Hot Fermentation!

[cs2to4]

I brewed Jamil's West Coast Blaster this past weekend. I overshot the gravity, since I used by Barley Crusher for the first time and got an OG of 1.076. The IBU according to Beersmith was 61. I didn't get a chance to monitor the fermentation for the first 48 hours and upon going to the chest freezer where I ferment, I noticed that the digital controller read 78F! I immediately adjusted the controller to 67F. I used 1 package of US-05. Since this is such a large, hoppy beer, will this mask for the most part, any off flavors that were produced by the 78F fermentation for the first 48 hours?

 

[Clonefarmer]

There will probably be quite a bit of esters. It's hard to say if the hops will help cover it up.

 

[cs2to4]

I just kegged this last night. Even though there is a strong hop and malt profile, you can unmistakeably detect esters in the beer.