now have a solution (wort) that is 5 gal in my 6.5 gal fermenter at 1.070 OG.
I gave this a 2 liter yeast starter and it is bubbling away today
My question is did I save this brew or have I ruined it forever? Is there anything else I can do to try and save it? What is it likely to taste like? Should I dump it? $50 is alot for me to just dump
So for fermentables there is 6lbs of DME, 4lbs Corn Sugar, and the 5 gallon OG was 1.110!. I diluted with 1 gallon of water bringing it up to 6 gal to get it down to OG 1.070. I then siphoned off 1 gallon after mixing (into another sterile bucket) so I now have a solution (wort) that is 5 gal in my 6.5 gal fermenter at 1.070 OG.
I gave this a 2 liter yeast starter and it is bubbling away today
My question is did I save this brew or have I ruined it forever? Is there anything else I can do to try and save it? What is it likely to taste like? Should I dump it? $50 is alot for me to just dump