Saving a bad brew

[CameronMurie]

Hi all and thanks in advance for any help.
Briefly I just did a good brew of Brown ale its in the bottles and looking fine.

So I had leftovers and got experimental:
made a wort from around half a kilo of black malt grains
made it up to about a gallon
added around a kilo of malt extract
Hopped it late for around 15 minutes
Cooled it in the pot on ice
THEN I pitched a packed of local brewers yeast (normally used for sorghum beer)
fermentation at first was rapid..then of day 4...it seemd to stop.
Right now I have a gallon of malty, yeasty, cloudy stuff...tastes not bad but PUNCHES yeast and sweet....but hops is good.
Can it be saved?
Cameron
South africa
cheers

 

[birvine]

Let it sit in the primary for 3-4 weeks then bottle it and leave it again for a few weeks, THEN try it and see what it's like. It probably tastes like bread dough right now!!

B

 

[CameronMurie]

okay....just leave it sitting on the yeast?

 

[birvine]

Yes - they clean up the beer nicely.

B

 

[RobWalker]

I'm definitely repeating what everybody else says here, but yup, number one rule in homebrewing for me - give it time!

 

[bja]

made a wort from around half a kilo of black malt grains
made it up to about a gallon
added around a kilo of malt extract
Hopped it late for around 15 minutes

It's going to change alright. I just don't know if it'll be for the better.

 

[Whippy]

Hi Cameron, welcome to the site! My wife who is Rhodesian born lived in Pietersburg for several years and LOVED it up there! I have been to Eastern Cape a couple times and hope to visit your neck of the woods one of these days when i can afford it.

Anyway...Yah as the others are saying, just let it sit...and never poor a beer out unless you are absolutely SURE it is infected...like if there is mold on it or something...and even then, taste it first! LOL