Is my beer ruined

[seabeemech1970]

Ok I came home to check my beer I brewed last week. This past Saturday I dumped the train (I have a 15 gallons in a stainless steel conical fermenter). And set my freezer to cold crash it to around 38. Then Sunday I discovered it was a bit too cold. So I turned on the heater. Then today on Monday I went to check it and the digital controller read 92. I immediately turned the freezer back on. Is my beer ruined?

 

[Black Island Brewer]

Ok I came home to check my beer I brewed last week. This past Saturday I dumped the train (I have a 15 gallons in a stainless steel conical fermenter). And set my freezer to cold crash it to around 38. Then Sunday I discovered it was a bit too cold. So I turned on the heater. Then today on Monday I went to check it and the digital controller read 92. I immediately turned the freezer back on. Is my beer ruined?

Not at all. Chill it back down, let it settle and keg or bottle it. The fermentation is over, so you're just dropping the yeast, you won't me changing the flavors much. High temps at this point can shorten it's lifespan, but you didn't have it warm long enough to worry about it.

If you're really not sure, bottle it all up and send it to me, I'll sacrifice my liver and finish it for you.

 

[ScottG58]

I cannot say it is ruined. Was the beer at final gravity when you removed the yeast? If it was at final gravity and tasted mature when you cold crashed, I doubt cold crashing hurt the beer. As for the 92 degrees, I think that came late enough that you could be okay. Most off flavors due to temperature are generated early in the fermentation.

To find out if you have a problem, take a gravity sample and see if you are at final gravity. Taste the sample. It will be green and flat. Tasting it will tell you if you might have a problem.

 

[seabeemech1970]

It was at final gravity when I cold crashed it