California Common with WL830

[Bigsandiebrew]

Hey so the other day I went to the homebrew store to pick up stuff for a california common unfortunately they didn't have the San Francisco lager strain so the dude talked me into White Labs 830, the German Lager strain. Its going now a 58-60F. I was wondering if I bottle when its done fermenting without a lagering period is it going to be terrible? Any general advice on how to make this turn out good without being able to lager it. Thanks,

 

[skunkfunk]

Hey so the other day I went to the homebrew store to pick up stuff for a california common unfortunately they didn't have the San Francisco lager strain so the dude talked me into White Labs 830, the German Lager strain. Its going now a 58-60F. I was wondering if I bottle when its done fermenting without a lagering period is it going to be terrible? Any general advice on how to make this turn out good without being able to lager it. Thanks,

Holy crap man turn that temp down, I get best performance with that yeast at around 48F!

 

[alewhatcuresyou]

The optimum temp for 830 according to White Labs is 50 to 55 but based on my limited experience and from reading the reviews here: http://www.whitelabs.com/yeast/wlp830-german-lager-yeast You should be fine at those temps with the 830. you may smell a little sulfur after a couple days and you will probably want to do a diacetyl rest.
830 is a medium flocculator so it would be great if you could cold crash this and hit it with gelatin. If you live in a colder climate you might be able to put it in a garage or shed and lager until the yeast settles. 830 does not sound like a bad choice at all for a Cali common. Don't be in a hurry to get the beer off the yeast. A three week primary would go a long way towards cleaning things up. Do some reading here about the swamp cooler method of controlling fermentation temps. It involves partially submerging the fermenter in a container of water and then placing some sort of wicking material over the fermenter such as some towels or even a t-shirt and then directing the air from a fan at the fermenter.