Reboil after secondary and start over?

[oreosinmysalsa]

First post beer with me... I did a search regarding reboiling a beer and have found interesting information but so far nothing regarding what I want to do. My most recent beer has been transferred 3 times and sampled and well it's more booze then beer. (My fault way too much sanitizing vodka.)
specs
6 gallons water
3 lb sorghum
6lbs coconut sugar
2 oz German opal hops 30 min boil
10oz smoked malt
10oz Weyermann caraAroma
10oz midnight wheat malt
10oz Caramel 120L
10oz Golden Nake Oats
10oz flaked oats
Omega London ale yeast
2 weeks in primary
1 week in secondary with 2 lbs toasted coconut chips and not thinking I sanitized them in oh about 750- 850ml vodka.
OG 1.085
Gravity after transferring out of the secondary is 1.010. It's my understanding that the vodka doesn't register?
I'd like to kill the alcohol flavor and thought I could achieve this by a second boil. I'm planing on topping off to 5 gallons, Adding 2 more oz hops, 6 more lbs sugar, and new yeast.

I appreciate your 2 cents
Thanks

 

[day_trippr]

If you're using a hydrometer the alcohol content will affect the reading.
Just how much "sanitizing vodka" are we talking about? And why?

Cheers!

 

[MaryB]

If your beer has a "hot" alcohol taste you may be fermenting at to warm of a temp... that can produce fusel alcohols. After rereading, you DID drain the vodka off the coconut before adding it?

 

[oreosinmysalsa]

When I was adding the sanitizing vodka I was pouring it in thinking I'll cover all the coconut flakes... like you would with oak. Well the coconut absorbed all the vodka! (750-850ml) I put all the coconut in a bag and in the secondary.

 

[kh54s10]

So basically you have a whole bottle of vodka in your beer. No wonder. But, yes the vodka will change your gravity reading.

Adding 6 pounds of sugar will make it ferment very dry and INCREASE the alcohol bite.

I don't know about boiling? I have no experience and have never seen anything regarding the procedure. It should steam out some of the alcohol but the results??

 

[Callacave]

Yikes, not trying to sound like a dink, but you're better off just starting over on this one, or just put it away for a long time and forget about it.

I would also rethink your recipe. Way too much going on in here, but of course that's just my opinion.

 

[mirthfuldragon]

What are you trying to accomplish in the first place? I am not quite sure I understand your recipe from the start.

 

[BrewKaiser]

I agree that this batch is likely lost and best to start over. In the future, if you are adding toasted coconut chips in secondary, you can simply toast raw coconut just before pitching (let cool a bit, of course).

The gravity does not surprise me as the London Ale strains are moderately attenuating. While the coconut absorbed the vodka, I doubt it was all released back into your beer. The flavor, however, that will easily transfer and will stick around considering how much you used. I guess you could try oak (DONT SOAK IN ANY MORE VODKA) to see if that helps to mellow it out.

If you know someone with a whisky still, give your batch to them and distill over low heat. Better yet would be a vacuum still to try to capture some more of the flavors you have.

 

[jtratcliff]

boiling again would be bad, I would think... Just let it age and see if mellows...

Alternatively alcohol evaporates at about 173F... Don't come all the way to a boil...

 

[madscientist451]

You don't have to do anything right away, with that much vodka in there, the beer isn't going to spoil anytime soon.
I'd let it sit there and consider your options.
My first thought would be to brew another beer, most likely a low ABV, let it finish and age a week or two, then do some blending trials with the first beer to get the flavor your are looking for.
So what WAS the flavor you were trying to get?

 

[jtratcliff]

You don't have to do anything right away, with that much vodka in there, the beer isn't going to spoil anytime soon.

Excellent point!

Take your time to consider your options... No need to rush into anything!