Did I scorch my kettle?

[jeeppilot]

This discoloration appeared after my last brew. This is a Megapot 1.2 so it’s not a total cheapo pot. My boil on this last brew got going a bit more intense than usual. I caught it after about 10 minutes but did I do damage to the pot or my beer?

 

[ancientmariner52]

Those are just oxidation colors from overheating. You'd get worse from welding. Never saw that on a liquid filled vessel, looks more like dry firing to me, but I was'nt there.

If it bothers you, sand it out. Stainless steel heals itself in a few minutes, ask anybody that welds the stuff. Or just forget it, it won't harm anything.

 

[triethylborane]

Or just forget it, it won't harm anything.

Yup, this.

 

[bigdawg86]

The skirt on my SS Brewteech BME kettle did the same "flame anodizing". Carry on.

 

[ancientmariner52]

'Flame anodizing'. I'm gonna steal that.

 

[user 125772]

I'm with the Mariner , how the heck do you do that when it's full of wort?

 

[jeeppilot]

I wish I knew, but the boil was the craziest boil I’ve ever seen. Usually on that BG14 burner, you can’t turn it up too high without the flames starting to jump. But I apparently reached a new level with it!

Is it possible I caramelized some of the wort from this? If so, I guess I’m going to have an extra high FG.

 

[RM-MN]

I wish I knew, but the boil was the craziest boil I’ve ever seen. Usually on that BG14 burner, you can’t turn it up too high without the flames starting to jump. But I apparently reached a new level with it!

Is it possible I caramelized some of the wort from this? If so, I guess I’m going to have an extra high FG.

To get those colors to show up you had to heat the kettle way above boiling which you accomplished by putting so much heat to the pot that it formed a huge steam bubble. Yes, you caramelized some of the wort. Too late to worry about this batch, watch your flame control from here on out.

 

[ancientmariner52]

Mmmmm...caramel! But yeah, that.

 

[jeeppilot]

To get those colors to show up you had to heat the kettle way above boiling which you accomplished by putting so much heat to the pot that it formed a huge steam bubble. Yes, you caramelized some of the wort. Too late to worry about this batch, watch your flame control from here on out.

Well that sucks. Hopefully it was selective and picked the crystal malts to further caramelize. [emoji23]

 

[jeeppilot]

Update...Fermentation finished and yeast dropped clear. Took a gravity reading of 10 brix...combined with 20.2 brix OG and somehow my FG is 1.017. Seeing that planned FG was 1.021, I’m pretty surprised it actually overshot. So much for caramelization! [emoji482]Then again, I missed my mash temp a few degrees to the cool side.