Wed Mar 23, 2016 4:56 pm
Relax-
It will be fine. Next time, wait for hot break before you add your bittering addition and starting the boil clock.
Also, be sure to stir the extract more so that all the extract is evenly dissolved. This batch will be fine, so don't worry about it for now. There's nothing you can do and it won't be very detrimental anyways.
The thing you can do right now is just to ensure that the temp stays cool. Most ales taste best when they are fermented in the mid 60's F. Try to keep the beer there. If it is warmer than that right now, I suggest draping a wet t-shirt over your fermenter. The water will evaporate and that cools it down. Keep it moist by putting the whole thing in a tub so that the bottom of the shirt wicks the water up.
Then, give it the time it needs. At least 2 weeks in the fermenter. The yeast will work on their time, not yours.
Even after the active fermentation is finished and the krausen (yeast foam on top falls in to the beer), the yeast will still be active and cleaning up their byproducts. That is a very crucial part of the process.
Good luck and feel free to ask if you have any questions whatsoever. We are here to help.
-B'Dawg
BJCP GM3 Judge & Mead
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