Does anyone else have poor attinuation with wyeast 1335?

One of my favorite beers is surly furious, midwest has a kit for it and it is awesome. The liquid yeast that is recommended is 1335. The last two 10 gallon batches have been slow to start, had little crausen, and have struggled to get the beer down to 1.020. (supposed to be 1.016-1.018)

Now the details:
1 gallon starters for both batches- split between two 6 gallon carboys with 5 gallons of wort in each.
Fermented in my basement crawlspace, temp seem to stay between 58-65 degrees (depending on active fermentation or not) read on the stick on thermometer on the side of the carboy. My other batches blow over like crazy sitting right next to it. Now they are in smaller carboy with a different yeast, so I am sure that can't be used as any type of comparison.
I even have moved these things to my basement bathroom floor- which is heated, to raise the temps up to 70-72.
The last batch I heated the mash tun directly, keeping my temps pretty close to the recommended 152-154 area. I may have had a few hot spots, but stirred every few min.
Here is the beersmith:
10 gal. furious clone
American IPA


Type: All Grain
Date: 3/25/2009
Batch Size: 10.00 gal
Brewer: Abe
Boil Size: 12.55 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (15 Gal) and Igloo/Gott Cooler (10 Gal)
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
22 lbs Scotchmalt golden promise (2.4 SRM) Grain 89.80 %
2 lbs Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 8.16 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2.04 %
2.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
2.00 oz Ahtanum [6.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
2.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
2.00 oz Warrior [15.00 %] (60 min) Hops 46.9 IBU
0.40 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (20 min) Hops 3.2 IBU
0.40 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (20 min) Hops 4.9 IBU
0.40 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (15 min) Hops 4.0 IBU
0.40 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (15 min) Hops 2.6 IBU
0.40 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (10 min) Hops 2.9 IBU
0.40 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (10 min) Hops 1.9 IBU
0.40 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (5 min) Hops 1.1 IBU
0.40 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (5 min) Hops 1.6 IBU
0.40 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
0.40 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (0 min) Hops -
2.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
2.00 items camden tablets (Boil 60.0 min) Misc
2.50 gm Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
3.50 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
5.00 gal Distilled Water Water
5.00 gal Local Water Water
2 Pkgs British Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1335) [Starter 3000 ml] Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.069 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.062 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.017 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.86 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 7.44 %
Bitterness: 69.2 IBU Calories: 272 cal/pint
Est Color: 7.4 SRM Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: My Mash Total Grain Weight: 24.50 lb
Sparge Water: 7.10 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F TunTemperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

My Mash Step Time Name Description Step Temp

Any ideas?

What was your mash temp? Did I just miss it? By the way the recipe looks excellent.

hoppymonkey said:

What was your mash temp? Did I just miss it? By the way the recipe looks excellent.

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The last batch I heated the mash tun directly, keeping my temps pretty close to the recommended 152-154 area. I may have had a few hot spots, but stirred every few min

I was thinking mash temp, maybe try it closer to 150 and see what happens?

Yeah its probably just the amount of unfermentables in it. I 've had no attentuatoion probs with that yeast. Actually last time I used I finished out around 1.012. It doesn't mean the beer isn't still good.

I totally agree, just wondering because it has happened twice in a row now.
Hey, it's still beer.