Stupid Hurricane!

rgontasz · 09-01-2011, 10:05 PM

I brewed a Kolsch last Tuesday and had it fermenting away in my fermentation chamber @ 60F. I was planning on a long cool fermentation. Mother nature had other plans

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My power went out last Saturday night and just came back on last night (Wednesday). I never opened the chamber, so it probably stayed cool for about 8=10 hours and my house probably got up to about 85F.
Am I going to have some crazy off flavors, or am I good from the initial 4 days at proper temp. This beer is for a friends wedding rehearsal, so I'm upset that I'll be giving him something other than perfect!

**BBL_Brewer** · 09-01-2011, 10:26 PM

I bet it will be just fine. As you pointed out, the first 4 days were good so a coupe days at a higher them after primary slows shouldn't hurt anything. And, you shouldn't have to worry about yeast settling out from temp shock when you drop it back down becasue Kolsh yeast doesn't settle out very well at all.