Lots of excess grain in wort

[mdzitter]

Did my first biab all grain batch on Saturday. Due to a number of knuklehead maneuvers I ended up spilling approx 1/3rd of my grain bill into the wort after mashing. I went ahead and brewed it up anyway and of course lost a bunch to trub...but hey at least its beer.

How will this mistake negatively impact the final product?

 

[RonPopeil]

Tannin extraction from boiling grain. If you get a bitterness akin to unsweetened tea you have tannins.

 

[gwapogorilla]

I had something similar happen....it will be fine. Best to drink it promptly after carbing is done. Those tannin's are more noticeable as time goes by.

 

[RM-MN]

Did my first biab all grain batch on Saturday. Due to a number of knuklehead maneuvers I ended up spilling approx 1/3rd of my grain bill into the wort after mashing. I went ahead and brewed it up anyway and of course lost a bunch to trub...but hey at least its beer.

How will this mistake negatively impact the final product?

Probably not at all. Your wort should have been at a low enough pH to avoid tannin extraction. For your next brew that this happens to, pour your wort with all the grains that spilled into it into a bucket, empty out the grains from the bag and set it back into the pot and pour the grainy wort back through it to separate out the grains.

 

[mgrennie]

Had a similar event happen when brewing with a friend. We siphoned what we could into a separate bucket, and back to the brew pot, and carried on.

Came with a great name though: Bob's Big Dump!

It was an experiment with Maris Otter, and a hop schedule I got from somewhere on here. I mashed a little on the hot side, and it came out tasting almost exactly like orange juice. Very interesting effect and I am super happy we made it.