bjacokes
Active Member
After a 6-week primary with WLP530 that took my beer from 1.058 to 1.007, I racked to secondary and added 3 tbsp of yeast slurry that I had built up from Russian River Damnation dregs. I was prepared for a few months of little observable fermentation, which is what has generally happened when I add Brett. Instead, it's already bubbling away moderately quickly and there is a mini-krausen that's formed.
I'm almost positive it's not just degassing, because it's accelerated over the past day and just has that "feel" of being fermentation. But, I wouldn't have expected either yeast (the RR Brett or the Damnation primary yeast) to take hold this quickly in secondary. I'm not worried, mostly curious -- has anyone had secondary fermentation begin this quickly on a Brett beer?
I'm almost positive it's not just degassing, because it's accelerated over the past day and just has that "feel" of being fermentation. But, I wouldn't have expected either yeast (the RR Brett or the Damnation primary yeast) to take hold this quickly in secondary. I'm not worried, mostly curious -- has anyone had secondary fermentation begin this quickly on a Brett beer?