Ferm Temp Question

[CrackShotHolmes]

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Originally Posted by Cryptochronolite
6lbs American 2 row
4lbs American White wheat
.5lbs Carapils

1oz Saaz 30min 3.5% AA (leaf)
1oz Saaz 15min 3.5% AA (leaf)

.5oz Saaz 3.5%AA and 1oz Cascade 5.5%AA in secondary (dry hopped for 14 days) (leaf)

Strike water was set to 136ºF.

Mash-in at 133ºF for 15 minutes.

Pull 3 quarts of mash, bring to boiling in a separate vessel.
(About 10 more minutes).
Return to mash-tun -
Decoction target temp is 155ºF, you may need to adjust your decoction volume. I used this decoction calculator for my math.

Rest at 155ºF for 60minutes.

Pull 1 gallon of mash. Bring to a boil, return for a mash out.
Mash target temp is 168ºF.
Rest at 168ºF for 15 minutes. (again, using the Quaff calculator for my old setup)

Chilled rapidly, heavy oxygen, fermented in primary at 63ºF for five days. Racked to secondary, added hops, bottled after two weeks.

The yeast from the oberon bottle is a little small, so I would expect you will have flocculation issues. I am unable to find a good substitute from WL or WY for this yeast, but it may not matter.

OG 1.059
FG 1.014-016.

let me know if there's any other way I can help. I have no made this on my 20 gallon system yet, but I plan to do it soon.


I brewed this recipe yesterday afternoon and pitched yeast at 5:00pm, Wyeast 1010. This morning at 8:00am the airlock was bubbling away nicely. Where I ferment, the ambient temp is 63*, but the actual temp of the wort is right now at 71*. Is this pushing the limit on this yeast, or should I be ok at 71* for initial fermentation? I plan to leave in primary 1 month.

Thinking about putting together a swamp cooler for this brew, but if it's not necessary, then I don't really want to. What does everyone think?

Thanks for your help.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

71's ok for a wheat strain, so you should worry about it with this batch. i do, however, really recommend a cheap swamp cooler set up for most ales. you'll want to do those in the 60's (inside the fermenter, not ambient). i just use 15-18 gal buckets with the fermenter in a water bath inside the bucket, i cool with frozen bottles and warm with a small aquarium heater. works great.