Beginner issues

[btbrady]

On my third batch and had some new potential problems. Burned the wet malt extract slightly on the bottom of the pan. Any issues? Specific gravity on first reading for this honey wheat beer was 1.12 at 70 degrees F. Any issues? Thanks for the help.

 

[YeastHerder]

What was the expected OG for the recipe? I'm guessing the burning will change the flavor, how much depending on how burnt.

 

[mmonteiro]

your fine man, i burnt some of my last batch and it came out fine. anytime you boil for 60 minutes something is bound to burn eventually. beer is very hard to ruin, it'll be beer i gaurantee it.

 

[Calder]

Don't worry about it scorching on the bottom of the pan. It happens occasionally, and I've never noticed any effect. Obviously you want to try and prevent it, as I am sure that if you scorch too much, it might start affecting the flavor.

Now, 1.120 is a problem. What was the recipe and volume of beer, and someone will tell you what it more likely was.

Now if you added in a ton of honey, you might have gotten there, but I suspect the wort probably was not fully mixed and you got a bad reading. For reference, to get a 1.120 OG in a 5 gallon batch, you would need about 17 lbs of LME + honey.

At 1.120, yeast starts having problems because wort gravity puts high pressure on the yeast cells. Beers this high are often started at a lower gravity and additional sugars added as fermentation proceeds. If you did get it to ferment, you run the risk of it finishing high and being very sweet.

 

[wilsojos]

Your wort was probably not mixed well enough when you took the og reading. If you put water in the fermenter, add wort and take a reading near the bottom you are getting mostly water with little wort mixed in. I always stir the wort and water together to get a good mix and aerate