In a moment of stupidity, I pitched my yeast starter into a 90° must. Immediately after, I put my fermentation vessel into a 60° bath of water and have been letting the temp get down to proper fermentation temp. Will this adveresely affect my yeast or should I be ok? I know better, but I was just flustered, as this is my first mead. Thanks for your input!
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step
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From my experience, you'll be fine. That temp is not high enough to kill your yeast, but they might be a bit confused by the temperature shifts. I have always fermented my meads on the warm side...
Most yeasts will go crazy at 90 but they will throw nasty biproducts. Good job on trying to drop the temp but don't go too far.
Most yeasts will go crazy at 90 but they will throw nasty biproducts. Good job on trying to drop the temp but don't go too far.
fatbloke
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if you've messed up, then it probably won't ferment.
If it starts Ok, it should be fine. Depending on what the yeast is, it may actually need to be kept cool - D47 comes to mind as it needs to be fermenting below 70F, otherwise you get fusels......
If it starts Ok, it should be fine. Depending on what the yeast is, it may actually need to be kept cool - D47 comes to mind as it needs to be fermenting below 70F, otherwise you get fusels......
TheBrewingMedic
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Even if you used D47 you should be ok, even that has a rehydrate temp over 100*F as per instructions on the package itself, most do, it just has an optimal ferment temp below 70*F, just watch for activity and check the hydrometer reading after a few days and look for it dropping before rushing to do something, if it ain't broke don't fix it kind of a thing
