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So, i just bottled my rasp. pale. last night.. Put all the bottles in my fermentation chamber... Came out this morning.. Bottles were hot.. like really hot.. Something malfunctioned, the heater stayed on the entire time... Is it salvagable? i know the yeast are dead, it was way too hot for them (poor lil guys). But am I able to dump these bottles back into a bottling bucket, add more priming sugar, and re-bottle? or should I try a sample and see what off flavors are present, or will they not show up till later? --- The background behind this is that I recently upgraded a lot of equipment, and this is my first batch with it all.. My heat bulb burnt out right before the end of fermentation of the beer.. So, for bottling I used a small ceramic heater... Lets just say it would have worked if my sensor didnt malfunction.. Thanks for your help... I bet im the only one this has happened to.. its a dumb mistake but atleast Ive learned from it..

Well...if you dump it you will never know....if you try to save it you may be surprised.
If it is really hot, let's say over 100-110F you may not get a drinkable result. Having said that,
the saison that I fermented in the mid to high 90s is delicious.

I would give it a shot, if you re-bottle and fail what have you lost? Some time a few bucks in yeast.

Let us know how it goes.

Ya I'll prolly give it a shot... Any ideas on amount of yeast to re-pitch. I've got some I've collected from the batch earlier..

Depending on how hot they got for how long - they might not be all dead. Give it a couple of weeks and see if they are carbonated or not. If not, open each cap and put a small pinch of US05 in each one and recap. In the future, you should just put your bottles in room temp to condition. No need for the fermentation chamber. Once they are carbonated, keep them in cold storage if you can.


Mylo

Awesome thanks for the tips.. I guess I'm glad in a way I found the flaw, so I can atleast make sure it doesn't happen in the future.. I think it got way too hot for them to be alive but I'll let em sit awhile and see what happens..