tlucarelli
Well-Known Member
So I have a Firestone walker 805 clone I brewed once that was really tasty but definitely not a clone (attenuated higher and resulted in a drier beer). Based on the success I wanted to try it again. I've been brewing about 9 months now and noticed that my best beers came in the colder winter months where the beer fermented in my basement.
So typically when I finish the boil I use my wort chiller and can successfully get to about 80ish, then once I pour the wort into the fermentor and pitch my yeast I'm mid 70s or lower. I tried that this time and I think when I ultimately pitched my yeast I was actually 80-82 which scared me a bit. Then next morning I was down to 70 and it didn't drop any more.
The beer appears to have completed fermentation and my sample is clear but it's got an off smell to it. I can only assume it's because I pitched too hot. But now I've got a 5.5 gallon batch of beer with an off smell...is there anything I can do to salvage it? I was thinking of maybe freezing ~10 lbs of peaches and hoping that would help?
Any other ideas of what I can do? Outside of buying a chest freezer...
So typically when I finish the boil I use my wort chiller and can successfully get to about 80ish, then once I pour the wort into the fermentor and pitch my yeast I'm mid 70s or lower. I tried that this time and I think when I ultimately pitched my yeast I was actually 80-82 which scared me a bit. Then next morning I was down to 70 and it didn't drop any more.
The beer appears to have completed fermentation and my sample is clear but it's got an off smell to it. I can only assume it's because I pitched too hot. But now I've got a 5.5 gallon batch of beer with an off smell...is there anything I can do to salvage it? I was thinking of maybe freezing ~10 lbs of peaches and hoping that would help?
Any other ideas of what I can do? Outside of buying a chest freezer...