Had a problem a few months back when my keezer (stored in our attached garage) had the beer lines freeze due to the very cold exterior temps. I got a very simple solution where I used a 40 Watt lightbulb inside the freezer to keep the inside of the keezer from falling below 30 F. This worked pretty well provided I remembered to turn the light on/off at various times. Last weekend ago we had the same type of cold weather so I unplugged the Johnson temp control and plugged in the lamp with the intention of unplugging it after 12 hours like I had in the past.
The problem was that I was hit with the martian death flu for the next several days and totally forgot to unplugg the bulb. (I know now I should just get a cheap timer switch). After 3 days with this flu and losing 8 pounds I remembered about my beer and open the keezer to find that the inside temp was near 70 F for several days. I have been cooling the beer now since Wednesday but it just does not taste right and I think I may have ruinned parts of 6 kegs of beer.
How long should I wait to see if the taste improves before dumping these? I have this next week off of work and if I need to dump these I want to get some serious brewing in so I can replace these soon. Any ideas or recommendations?
Thanks,
The problem was that I was hit with the martian death flu for the next several days and totally forgot to unplugg the bulb. (I know now I should just get a cheap timer switch). After 3 days with this flu and losing 8 pounds I remembered about my beer and open the keezer to find that the inside temp was near 70 F for several days. I have been cooling the beer now since Wednesday but it just does not taste right and I think I may have ruinned parts of 6 kegs of beer.
How long should I wait to see if the taste improves before dumping these? I have this next week off of work and if I need to dump these I want to get some serious brewing in so I can replace these soon. Any ideas or recommendations?
Thanks,