I have a Blichmann 15 Gallon w/False Bottom Pot as a Mash Tun. I was doing a Step Mash (using Belgian 2-Row) going from Acid Rest-Protein Rest-Scarification. As I was coming up to temp for Scarification, Im guessing there was to much grain around my temperature prob. Bottom line, I burnt my mash! Like really bad (Im still cleaning the pot).
Ive since gone through the rest of the process and pitched the yeast. Here we are four days later and Im seeing zero activity. Its a 10 Gallon batch in a 14 Gallon conical that is being temperature controlled (68º) My yeast is Wyeast 3522 | Belgian Ardennes.
Is it possible that my non-fermentation is related to the burnt mash?
And yes, the wort tasted burnt.....but I figured why not continue through the process. Who knows, I might have created the greatest beer in the world...that I could never recreate?
Ive since gone through the rest of the process and pitched the yeast. Here we are four days later and Im seeing zero activity. Its a 10 Gallon batch in a 14 Gallon conical that is being temperature controlled (68º) My yeast is Wyeast 3522 | Belgian Ardennes.
Is it possible that my non-fermentation is related to the burnt mash?
And yes, the wort tasted burnt.....but I figured why not continue through the process. Who knows, I might have created the greatest beer in the world...that I could never recreate?