Can I save my beer?

[shawnwolfe04]

Hey everyone! So I bought a recipe from my lhbs and the guy accidentally messed up the grain count so now the beer taste really watery. It's a whole 5 gallon batch that is already chilled in my kegerator. Is there anything I can do to make it better? I would hate to throw it away.


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[shawnwolfe04]

If it helps it's supposed to be a Belgian wheat.


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[soccerdad]

What what the grain evil l supposed to be? How did they alter it?

 

[shawnwolfe04]

They were converting one of there extract kits to all grain and did the equation wrong I guess. They didn't give me enough grain.


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[soccerdad]

Just my humble opinion but if they missed in the conversion, they owe you.

 

[shawnwolfe04]

Yeah I worked it out with them but i still don't wanna pour 5 gallons of beer down the drain if I can save it lol


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[soccerdad]

Boilermakers??? I dunno, if it's in the keg I think you have done all you can. BTW - is the Stumpknocker a clone? Recipe from Swamp Head or from the lhbs?

 

[shawnwolfe04]

Boilermakers??? I dunno, if it's in the keg I think you have done all you can. BTW - is the Stumpknocker a clone? Recipe from Swamp Head or from the lhbs?

The recipe is the same recipe swamp head uses. I got it from the head brew guy I swamp head I believe.


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[jro238]

if the beer is lacking body/is watery then you can always try adding some maltodextrin. I had some success using this in my first parti-gyle attempt. There are a few good threads around that discuss how much to use (dont remember off the top of my head).

 

[pennyloaf]

you could add DME and ferment more... no way I can think of to really concentrate it.

 

[hunter_le five]

Maybe try brewing the same recipe again, but this time make it too heavy (intentionally, by using extra grain and mashing at a higher temp), and then blend the two batches.

Kind of a lot of work to save a failed beer, but if you do it right you might end up with 10 gallons of good beer.