What a complete f#%ck up!!

[SteveElder]

Oh dear...

I was making the Welderks Juicy Bits IPA today and made a right mess of it!!

Mashed... fine.... boil... fine.... hop additions... fine.

I put the immersion chiller on and watched the temperature come down nicely (albeit slowly)... added the late hop additions at the right time... fine.

Then racked off into fermenter... towards the end of the racking off I noticed (while doing chores for my wife!) that there was a lot of steam coming off the wort... a bit weird but I was busy in the kitchen and didn’t check.... and then I smelt it... oh dear me...I ran into the garage and the element in the keggle was glowing red and burning the **** out of the remaining hops and wort!!!! Panic!!!

I’d only forgot to turn the keggle off before starting the immersion chiller... what a donut...

Anyway, turned off the flow to the fermenter so hopefully not too much got through. Fingers crossed none of the burnt taste comes through to the final beer or this could be the first smoked NEIPA... Hmmmmm!??...

Steve

 

[Brew_DD2]

Have a sniff. If it smells burnt, it's burnt. Done similar myself and the final result was revolting. I was furious.

 

[strange-steve]

I scorched the wort in a wheat beer once, the beer tasted like an ashtray it was vile
Hopefully you've got away with it.

 

[SteveElder]

Oh dear... doesn’t sound to hopeful! I don’t think I can taste it in the wort but it’s difficult to say.

I’ll ferment it out and keep my fingers crossed!!

Steve

 

[Hoddy]

Fingers crossed you’ve saved it. Needless to say you won’t make that mistake again.

I’ve got some beers to swap with you that might make up for it.

 

[yeastinfection]

I burned 2 hob goblin brews. And thought if I left them long enough in a bottle it would fade off. 2 years later...it still tastes like an ashtray.

 

[SteveElder]

I've had a few tastes.... not sure really, it maybe my imagination but i suspect I'm getting a slight smoky flavour. I'll keep going with the dry hopping and hope for the best!!!

Hey Hod, I'm around tomorrow night so could pop over for a swap.... I've got a Stout you can try!!

 

[SteveElder]

It appears to be good news gents.

After 8 days of the first dry hop charge and 4 days of the second dry hop charge the smell and flavour of the beer is coming along nicely. The El Dorado, Citra and Mosaic are very well balanced. The mango aroma is fabulous, my wife couldn’t believe there wasn’t mango in it.

I am anticipating more bitterness than expected due to the increase in temperature during the hop stand but early indications are that I have gotten away with it!! Phew!!

A week or so to carb and mature and we will know for sure!

Steve

 

[Braindead]

I've just kicked. keg of Juicy Bits it was lovely.

 

[SteveElder]

Good to hear!!

If anyone's interested the recipe is here.

https://beerandbrewing.com/weldwerks-brewing-co-juicy-bits-new-england-style-ipa/

 

[Peter Scandlyn]

You going to repost as 'What an incomplete....'?

 

[SteveElder]

LOL!!

 

[Peter Scandlyn]

 

[SteveElder]

Here’s how it looks... actually very nice!! I wonder what it would have tasted like without the massive mistake? Definitely one to brew again.