Garrett_McT
Seeker of Knowledge, and Homebrew
Dear HBT community,
This is my first post and of course it is a problem related to brewing! I am currently fermenting a Marzen beer for my Oktoberfest party and started performing my diacetyl rest for the WLP830 strain White Labs German Lager Yeast I used. Sadly I had to start my diacetyl rest the same day I left for a music fest and was not able to closely monitor the fridge temperature for 2.5 days. My fridge does not control temperatures all that well near the lager temperatures and sort of cuts out at around diacetyl rest temperatures (~65 degrees). I set the fridge setting and monitored the temperature for an hour or so until I thought the fridge kicked on, which now that I have returned and looked at the thermometer data, it shows that the fridge never went on and the ambient fridge temperature was at a whopping 75 degrees F.
Does anyone have experience that they can lend in relation to high diacetyl rest temperatures and how this is going to impact my finished beer?
Attached are copies of my recipe and notes that I used in BeerSmith, my fermentation profile from BeerSmith, a screenshot of the data that I input into the fermentation tab on BeerSmith, and an Excel spreadsheet I am using to track the fridge and fermentation data. Apparently I am not able to attach an excel file to a forum post, so in its place is am image of the compiled data in chart form.
Sorry in advance for the lengthy BeerSmith recipe print out, I have gotten in the habit of taking copious notes. For your reference I plan on bottle conditioning the beer for 3-4 weeks and cold storing for 3-4 weeks, and cold crashing with the remainder of time I have to be ready for the party on 10/2/21.
Thank You in Advance for Your Input,
Garrett_McT
This is my first post and of course it is a problem related to brewing! I am currently fermenting a Marzen beer for my Oktoberfest party and started performing my diacetyl rest for the WLP830 strain White Labs German Lager Yeast I used. Sadly I had to start my diacetyl rest the same day I left for a music fest and was not able to closely monitor the fridge temperature for 2.5 days. My fridge does not control temperatures all that well near the lager temperatures and sort of cuts out at around diacetyl rest temperatures (~65 degrees). I set the fridge setting and monitored the temperature for an hour or so until I thought the fridge kicked on, which now that I have returned and looked at the thermometer data, it shows that the fridge never went on and the ambient fridge temperature was at a whopping 75 degrees F.
Does anyone have experience that they can lend in relation to high diacetyl rest temperatures and how this is going to impact my finished beer?
Attached are copies of my recipe and notes that I used in BeerSmith, my fermentation profile from BeerSmith, a screenshot of the data that I input into the fermentation tab on BeerSmith, and an Excel spreadsheet I am using to track the fridge and fermentation data. Apparently I am not able to attach an excel file to a forum post, so in its place is am image of the compiled data in chart form.
Sorry in advance for the lengthy BeerSmith recipe print out, I have gotten in the habit of taking copious notes. For your reference I plan on bottle conditioning the beer for 3-4 weeks and cold storing for 3-4 weeks, and cold crashing with the remainder of time I have to be ready for the party on 10/2/21.
Thank You in Advance for Your Input,
Garrett_McT