Brewing today..back after 5 years

[option_klp]

I jumped back into brewing a few weeks ago, and decided today to do a light beer using my left over grain. Doing BIAB with 3.5 lbs of a mixture of 2 and 6 row and some Pilsner with 1.5 lbs of corn (doing 3-4 gallon batch). We shall see what happens.

 

[bellhp]

good luck

 

[option_klp]

Well i'm cooling it down, everything seemed to be going alright, preboil SG was around 1.014. made a decent mistake and added too many hop pellets. IBUs calculated to be around 20, target was-12.

 

[Sammy86]

Nice work! I find in my lagers I like a little more hop balance so 25-30 IBUs won't hurt anything!

 

[dwhite60]

So, uh, how old is that leftover grain?

Curious to know.

 

[option_klp]

grain is 5 years old, stored pretty well. Wort taste sweet but does have this harsh/unpleasant after taste. There was alot of sludge in the bottom, i dunno if it got burned or what (i don't think it from the hops but i'm no expert) took 2 photos.

 

[bwible]

grain is 5 years old, stored pretty well. Wort taste sweet but does have this harsh/unpleasant after taste. There was alot of sludge in the bottom, i dunno if it got burned or what (i don't think it from the hops but i'm no expert) took 2 photos.

Color is nice in the sample. Certainly nothing wrong with that grain combination. You didn’t use leftover 5 year old hops, right? That would probably make an unpleasant taste. Or old flaked corn? That could do it too.

 

[option_klp]

Well the corn is 5 years old, hops were new. I'm suppose to add amylase enzyme but not sure if its necessary.

 

[DoctorDuvel]

Ah, looks like you meant 1.041 pre-boil (after seeing the pic). 5 year old grain, yikes. hope it works out for you, buddy.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

I can relate, since returning to brewing in January. "I wonder if I can still use this." "I wonder if I can still use that."

 

[DoctorDuvel]

I can relate, since returning to brewing in January. "I wonder if I can still use this." "I wonder if I can still use that."

I also took a long break from brewing. Used a whirlfloc tablet the other day, it was well over 5 years old...smelled fine, threw it in lol