orford
Well-Known Member
Greetings all, I stored two fermentation buckets (lids on but the airlock ports were open) worth of grain in my basement for about a week now (was planning on brewing last weekend but ran out of time). It has been pretty humid here and my basement has held around 75-80% humidity. I was thinking I would brew this weekend so I went down to check some things tonight. The grain feels dry but smells a bit off, not musty really but a bit like brick weed, herbal would be a good description. Any thoughts on whether this would be a bad idea to brew with? Unfortunately it is two batches worth of grain, one a Pilsner the other a Vienna Lager, fortunately it is just the grain so really only $20 per batch at most. My concern is that both are lighter beers and thus any imperfections or off favors would be even more perceptible. Thoughts? Would you brew with it or just toss and pick up fresh grain?
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