Slightly Scorched Rye

[RickRay]

I slightly scorched a batch of rye whiskey and am curious, can I just turn it into neutral. Will the scorched flavor carry over in a neutral distillation?

[shadylane]

can I just turn it into neutral.

Yes

Will the scorched flavor carry over in a neutral distillation?

And yes

[thecroweater]

A little bit burnt is like a little bit pregnant, sometimes ya just need to kick the barrel over and chalk it to learning.

[midlife-u-turn]

I had a batch of all barley that was slightly scorched. I was kicking myself because the scorch flavor came from one of the strip batches and I combined them anyway for a spirit run and the hint of scorch flavor/smell still came through. I thought I'd ruined the entire thing. I'm not really sure what scorched as I secondary rack and run my electric element painfully slow. I put it on some oak thinking that if it didn't straighten out I'd re-run it or trash it. After 9 months to a year it's really pretty good with no noticeable scorch flavor. The other guys have a lot more experience than I do, but if you are relegated to re-running it anyway, try putting it on some oak and stick it on the shelf. The only thing you're out is some time.

[RickRay]

It's been oaked and is drinkable if mixed, just not up to my standard for sipping whiskey. I'll let it sit and see what happens.

[Mudturtle]

I did a 50 gallon mash of corn oats and rye...had a very small like 1 inch scorch mark in the groove of the ss Barrell. Smelled ok so I put it to fermenting...smelled awesome....ran it..decided to give it a taste a few jars into the run and promptly gagged/ strangled. If I even think it's scorched, it goes to my buddy's hogs.

[Mudturtle]

Btw steam mashing is the way to go,. It also makes life easier when I need 50 gallons of boiling water to dip one of my buddies hogs to scrape his hide.