Just did my 27th batch on Friday. I've made the usual noob mistakes over that time but I think I may have screwed the pooch on this one.
Tried NB's Partersbier. Think I was more into the back story than what it might taste like. Full deets here:
http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/allgrain/AG-Patersbier.pdf
Finished brewing late at night and put this one to bed in my ferm chamber (basically a foam insulated, wooden box) in my 58 degree basement. Put the heat wrap on it and set the temp to 68, figuring the heat generated from fermentation would knock it up a few degrees. (Optimum temp range for the yeast used is 64-78.)
After 24 hours it was fermenting happily at 66. On day 2 it was down to 64. Just couldn't seem to keep the temp up even in the insulated box. So i wrapped the carboy in a couple of blankets to contain the heat. Day 3: 60 degrees. Then it dawned on me. While the Johnson controller was calling for heat from the wrap...I never plugged the damn heat wrap in!! Problem solved, right? But I didn't think to remove the blankets. Fatal mistake. Day 4: The temp reading was <insert Dr. Evil impression>......ONE HUNNNNNDRED DEGREEEESS! The damn blankets and insulated chamber kept so much heat in when I opened the box it felt like I was standing next to a furnace.
So what I have I done to this beer? Is it a dump?
Thoughts? Predictions?
Tried NB's Partersbier. Think I was more into the back story than what it might taste like. Full deets here:
http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/allgrain/AG-Patersbier.pdf
Finished brewing late at night and put this one to bed in my ferm chamber (basically a foam insulated, wooden box) in my 58 degree basement. Put the heat wrap on it and set the temp to 68, figuring the heat generated from fermentation would knock it up a few degrees. (Optimum temp range for the yeast used is 64-78.)
After 24 hours it was fermenting happily at 66. On day 2 it was down to 64. Just couldn't seem to keep the temp up even in the insulated box. So i wrapped the carboy in a couple of blankets to contain the heat. Day 3: 60 degrees. Then it dawned on me. While the Johnson controller was calling for heat from the wrap...I never plugged the damn heat wrap in!! Problem solved, right? But I didn't think to remove the blankets. Fatal mistake. Day 4: The temp reading was <insert Dr. Evil impression>......ONE HUNNNNNDRED DEGREEEESS! The damn blankets and insulated chamber kept so much heat in when I opened the box it felt like I was standing next to a furnace.
So what I have I done to this beer? Is it a dump?
Thoughts? Predictions?