Happy accident? Or disaster?

[diptherunner]

Hey all,

I think I may have screwed up during my last brew. I was supposed to steep 3 pounds of various grains at 150 for 50 mins. However I discovered that I did not have a grain sack. Instead I just tossed it in the pot with the water at temp and stirred and maintained the temp for the duration. Later during the boil 6 lbs LME got added as well as brown sugar. I was unable to get og reading. What do you think is going to happen. Also I double pitched safale-04. It's been fermenting like crazy. Thanks!

 

[billl]

If you skimmed the grains out with a colander or something prior to boiling, you'll be fine. If you ended up boiling all that grain, you could end up with some significant astringency issues.

 

[diptherunner]

No, I removed grain prior to boiling. It's supposed to be an Irish red. The wort tasted ok, although I'm not sure thats any indication.

 

[billl]

Wort tasting OK is a great indication that it will be fine.

 

[brewhappy]

Yeah as long as you remove the grain it essentially the same as using the bag, maybe better. The bag is really just for convenience.

 

[bknifefight]

N/m, I thought you said that you boiled the grains.

 

[WileECoyote]

Hey all,

I think I may have screwed up during my last brew. I was supposed to steep 3 pounds of various grains at 150 for 50 mins. However I discovered that I did not have a grain sack. Instead I just tossed it in the pot with the water at temp and stirred and maintained the temp for the duration. Later during the boil 6 lbs LME got added as well as brown sugar. I was unable to get og reading. What do you think is going to happen. Also I double pitched safale-04. It's been fermenting like crazy. Thanks!

Hello, I dump the grains into the steeping water all the time, steep then strain out before the boil, works great.

Cheers