Scorched Hops

[mblanks2]

Brewing an 5.5 gallon IIPA yesterday and seemed everything was going along very well. Hit my OG within .02 but as I emptied my kettle I noticed that where I had sit my hop strainer/spider for FWH it had scorched hop pellet debris underneath. I normally brew 10 gallon batches and am able to move the strainer to the side of the kettle once the depth of wort gets high enough, but with 5.5 gallons I left in on the bottom. The bottom of the strainer has approx. a 1/2 gap between the bottom and the actual kettle bottom, so I assume it is where powdered hops filtered through and scorched. I didn't notice any of the scorched material making it into the fermenter.
I haven't noticed any off smell from the wort or from the fermentation, but again this is an IIPA.
Any thoughts on how this will turn out?

 

[JLP]

This is the first time that I have heard of this issue, so please let me know if you have any issues with it.

 

[mblanks2]

It'll be interesting to see. I suppose that the pellet hop dust transferred through the screen and was held in place by the strainer causing it to scorch. I do stir my hops within the spider for better utilization.
I'll be dry hopping this weekend and will try a taste before I do. If I can taste the burned, I'll probably have to pour it out. That would be terrible because it will be the first beer I've had to pour out in my short 1 year history as a brewer.
I'll post back the results though.

 

[SmokeyMcBong]

If it only adds a minor burny flavour, bottle it up and call it "scorched earth" or something catchy like that! Call it a novelty beer or something lol!

 

[william_shakes_beer]

Well, we scorch malted grain all the time. It's called dark malt. Perhaps you have discovered the long lost beer making secret of the puritians!!!

 

[BrewCrewKevin]

lol Smokey McBong sounds like a username for somebody who would advocate smoked hops.

 

[SmokeyMcBong]

I advocate the smoking of lots of things lol!!

 

[mblanks2]

If it only adds a minor burny flavour, bottle it up and call it "scorched earth" or something catchy like that! Call it a novelty beer or something lol!

Not a bad thought.

Perhaps you have discovered the long lost beer making secret of the puritians!!!

I guess "Mistakes" were the way allot of things were discovered, so we'll see.

lol Smokey McBong sounds like a username for somebody who would advocate smoked hops.

LOFLMFAO

 

[acidrain]

How do you get smoked , er, I mean scorched hops in a full rolling boil?

 

[mblanks2]

Re read # 1 and # 3. I think the particles from the hops got trapped under my stainless hop spider.

 

[pjj2ba]

I bet it is scorched hot break, or just sugars, not hop dust. I rarely use pellets but I occasionally will get a little scorching under my hop filter (hop taco type) and have never noticed a difference in the final product.

 

[mblanks2]

Well as it turns out this beer came out awesome. Can't detect any burnt off flavors. It did attenuate down to .006, so it's coming out at a whopping 10.5%.

 

[JLP]

Congrats. It is a beautiful thing when we worry about a something that turns out to be just fine


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