Co-worker's first batch

No, don't aerate it anymore! If it is bubbling then it's fine. At this stage of fermentation, aeration could oxidize the beer and make it taste like crap. Just let it run its course, everything should be okay.

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:07:12 -0600, "Stone-ok" said in alt.beer.home-brewing:

The hot wort may well have killed the yeast and what he's seeing now may well be bacterial or wild yeast action. Also, pitching dry yeast into wort isn't the healthiest thing for the yeast - it should be rehydrated first.

Pitching ale yeast should be done at around 68 degrees - certainly no higher than 70 degrees - that's getting into "off flavor" range.

The only thing he can do now is let it ferment out and taste it when it's done. It may surprise us all and turn out very good.

It sounds like he just killed some of the yeast to me and it has taken a while for the remaining live yeast to build up enough force to actually make enough of a difference. It sounds fine. This Odor your talking about.. have you smelt it? I remember my first batch because of the strange smell I thought it was off..