A friend brought a keg of under attenuated porter to a party, nobody drank it so the next day I racked it to a carboy, and started adding dregs from Jolly Pumpkin, Orval and other beers. The pellicle was massive, bubbly and fuzzy.My SIL type person saw it a month ago and almost puked, but tonight I poured him a glass of it and he loved it. I'm not sure he's ready to commit a fermenter for a few months but he was genuinely amazed at the taste of it.
Ha, thats awesome. How long did it sit with the dregs before you kegged it? Just started the same experiment with an English Mild blended with an English Barleywine hit with Roselare. Sours are fun.
We need to hang out then. I'm trying to get into funky beers, it's just not worth the money for me yet.
It doesn't take much money, it's more of a time/equipment cost. Just make a starter from the dregs of a couple of bottles of Orval, Then brew a moderately hopped pale ale and use the starter, either with or without a standard neutral yeast like Safale 05. Or rack the beer before it gets to FG and add the brett in secondary. Wait 3-6 months and you have a deliciously funky beer. Then stick with that or experiment with other bottle dregs-I love Jolly Pumpkin for this. I added the first dregs in early October, then added more fresh wort(leftover from a batch of porter)to top off the carboy, and added occasional dregs for a couple of weeks before leaving it alone until last weekend.
