Has anyone had any experience with this element scorching brews?
I did a 90 minute boil on a barleywine in the summer which scorched and was ruined (tasted like ashes). I took the element off and there was a definite layer of 1/32" or so of black caked on scorching. I soaked it in PBW and scrubbed it until it was spotless with a wire brush (all shiny and silver again) and i tried brewing again this weekend, a DFH 90 Minute clone, and once again the element is scorched and the brew is ruined.
Any ideas??
I did a 90 minute boil on a barleywine in the summer which scorched and was ruined (tasted like ashes). I took the element off and there was a definite layer of 1/32" or so of black caked on scorching. I soaked it in PBW and scrubbed it until it was spotless with a wire brush (all shiny and silver again) and i tried brewing again this weekend, a DFH 90 Minute clone, and once again the element is scorched and the brew is ruined.
Any ideas??