added yeast at 78 degrees !

TheFear1980 · Apr 13, 2012

I cooked up my blonde ale last night but had a family emergency and had to rush out the door so I didn't have time to let it chill properly. I looked at my batch now and its at 78 still ugg but ferimintation is going well. Do you think this will ruin the taste? My plan is to make a stawberry banana blonde but I might want to leave the flavoring out do to this incase. I dont know what do you guys think ?

stevedasleeve · Apr 13, 2012

I wouldn't worry - not much you can do anyway! I have made plenty of beers where I pitched warmer than is advisable - though frankly people tend to get really fetishy about yeast around here so "advisable" is a moving subject - and every one of my beers have been either fanf0ckingtastic or pretty bloody good.

To put it another way: I bet this will be good and you might want to repeat your "mistake" next time after all your friends drink the beer and say "wow man... you made this?!"

TheFear1980 · Apr 13, 2012

Well last time I did this it came out great but a lil apple cidery but I think that was the cascade hops. I'm more worried about adding my flavoring honestly... THANKS FOR THE ADVISE

Blackmuse · Apr 13, 2012

I did this on my first batch of beer - pitched high and fermented high... It came out with a bit of a harsh alcohol taste that may have gone away if it weren't finished off so quickly! I only bottle conditioned for 3 weeks and most of the batch is gone because family and friends loved the beer. I was the only one who wasn't a huge fan of it. The last couple bottles I have will be gone this weekend (I held them as long as I could (2 extra weeks) to see if they smoothed out a bit).

I bet you'll be fine with or without flavoring!