Sharkman20
Well-Known Member
I've got a pale ale in primary at the moment that fermented at about 85 degrees. Due to the 104+ heat wave and my curiosity/laziness, I made no effort to cool this batch off to be within normal fermentation temps. Mostly because my brew fridge is full of kegs at the moment and I don't feel like doing the ice bath/tshirt method. lol As I already missed my target gravity by 10 points due to a bonehead miscalculation of my batch size, I figure I'll do an experiment to see how US-05 performs at summertime room temps here. I've read about more fusels, esters, etc but no firsthand reports on taste. Yeast was pitched at 75 degrees and rose to about 85 during primary.
OG 1.046
2-row and crystal 60
5.5 oz of hops in the boil (cluster, cascade, liberty)
Mashed at 156 for 75 minutes
Primary fermentation kicked off in 2 hours and was done in 48 hours and is now beginning to clear. I'll take a gravity reading tonight and assuming fermentation wasn't stalled, I'll throw in 1 oz of cascade pellets and let it sit for another few weeks and let the yeast have a chance to clean up what they can. I already plan to rebrew this soon when I kill off some kegs in my fridge but in the meantime this should make for a good learning experience. I'm curious to see how a very clean yeast like US-05 performs at this temp and see if the final product will be good or even drinkable.
OG 1.046
2-row and crystal 60
5.5 oz of hops in the boil (cluster, cascade, liberty)
Mashed at 156 for 75 minutes
Primary fermentation kicked off in 2 hours and was done in 48 hours and is now beginning to clear. I'll take a gravity reading tonight and assuming fermentation wasn't stalled, I'll throw in 1 oz of cascade pellets and let it sit for another few weeks and let the yeast have a chance to clean up what they can. I already plan to rebrew this soon when I kill off some kegs in my fridge but in the meantime this should make for a good learning experience. I'm curious to see how a very clean yeast like US-05 performs at this temp and see if the final product will be good or even drinkable.