McLovinBeast57
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
I brewed my first batch of Caribou Slobber last night and cooled it outside in the snow... I made a yeast starter and pitched it at about 70 degrees which I figured would cool down by the time the yeast started-and it did.
This afternoon I checked on the fermenter and it was bubbling like mad (some of the krausen started bubbling out of the airlock so I put the blowoff tube on). At this point the fermenter was sitting at 74-76 degrees which is a little high but I figured it would stay around there. The weather has been so cold here in Chicago but today its pretty warm out so the room I ferment in was warmer than usual. When I got back around 3-ish I saw the temperature was at 78-80 degrees..WAY too high... so I decided to move the carboy to the basement where its about 64..
My question is, How long does it take for high temperatures to affect the beer? Do you think about 6 hours at 76-78 degrees is enough to create that banana/ester flavor?
I'm hoping I didn't **** it up! Especially during the crucial adaptive/attenuation stage..
I brewed my first batch of Caribou Slobber last night and cooled it outside in the snow... I made a yeast starter and pitched it at about 70 degrees which I figured would cool down by the time the yeast started-and it did.
This afternoon I checked on the fermenter and it was bubbling like mad (some of the krausen started bubbling out of the airlock so I put the blowoff tube on). At this point the fermenter was sitting at 74-76 degrees which is a little high but I figured it would stay around there. The weather has been so cold here in Chicago but today its pretty warm out so the room I ferment in was warmer than usual. When I got back around 3-ish I saw the temperature was at 78-80 degrees..WAY too high... so I decided to move the carboy to the basement where its about 64..
My question is, How long does it take for high temperatures to affect the beer? Do you think about 6 hours at 76-78 degrees is enough to create that banana/ester flavor?
I'm hoping I didn't **** it up! Especially during the crucial adaptive/attenuation stage..