francismacomber
New Member
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2008
- Messages
- 3
- Reaction score
- 0
Ok, apologies for this question. I got my kit and started cooking before reading anything or knowing about this website. I guess its my nature to enjoy learning by mistake more than going in to something prepared!
Couple of things happened while making an Irish Stout- I steeped the chocolate malt, but for some inexplicable reason just threw the crystal malt into the boiling wort- which did not settle well when it was cooled and most of which followed the wort into the fermenter. Then, after 10 days in the fermenter and decent gravity numbers, it was bottled. Much of the grain followed the beer into the bottles. After about 10 days in bottles, I cracked one last night to decide if this batch was a lost cause for a first try... It is WAY overcarbed (foamed right out the top of the bottle when opened) and has a great deal of sediment- not the normal "good amount"- but a good deal of floating junk including a couple whole pieces of grain.
I tasted it- its not as bad as I had thought, but very very green tasting and grainy. I'd probably drink it if I had to based on the taste, but doubt I would share it.
I have read alot on here and know that sediment is part of the game...but this is more than just sediment. I am also worried about the carbonation, could I have just had a stalled fermentation before I bottled? Do I have bottle bombs on my hands?
Sorry for the newbie questions. I'll improve, I promise!
Couple of things happened while making an Irish Stout- I steeped the chocolate malt, but for some inexplicable reason just threw the crystal malt into the boiling wort- which did not settle well when it was cooled and most of which followed the wort into the fermenter. Then, after 10 days in the fermenter and decent gravity numbers, it was bottled. Much of the grain followed the beer into the bottles. After about 10 days in bottles, I cracked one last night to decide if this batch was a lost cause for a first try... It is WAY overcarbed (foamed right out the top of the bottle when opened) and has a great deal of sediment- not the normal "good amount"- but a good deal of floating junk including a couple whole pieces of grain.
I tasted it- its not as bad as I had thought, but very very green tasting and grainy. I'd probably drink it if I had to based on the taste, but doubt I would share it.
I have read alot on here and know that sediment is part of the game...but this is more than just sediment. I am also worried about the carbonation, could I have just had a stalled fermentation before I bottled? Do I have bottle bombs on my hands?
Sorry for the newbie questions. I'll improve, I promise!