SoosierKevin
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Brewing a saison and it's my first foray into high temperature fermentation. Started at an ambient 68 for 12 hours, then ramped up to an ambient 72 for 24. The fermentation seemed to be going really well...12 more hours at 75 and airlock was bubbling healthily.
Anyhow, I decided to proceed to 80, which I tried to do with a space heater...I accidentally got the ambient temperature to 83 and then started to second guess myself....I stuck in a thermometer through the airlock hole and it was 88 degrees in the primary!!!! Is my beer ruined? I'm guessing there will be a lot of fusels...
What is the best thing to do at this point? I probably need 3 or 4 more days before I rack to secondary. Do I lower the temperature back to 75-80 or do I stick with my guns and just deal with the fusels?
Anyhow, I decided to proceed to 80, which I tried to do with a space heater...I accidentally got the ambient temperature to 83 and then started to second guess myself....I stuck in a thermometer through the airlock hole and it was 88 degrees in the primary!!!! Is my beer ruined? I'm guessing there will be a lot of fusels...
What is the best thing to do at this point? I probably need 3 or 4 more days before I rack to secondary. Do I lower the temperature back to 75-80 or do I stick with my guns and just deal with the fusels?