SafeBrew S-33 hot pitch

[mattt]

Hi,

I got a properly bad tasting batch.
It was simple all grain recipe i did in the past with good results.
But this time I run out of time when chilling worth.
So I had to pitch a 11g pack of rehydrated SafeBrew S-33 into aroun 115F hot worth.
Fermentation seems to be OK (alltho I was not around to see when it kicked in and when it finished) alltho finished a bit high (OG was 1056 , FG 1014 after 3 weeks in primary)
I tasted it after 2 weeks in primary (already at 1014 at that time) and it tasted horribly. Completely metal taste. Undrinkable.
I let it sit for another week and when tasting, it was better. More taste of plastic, only at the end metal taste.
So I said I'll try bottling it in case it will sort itself out... But now, 2 weeks in bottles it still tastes realy bad, same as it was just before bottling.
Anyone had any similar experiences ?
Should I wait a bit more or just dump the beer ?

Matt

 

[el_caro]

Do you need the bottles now?
If not then let it sit for a month. Doubt it will do much good but what is there to lose by waiting?

 

[mattt]

Well, I should be ok bottlewise for a while.
So yea, will leave beer there and see what happens in few weeks...
Not expecting miracles tho
Thnx

 

[badmajon]

dude.. why did you pitch into 115 degree wort? just leave it overnight next time and areate and pitch then if you run out of time.

 

[mattt]

heh, i'm brewing over weekends in my summer house 60 miles from my home....
and i had to go, sort of emergency in the middle of chilling .... and i was not back until week later....
was surprised that fermentation was done pretty much OK until i had a taste...
I thought two things can happen : no fermentation at all (repitch a week later in that case) , or slow start but good fermentation later on
Never expected such strong weird undrinkable off flavours...
I'm off to summerhouse again tommorow and will have another tasting

 

[jfr1111]

Good luck having that beer turn around: I'd dump it if I were in your shoes, but if you believe in miracles and have the bottle count, why not hang onto it

 

[mattt]

well, it did go from : aaaaauuuuurrrggghhhhhhhaaaaaaahhhhhh wtfisthat ?
to : iiiiick wtfisthat ?
in a week...
it might just end up : wtfisthat?
in few more weeks.
If that happens it will be drank by my fatherinlaw (after 3 beers he doesnt taste anything anymore )

 

[bob3000]

i made a foul brew with s-33 a few months back. And after about 4 months in the bottle in cold storage you can just about knock it back. As Peter Cellis said definately "one for the neighbours".

 

[badmajon]

hot fermentation: beer produced from a sweaty nasty do-anything-to-anything yeast orgy