On the suggestion of reader JW, I bought a vial of the second version of White Labs’ Belgian Saison yeast strain. It’s a part of their platinum strain line which means it’s only available during certain months of the year. Thankfully, August was one of the months.
From the description on their site, this one is a faster fermenter than its version 1.0. It appears that it can take the heat too, so I plan to get my fermentation temperatures up to 85°F.
I need to figure out how I can slowly raise the temperature from 68°F to 85°F, but I will figure that out. I think there is probably some investigation of room temperature around my house in my future.
I also have a heating pad ready to help out as well.
Billy Broas
I haven’t tried this, but I imaging it would work – put the fermenter in a tub of water with one of those aquarium heaters. You can probably one used dirt cheap online. It would be sort of a reverse swamp cooler.
Billy Broas
Err I wish I could go back and edit that comment.
But let us know what you use and how it works out. I’m interested in this topic.
John
I have used the heating pad with good results before. I think I will need to experiment with the settings and stuff. (Low, Medium, High)