djbradle
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Had a 1/2 pint of leftover belgian strong dark wort that didn't go into the fermenter and was placed in a fridge on 12/2/14. Fast forward to my intention yesterday to do a starter for a Belgian yeast and what do I find? A bulging lid and active fermentation.....
I was wondering how this happened at fridge temps, proceeded to mix this mess with about 12 oz of a tripel's leftover wort with some added h2o to reduce the gravity, and this is what I have now. I'm going to produce a cleaner fermentation with dme in the next step after decanting all that hopped beer. Smells kinda mild fruit but very clean. Anyone else have this happen? Could it be a wild lager yeast? The temps since December ranged from high 30's to upper 40's.
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I was wondering how this happened at fridge temps, proceeded to mix this mess with about 12 oz of a tripel's leftover wort with some added h2o to reduce the gravity, and this is what I have now. I'm going to produce a cleaner fermentation with dme in the next step after decanting all that hopped beer. Smells kinda mild fruit but very clean. Anyone else have this happen? Could it be a wild lager yeast? The temps since December ranged from high 30's to upper 40's.
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