I brewed an RIS on Sunday and wound up with 2 gallons of 1.040 left over sparge wort and .5 left over 1.090 boiled wort... I combined them in a fermenter and was planning on adding 2lbs of DME, 2lbs of honey, water, hops, etc... Doing a second beer with the extra runnings.
Problem is, I haven't had time until tomorrow afternoon, and the wort (covered with aluminum foil on a glass fermenter) has started to ferment... Maybe it was the ridiculous amount of airborn yeast... Maybe it was the un sanitized fermenter... Anyway it's fermenting.
So if I boil this beer tomorrow how will my result be changed and is it still useable?
I want to say that the yeast has already started converting ferment able sugars to alcohol but that alcohol will be boiled off and the sugars will have already been converted... It has been producing foam for about 2 days now, noticeable more today... With about a half inch of foam on top of wort and small bubbles running up from the bottom.
Will my flavors be off in a bad way? Has anyone had this experience?
My thinking is maybe I should add more DME to compensate...
Thanks!
Problem is, I haven't had time until tomorrow afternoon, and the wort (covered with aluminum foil on a glass fermenter) has started to ferment... Maybe it was the ridiculous amount of airborn yeast... Maybe it was the un sanitized fermenter... Anyway it's fermenting.
So if I boil this beer tomorrow how will my result be changed and is it still useable?
I want to say that the yeast has already started converting ferment able sugars to alcohol but that alcohol will be boiled off and the sugars will have already been converted... It has been producing foam for about 2 days now, noticeable more today... With about a half inch of foam on top of wort and small bubbles running up from the bottom.
Will my flavors be off in a bad way? Has anyone had this experience?
My thinking is maybe I should add more DME to compensate...
Thanks!