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Offline James K

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Re: Soy sauce stout
« Reply #15 on: November 07, 2017, 10:55:59 am »
Soy sauce and kibble are big beer (High OG) oxidation flavors, homies.

I ran oxygen for about 30 seconds.
I am new to pure oxygen, typically I used to shake the carboy. I have also been nervous about using oxygen because I didn't want to eff up a beer, but I used the same amount of oxygen on a 10% wee heavy and the beer taste fine.

Typically how long should I oxygenate for if you think oxygen is part of the issue, I've read 30-60 seconds and plan to stick to thwith lower side of the timeline when I brew.
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Re: Soy sauce stout
« Reply #16 on: November 07, 2017, 11:29:46 am »
Soy Sauce flavor could be Autolysis.  Just because your house stays at those temps doesn't mean it's fermenting at those temps.  Fermentation creates heat.  Your dry yeast could have been a little on the old side too.


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  But at 13 days from pitch to rack?  Seems a bit quick to be autolysis... any number of issues may be combining here...

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Re: Soy sauce stout
« Reply #17 on: November 08, 2017, 03:39:58 pm »
Soy sauce and kibble are big beer (High OG) oxidation flavors, homies.

I ran oxygen for about 30 seconds.
I am new to pure oxygen, typically I used to shake the carboy. I have also been nervous about using oxygen because I didn't want to eff up a beer, but I used the same amount of oxygen on a 10% wee heavy and the beer taste fine.

Typically how long should I oxygenate for if you think oxygen is part of the issue, I've read 30-60 seconds and plan to stick to thwith lower side of the timeline when I brew.

He's talking oxidation, not oxygenation.  60 seconds of oxygen pre-fermentation (oxygenation) is fine.  Exposure to oxygen post-fermentation (oxidation) can stale your beer or cause off flavors.

IME, it would be pretty hard for the beer to get badly oxidized in the primary fermenter.  How much splashing was there when you transferred to secondary?  You could oxidize there, but I don't know how quickly that would change the flavor to soy sauce.  I've seen oxidation change a beer's color pretty quickly, though.
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Re: Soy sauce stout
« Reply #18 on: November 09, 2017, 08:03:25 am »
I've only experienced those soy sauce flavours in older beer s that were not stored well only once or twice with home brew and probably 1/2 a dozen times at the liquor store ( I live in a small town in Northern British Columbia and unpasteurized beers sometimes don't survive the long journey and the fluorescent lights)


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Re: Soy sauce stout
« Reply #19 on: November 09, 2017, 08:11:24 am »
Way too heavy on dark malts though;think of it as a making coffee too strong, it's the acidity that ruins the flavour  I have become a fan of cold extracting part or all of my black malts in cold water the day prior to brew day and adding the liquid to the boil


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Re: Soy sauce stout
« Reply #20 on: November 09, 2017, 01:36:06 pm »
I've only experienced those soy sauce flavours in older beer s that were not stored well only once or twice with home brew and probably 1/2 a dozen times at the liquor store ( I live in a small town in Northern British Columbia and unpasteurized beers sometimes don't survive the long journey and the fluorescent lights)


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Way too heavy on dark malts though;think of it as a making coffee too strong, it's the acidity that ruins the flavour  I have become a fan of cold extracting part or all of my black malts in cold water the day prior to brew day and adding the liquid to the boil


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Soy sauce and kibble are big beer (High OG) oxidation flavors, homies.

I ran oxygen for about 30 seconds.
I am new to pure oxygen, typically I used to shake the carboy. I have also been nervous about using oxygen because I didn't want to eff up a beer, but I used the same amount of oxygen on a 10% wee heavy and the beer taste fine.

Typically how long should I oxygenate for if you think oxygen is part of the issue, I've read 30-60 seconds and plan to stick to thwith lower side of the timeline when I brew.

He's talking oxidation, not oxygenation.  60 seconds of oxygen pre-fermentation (oxygenation) is fine.  Exposure to oxygen post-fermentation (oxidation) can stale your beer or cause off flavors.

IME, it would be pretty hard for the beer to get badly oxidized in the primary fermenter.  How much splashing was there when you transferred to secondary?  You could oxidize there, but I don't know how quickly that would change the flavor to soy sauce.  I've seen oxidation change a beer's color pretty quickly, though.

I do not think it’s oxedized. Was just saying I pumped in oxygen. I do not get much splashing, long tube on auto siphon.
Good point on the coffee part, and cold mashing I suppose. In the past I have pitched cold brew I made and the milk coffee stout was fine. Never tried chocolate malts in a stout like this before.

Is their any chance this will go away, or can I doctor this batch?
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Re: Soy sauce stout
« Reply #21 on: November 10, 2017, 09:21:01 am »
I agree with everyone that you used way too much dark malt. 1 lb chocolate malt and 4 oz black malt would be plenty of dark malt. Black malt is very intense and 1 lb of it on top of 2 lbs of chocolate malt would make for a very acidic mash, as Denny said. Also, consider that fermentation temperature will almost always be 4-8 degrees warmer than ambient temperature. In my experience, 4 degrees for lagers and 6 degrees for ales is pretty typical. Your fermometer wasn't lying to you.

My advice for next time: try out a recipe calculating site like brewtoad to help you at the planning stage. I also recommend using published recipes for inspiration. The AHA site has plenty of great recipes to check out.

My advice for this batch: give it a few more days or a week and see how it is. Don't try to doctor it; that has never been effective at managing off flavors, IME.

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Re: Soy sauce stout
« Reply #22 on: November 10, 2017, 11:29:37 am »
I agree with everyone that you used way too much dark malt. 1 lb chocolate malt and 4 oz black malt would be plenty of dark malt. Black malt is very intense and 1 lb of it on top of 2 lbs of chocolate malt would make for a very acidic mash, as Denny said. Also, consider that fermentation temperature will almost always be 4-8 degrees warmer than ambient temperature. In my experience, 4 degrees for lagers and 6 degrees for ales is pretty typical. Your fermometer wasn't lying to you.

My advice for next time: try out a recipe calculating site like brewtoad to help you at the planning stage. I also recommend using published recipes for inspiration. The AHA site has plenty of great recipes to check out.

My advice for this batch: give it a few more days or a week and see how it is. Don't try to doctor it; that has never been effective at managing off flavors, IME.

Too much dark malt is where my head is right now too. Not on the yeast at all as some suggested. My house fluctuates in temp because it’s starting to get cold. I do not think this fermentation was ever really too high in temp, at least, not for more than half of the fermentation.

I do use a beer calculator, BeerSmith, but never remember seeing anything about this batches ph. I also look for recipes on the aha and tweak them.

This beer has been in secondary for 4 full days now.

I think I might keg this weekend and see what happens.

Many people were talking about the turn around time on this beer, but, it will still get me drunk and if it’s undrinkable, a valuable lesson will be learned. I was not the most patient with this fermentation, but like I said, it took off like a rocket ship and has been sitting in the mid 60s since it stopped.
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