Danstar Windsor Ale Yeast fermentation temp range

[superkrai]

Brewed a Bourbon porter from northern brewer on Friday. Wort in fermenter at 70 degrees, pitched yeast and have activity from blow off hose in 2 hours. Overnight was steady bubbling and temperature was between 68 and 70 all night. Went to work and when I came home temp was reading 76 and had very vigorous bubbling. Since instructions said max temp is 70 degrees I lowered to 68.

Well since then I've had no activity in blow off tube bottle. Any ideas or concerns? Should I just keep my Ftss at 68 and ride it out till 2ndary fermentation?

 

[thehaze]

I've used Windsor in the high 70's with no off flavours, so nothing bad will happen with your beer. Windsor is agressive and will finish fermentation in 2-3 days. So if you can control the temperature, start at 66-68F the first 2 days and raise the temp. every day with 0.5F. I've just " dry beaned " a Brown ale and oaked a Porter fermented with a mix of Windsor and Nottingham.

OG for Brown was 1.082 ---> Brewed it on Nov. 3 and today the FG was 1.022 ( lactose added in the boil ) ---> 72% AA / 7.9% ABV
OG for Porter was 1.090 ---> Brewed it on Nov. 3 and today the FG was 1.0175 ---> 79% AA / 9.5 % ABV

So you should raise the temp. to 68-72F to help the yeast finish.

 

[superkrai]

I've used Windsor in the high 70's with no off flavours, so nothing bad will happen with your beer. Windsor is agressive and will finish fermentation in 2-3 days. So if you can control the temperature, start at 66-68F the first 2 days and raise the temp. every day with 0.5F. I've just " dry beaned " a Brown ale and oaked a Porter fermented with a mix of Windsor and Nottingham.

OG for Brown was 1.082 ---> Brewed it on Nov. 3 and today the FG was 1.022 ( lactose added in the boil ) ---> 72% AA / 7.9% ABV
OG for Porter was 1.090 ---> Brewed it on Nov. 3 and today the FG was 1.0175 ---> 79% AA / 9.5 % ABV

So you should raise the temp. to 68-72F to help the yeast finish.

Thanks, I've set my low temp to 68 and high to 72 for now. At the moment it's staying right at 70.2