1st 100% Brett Fermented Recipe Critique

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by ac24, Nov 22, 2014.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. FATC1TY

    FATC1TY Pooh-Bah (2,564) Feb 12, 2012 Georgia
    Pooh-Bah


    Well, I'd offer this advice. As a sour/brett/wild brewer. Get separate fermenters if you wish, but not needed. Get a siphon and hose, and a thief separate from your clean and funk beers. It's cheap, and it's good insurance.

    That said..Starter shouldnt be an issue. Build it up in your flask/growler and have as it. Most of what you add will be santized to it afterwards, and boiled. No issue as starter stuff is mostly hot side.

    A decent brett starter will be around 1.5 weeks to 2 weeks depending on strain. No need to rush it.

    If you are talking about the Tropic recipe from @psnydez86 then, it's a super solid recipe and a tasty beer. Perhaps he can help you better with the specifics.
     
    Adirondack47 likes this.
  2. psnydez86

    psnydez86 Initiate (0) Jan 4, 2012 Pennsylvania

    I think @FATC1TY hit the sanitation concerns. I personally don't seperate equipment for Brett beers but I do with lacto/pedio bug beers.
    Generally Brett Brux trois starters seem to take 7 days to fully ferment. Gotta do a huge starter for an average strength ipa. I have done 2 1600ml starters and that worked out well.

    1600ml starter for 7 days. Crash cool for a couple days, decant and do it again. So yea that's about 3-4 weeks of starter work but it's well worth it.

    I pretty much use this strain exclusively for all hoppy beers. It's amazing.
     
    Adirondack47 likes this.
  3. ac24

    ac24 Zealot (696) Nov 17, 2014 California
    Trader

    Just to update this, its now been a week and a half that its been fermenting and it really didn't take off until about the 5th day. Initially it had a weird smell up until it really took off fermenting, but now as i open my fermentation chamber (fridge) you get a huge cherry/cherry pie smell to it. this is in a bucket for now and is still fermenting so i haven't taken any gravity readings yet (plus i broke my hydrometer a couple of days ago and have not had the chance to buy a new one).
     
  4. CLevar

    CLevar Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2009 Minnesota

    As an FYI-

    There is ongoing debate about whether or not WLP644 is indeed a Brett. strain. (See http://embracethefunk.com/2014/12/11/brettanomyces/). While it's not really an issue for a beer such as the one you're brewing, I'd caution against its addition as the sole strain of "Brett." if you decide to make the leap into sours, due to the interactions between Brett and Pedio (or other LABs) that are desirable in sour beers.

    Also, if it doesn't turn out to be Brett., I hope more people worried about contamination in the brewery start using it. I do love what 644 does in hoppy beers, regardless of its identity!
     
    Adirondack47 and ac24 like this.
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.