Trying to cover sherry like off flavor

[aliendogfishman]

I brewed the bee cave robust porter last weekend and accidently really oxidized it. I've never had this problem before, so I guess my question is 1. will the flavor stay fairly stable or will the sherry flavor get more dominate or turn into wet cardboard? 2 I feel better that this happened to a dark beer that I can throw more flavors at to cover up. will cacao nibs/coffe/vanilla bean cover up the off flavor if I keg and finish quickly? Thanks!

 

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I brewed the bee cave robust porter last weekend and accidently really oxidized it. I've never had this problem before, so I guess my question is 1. will the flavor stay fairly stable or will the sherry flavor get more dominate or turn into wet cardboard? 2 I feel better that this happened to a dark beer that I can throw more flavors at to cover up. will cacao nibs/coffe/vanilla bean cover up the off flavor if I keg and finish quickly? Thanks!

Generally oxidation occurs after the fermentation stage. Being only a week in I can't see how you oxidized it already unless you shook the fermenter yesterday. The yeast use oxygen to reproduce and will make the wort/beer devoid of it by the end of the process. Are you sure you're not just tasting a very young beer and attributing the taste to oxidation??

As far as a cardboard taste that happens with lighter beers usually.

I happen to be drinking a Bee Cave robust porter as I type this and it is just coming into shape. Its been about 5 weeks since brewing so take that as a timeframe for this type of beer.

 

[twisted-brew]

To get rid of the flavor I would wait a bit longer. If it doesn't dissipate mask it with some cold brew coffee or reduced chocolate at bottling/kegging. It will work but you'll have a whole new beer on your hands or in your vessel rather.

 

[aliendogfishman]

Well I really effed up. I thought i had a lagged fermentation so I sanitized my whisk and stirred it up. But i didn't have stalled fermentation and it was already done. (Even though there were no signs). So i oxidized the hell out of my wort. My biggest screw up ever.

 

[Paps]

No hydrometer????

 

[iijakii]

Well I really effed up. I thought i had a lagged fermentation so I sanitized my whisk and stirred it up. But i didn't have stalled fermentation and it was already done. (Even though there were no signs). So i oxidized the hell out of my wort. My biggest screw up ever.

I bet if you keg it and start drinking quickly you won't even really notice it.

 

[Bellybuster]

I highly doubt what you are tasting is anything more than a young porter in need of some conditioning. Sounds like you're going by a non carbonated sample as well.

 

[TheBigLebrewsk1]

Seriously if it's oxidized, there is no recovery to a pre oxidized state. I'd be brewing my next beer right now.

 

[aliendogfishman]

No hydrometer????

Oh I have one but I was so convinced that I had a huge lag time I didn't even take a sample until AFTER I whisked away. So basically I ruined a beer by not just relaxing. Oops! At least this is a lesson I certainly won't forget!