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During fermentation I took my eye off the ball my brew hit 40c what should I do .it's been in the fermenter for 3 days.should I rack it off the yeast and leave it.or is there no hope.
Thanks for that.i have removed it from the heat and put it somewhere to cool down.will do as you say tomorrow. Not all bad though my first to brews were great.think complacency is creeping in .thanks againThe first few days are critical with ferm temp i hear. Dont panic grab a homebrew and sit down and think better yet grab a hydrometer sample measure it record it in your brew log check your recipe for expected attenuation. Then taste the sample swish ut around in your mouth what do you taste is it got hot alcohol taste? Is it clean or is it phenolic like plastic tape or anything funky. Id definitly try to tame down the temp. Id expect its pretty much fermented out...
Won't be a great beer I suspect , temps that high are great for yeast but they tend to leave some horrible by products like fusel alcohol ( hot tasting and worlds worst hangovers ) and some powerful esters .
If you have plenty of bottles you can bottle it and try to age it or just give them to people you don't like[/QUOTE
Unbelievable eh you wouldn't hear about it or believe it if there wasn't a swag of taste tester preferring hot wing beer... Yep it just goes to show pitch a goo healthy workforce at the start to get the job done and most time you come out smelling like a rose.Interesting read over at Brulosophy (Link here: http://brulosophy.com/2017/05/08/fe...-pt-7-stable-vs-variable-exbeeriment-results/). So you may be just fine after all. The experiment purposefully raised the temp and lowered in 20 degree swings with very little noticiable change in taste.
I find some of the comparisons interesting and I have used some of the methodology to good effect, but I think there's a limit. I firmly believe that orthodoxy should be challenged and that there's definitely room for hedging in terms of making the perfect beer (or the beer that's perfect for the purpose at hand), but things happen for a reason in the realm of microbes.The more i read on that site i less i trust them , seems like a game of how many shortcuts can i take and still make beer