james_cornell
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So I brewed last night using a harvested American Ale 1056 and the temperature spiked today. When I got home the fermometer read about 75-76 but I am assuming I broke 80 today. Quickly cooled it outside once it got dark, and it's now fermenting like crazy and smells like hot alcohol, but my question isn't about that batch.
When reading up on what damage this might have done to my beer, especially considering the poor timing, I read about fuesel alcohol. A few batches ago, an Elysian Bifrost clone I brewed after 3-4 weeks in the bottle was perfect, probably the best I've made yet. But a couple weeks past that it smelled and tasted like hot alcohol, giving me a headache pretty quickly (granted it was about 8.4%). I've read that fuesel alcohols will fade over time but not show up later, is there something else that would have caused this?
When reading up on what damage this might have done to my beer, especially considering the poor timing, I read about fuesel alcohol. A few batches ago, an Elysian Bifrost clone I brewed after 3-4 weeks in the bottle was perfect, probably the best I've made yet. But a couple weeks past that it smelled and tasted like hot alcohol, giving me a headache pretty quickly (granted it was about 8.4%). I've read that fuesel alcohols will fade over time but not show up later, is there something else that would have caused this?