Hello everyone!
I'm a somewhat new brewer and I wanted to brew a Saison clone. The recipe asked for a fermentation temperature of 79-85 F. This seems high to me, but I got the temp up to 80 and the yeast were very active starting about 6 hours after I pitched the yeast. This went on for about two days. Then I started smelling a moderate banana smell and was worried that I had a high fermentation temp, so I brought it down to 76 F. Once I did that the fermentation stopped within a few hours.
I have brought the temp back up to see if anything would happen, but absolutely no CO2 is leaving the primary.
Any help or advice with this and what should I do? Is anything wrong or am I worried for no reason?
I'm a somewhat new brewer and I wanted to brew a Saison clone. The recipe asked for a fermentation temperature of 79-85 F. This seems high to me, but I got the temp up to 80 and the yeast were very active starting about 6 hours after I pitched the yeast. This went on for about two days. Then I started smelling a moderate banana smell and was worried that I had a high fermentation temp, so I brought it down to 76 F. Once I did that the fermentation stopped within a few hours.
I have brought the temp back up to see if anything would happen, but absolutely no CO2 is leaving the primary.
Any help or advice with this and what should I do? Is anything wrong or am I worried for no reason?