HarborTownBrewing
Well-Known Member
White Labs says WLP001 has optimal ferm between 68 - 73, whereas Safale US-05 is 59 - 71.
If I remember right, I fermented mine around 70 degrees (don't have temp control). When I sent it in for the homebrew competition, one of the judges noted some flavors he thought may have come from slightly higher-than-desired fermentation temps, so you may want to be around 62 - 65 but I don't really know for sure.
As for testing the actual DC FG, I haven't done it, but I believe someone else had and that's where we came up with the 1.008 target. Or we may have found the OG somewhere and calculated the FG based on the ABV.
If I remember right, I fermented mine around 70 degrees (don't have temp control). When I sent it in for the homebrew competition, one of the judges noted some flavors he thought may have come from slightly higher-than-desired fermentation temps, so you may want to be around 62 - 65 but I don't really know for sure.
As for testing the actual DC FG, I haven't done it, but I believe someone else had and that's where we came up with the 1.008 target. Or we may have found the OG somewhere and calculated the FG based on the ABV.