Great Divide Yeti yeast suggestions

[San_Diego_Matt]

I'm brewing a Yeti clone in Sunday with a friend. It's based on the BYO clone recipe. We're brewing 11+ gallong and are going to split it.

He's going to ferment his with WLP 002 English Ale Yeast and I'm still undecided.

I realize the recipe calls for WLP 001, but I was thinking about using WLP 007 Dry English Ale Yeast.

This batch will be the first I've brewed in a long time and there are several things different with my brewing process that have not been incorporated since the last time I brewed. The main one of these is a fermentation chamber, aka chest freezer to help me control fermentation temps.

OG will be 1.090+ and I was figuring I'd ferment at 66 or so. I'll build my starter Thursday night and I have a stir plate for it.

Is there anything drastically wrong with what I'm planning? Anyone have any other yeast suggestions (White Labs only please)?

[BadRock]

I know a dude down there (at Great Divide), you could give him a call and ask his opinion.

Bryan Baltzell
Brewery - 303.296.9460
Cell - 303.396.2930

[BDawg]

The James Bond 007 yeast is my favorite. You'll love the results.

[San_Diego_Matt]

so I built my starter and pitched it into my Yeti clone. Only problem is that the OG was 1.120 rather than the anticipated 1.108. Not a huge difference, but I'm getting worried.

I checked gravity on Sunday (after a week of fermenting) and it was only at 1.058. Expected FG is 1.038.

I'm probably over reacting a bit, but should I just let it sit? Can I honestly expect WLP007 to take a 1.120 beer down to 1.038?

[BDawg]

RDWHAHB-

James Bond kicks ass. Don't worry - it'll go.

[ipaisay]

Why didn't you add some water at the end to lower that gravity to a match your target gravity? That would have helped you dry your beer out and helps the yeast do a better job making you great beer. I do not think you'll get below 1.024 unless your mash temp was 142-150. Good luck.

[San_Diego_Matt]

so, there's no way this can be correct, is there?

[thatguy314]

8 plato is 1.036. If you're aiming for 1.038, you're officially fucked. It's going to be waaaaay too dry.