Safale 04 Whitebread Question?

[wjjohnson]

I brewed a batch of beer on 2/5 that was 1.055 and i used 1 pak of Safale 04 whitebread yeast. I cooled wort to 60 deg and then pitched rehydrated yeast. Fermentation was visable with in 4 hours, My question is that it has been 7 days and the air lock had been bubling away at a steady rate for the entire 7 days. I thought Safale 04 was a fast fermenting yeast, could something wrong? I have keep the temp at 64-65 deg the entire time. I want to do a psuedo lager with the beer and cold age at 50 deg to clear and crcip it up. I have heard lots of good things about this yeast and a few bad, hoping for more good than bad. Thanks!

 

[dale1038]

I think you're fine. Take a gravity reading over the next few days if you're really worried, but I wouldn't do anything if I were you.

 

[rayg]

I brewed a batch of beer on 2/5 that was 1.055 and i used 1 pak of Safale 04 whitebread yeast. I cooled wort to 60 deg and then pitched rehydrated yeast. Fermentation was visable with in 4 hours, My question is that it has been 7 days and the air lock had been bubling away at a steady rate for the entire 7 days. I thought Safale 04 was a fast fermenting yeast, could something wrong? I have keep the temp at 64-65 deg the entire time.

Bottom range for this yeast according to Fermentis
info is 59, top is 75F. So at 59 it may take nearly
twice as long to reach the same level of attenuation.
But with fewer byproducts at the lower temp,
you should get a really clean tasting beer!

 

[midfielder5]

that yeast is great. no worries. I ferment it at 60-62 degrees and let it sit for 3 weeks. just leave it alone