statseeker
Well-Known Member
This is a two-fold question:
1. Does brettanomyces only feed on dead and decaying yeast?
2. Do you think that brett would eventually become the only yeast in a yeast cake of a Sacc. strain and a brett strain?
The reason I ask is that I have a yeast cake (plus about 1 inch of stout) of 9097 Old Ale yeast and now it has a pretty nice pellicle on it after I've left it for about a month without washing. I have a feeling the pellicle is from the brett feeding on the dead yeast and maybe some left over unfermented sugar. I want to rewash this yeast and maybe add a portion of the washed blend to a Sacc. fermented brown later on in its life.
1. Does brettanomyces only feed on dead and decaying yeast?
2. Do you think that brett would eventually become the only yeast in a yeast cake of a Sacc. strain and a brett strain?
The reason I ask is that I have a yeast cake (plus about 1 inch of stout) of 9097 Old Ale yeast and now it has a pretty nice pellicle on it after I've left it for about a month without washing. I have a feeling the pellicle is from the brett feeding on the dead yeast and maybe some left over unfermented sugar. I want to rewash this yeast and maybe add a portion of the washed blend to a Sacc. fermented brown later on in its life.