Help!!

I recently made a "Maytag Steam" kit from a homebrew store. Unfortunately, I didn't realize it was a lager and set up primary fermentation as usual in my basement. The yeast is Wyeast 2112, and it has been sitting at 66-68 degrees for a week now. I had noticed there wasn't much activity going on from the airlock (i'm using my white plastic fermenter, so couldn't see inside) and just looked up the yeast to find it is a Lager yeast. I've been traveling and pretty busy, or else I would have noticed sooner - or so I would like to think.

So, my question is:
Have I ruined my beer?????

Is there something I can do to save this batch? Will the taste be affected by having at too high of a temperature for a week? I don't have a fridge or any temp controlled environment to put this in.

Thanks in advance....

I would wait and see.

A steam beer (a.k.a. California Common) is basically a lager that is fermented at ale temperatures.

Looking at the Wyest information regarding Wyeast 2112 (http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_yeaststrain_detail.cfm?ID=131) it looks like you are in recommended tempature range albeit near the top of the range but....

At any rate, I suspect that your beer will turn out fine.

Please keep us posted regarding its progress.

Cheers.

Scott

Thanks for the encouragement. I was wondering if I needed to put it in a water bucket to cool it down some in order to finish fermentation.

At this point the fermentation is probably pretty much finished. Putting the fermenter in a bucket of cool water probably wouldn't hurt but it is probably unnecessary.

- Scott