Burned pilsner

[nobbyhigo]

Hi all a little help required i have been biab for a year now 10 brews done a few grain kits and a few of my own design with no real problems so getting too it
I did my hbc pilsner kit 2 weeks ago and after the boil i noticed the eliment was black and was not able to clean off
I fermented the brew for two weeks and just had a taste the brew is deffo burned and i am at a loss why i think it may be because i brewed outside at near freezing any other ideas would be helpful cheers all

 

[johnnyboy1965]

Its the sugars in the wort burning onto the element. Its a common thing with electric elements. the only thing that you can do is to keep stirring during the boil.

 

[nobbyhigo]

Cheers just seemed funny that this was the first time i have had it i have brewed a belgian tripple with loads of candy sugar in with no problems

 

[BeerCat]

Hi all a little help required i have been biab for a year now 10 brews done a few grain kits and a few of my own design with no real problems so getting too it
I did my hbc pilsner kit 2 weeks ago and after the boil i noticed the eliment was black and was not able to clean off
I fermented the brew for two weeks and just had a taste the brew is deffo burned and i am at a loss why i think it may be because i brewed outside at near freezing any other ideas would be helpful cheers all

I did about 60 brews using an old Burco and never had burned wort. The element would get black and I scrubbed it with wire wool. Sounds like small particles in the wort to me. I think it's worth straining it to prevent. I use an ace boiler and I have had to scrape the plate with a knife before to clean was so burned but wort was still ok.

 

[nobbyhigo]

This wort was definitely burned there were no particles in the sample it was lovely and clear just smelled and tasted burned i have had a badly stained element before but normally comes clean with a soak in citric acid but this didn't budge just glad i had a new element but decided to use my old one for one more brew

 

[Cwrw666]

I did about 60 brews using an old Burco and never had burned wort. The element would get black and I scrubbed it with wire wool. Sounds like small particles in the wort to me. I think it's worth straining it to prevent. I use an ace boiler and I have had to scrape the plate with a knife before to clean was so burned but wort was still ok.

Yeah, my Ace boiler always has a burned layer on the element after every brew but it never affects the taste.