brewing temperatures

[andywood]

sorry if this has been posted before, i did a search but couldnt find anything

doing my first home brew for a very long time this week, started it off on Sunday.

Now after a couple of days I decided that i needed some kind of heater as the room temperature was 14-18C generally (occasionally creeping above 20 late evening). After the heater had been on for a day I came home to find the mixture bubbling away quite intensly but with a high temperature, in the upper 20's. The smell from the brew is quite tremendous as well, smells very alcoholic. OG was 1.058 and it is now 1.008 with a few bubbles still coming out.

How will this temperature affect my beer? Im brewing a Tom Claxton's Real Ale kit.

Thanks

[Jim]

High fermentation temperatures can produce an off flavour in the beer. I've heard it described as being like 'banana', but to me it tastes more like a harsh bitterness.

[andywood]

thanks for the speedie response jim!