WLP 565… I’ve read different things about this. I plan to start fermentation at 85-90 degrees and continue with that temp until finished…, good strategy?
I like to start my saisons at 75 for 12-24 hours and let it free rise to 90. Then I hold it at 90 until fermentation ends. Once fermentation stops I let it clean up at ambient.
I brew a lot with WLP565 now. I like to start it at 75, then push it to 80 for the remainder of the fermentation. Usually finishes in 8-10 days.
I start mine off in mid to hight 60’s and ramp to high 70’s, low 80’s. That’s where I’ve gotten best result in both flavor and attenuation.
I’ve cranked WLP565 up well into the 90F’s with good results. However, I plan to brew one with Bret in the secondary where I’ll ferment the 565 much lower.
Sorry, I didn’t get back sooner. I just wanted to thank you guys for the quick responses. I was using this yeast for the Pumpkin Saison recipe that’s in Zymurgy. I brewed it Saturday. I set the temp controller at 85.
Having used that approach I recommend next time starting it as I suggested above. I think you will find that not only does the flavor turn out better, but that you get more predictable fermentation results and less chance of stalling.
I do this as well with very good results. I have had it finish down to 1.002.
I use WLP 565 for al my Saisons and I like to start around 65 degrees. In a few days it will come up on it’s own to about 70. Then after a few more days I start ramping up the temp to the mid 80’s. The last one I did my temp controler screwed up and it went to 95 degrees. A buddy who is a BJCP judge was just over and he said that was the best Saison he ever had. So, from now own, I will start at the mid 60’s and ramp up to 95.
Normally I would have followed your advice, but I’m in a different situation. I brew at my uncle’s place where we have more than adequate space. I recently moved about 35 minutes away when I used to live about 3 minutes away. He left town on Sunday so I didn’t have much choice but to set it and go with it. It fermented rather violently by the looks of the blowoff basin. I took the gravity reading on Friday or Saturday. It has made it down to 1.012 so far in a week. I’ll be able to check it again Wednesday.