hoppypoppy
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Due to some miss calculations and timing on my part I ended up with wort that sat @2 days before pitching yeast. I have pitched my yeast the following day before but with my standard speidel fermenter with no issues. This time the wort sat in an ale pail . The Bucket sat in my fridge with a heat wrap to keep temp at Pitching temps on day 1. However, that set up was causing issues with another beer fermenting, first time have two beers with different fermentation temps. So I decided to pull the pail out of the fridge and leave it on my work bench in the garage. The wort got up to 77 degrees. That night I opened up the pail to pitch the yeast and immediatley noticed a bad aroma coming from it. Also, the wort already had some foam sitting on top. I thought well maybe it was from me moving the bucket around so I pitched the yeast anyways. I did draw a sample of the wort from the spigot and it was terrible. I was hoping the yeast would do magic but everytime I open up my fridge I can smell the beer and it Stinks. The smell is like fresh cut grass that sat in the lawn mower bag overnight.
Is this even worth spending anymore time with? I already pitched the yeast so my thought is at least let it ride. However, the pail does take up a lot of room and I almost just want to say f it. It's my first batch that I jacked up. I learned what not to do.
Any chance the yeast could make something of this or no way?
Is this even worth spending anymore time with? I already pitched the yeast so my thought is at least let it ride. However, the pail does take up a lot of room and I almost just want to say f it. It's my first batch that I jacked up. I learned what not to do.
Any chance the yeast could make something of this or no way?