- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- Omega All the Bretts
- Yeast Starter
- None
- Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter
- None
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 7.5
- Original Gravity
- 1.066
- Final Gravity
- 1.010
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- 67
- Color
- 6
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 25 days at room temp
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 14 days at room temp
- Additional Fermentation
- 1-6 months in bottle
- Tasting Notes
- Best batch to date
My first shot at a 100% Brett beer to try and get a friend into homebrewing. Turned out to be one of the best beers I've made and scored a 35 and took 3rd in the AWA category in a local competition when it was young. Now that it's aged a bit in the bottle, it's become something worth sharing.
I BIAB'd this batch in a 15 gallon kettle with 65% eff. I ended up with 7.5 gallons finished to split with my co-brewer.
Mashed at 151 for 60 mins.
Mashout at 170 for 10 mins.
60 min. boil.
Grain:
2 Row: 50%
White Wheat: 21%
Vienna: 21%
Acid Malt: 4%
CaraPils: 4%
Hops:
1lb total of Belma
1.5 oz FWH
8 oz whirlpool for 30 mins.
4.4 oz dry hop for 7 days
Chilled to 70 and pitched a single packet of Omega All the Bretts for the 7.5 gallon batch. I DID NOT build a starter which was key to this beer developing great flavors of funk and barnyard. Stressing out the yeast really brought out the strawberry flavors of the Belma and this beer tastes like funky strawberries. The brett strips all bitterness on this one so it is really fruit forward and really just a great beer.
For a 5 gallon batch, I would pitch half a packet of yeast and save the other half for a future batch. Primary fermentation will take three-four weeks. After primary fermentation I dry hopped and bottled.
Bottled and bottle conditioned to 2.3 vol/co2. After a few weeks in the bottle, things tasted good, but the key to this one is patience. At 6 months, this beer has been tasting amazing. Even people who don't usually enjoy brett beers, or hoppy beers, have said this one is a keeper.
For future brews, I might consider dropping the CaraPils and upping the wheat. Definitely will be doing this again with other hop varieties.
Would love to hear others' feedback or mods on this one.
I BIAB'd this batch in a 15 gallon kettle with 65% eff. I ended up with 7.5 gallons finished to split with my co-brewer.
Mashed at 151 for 60 mins.
Mashout at 170 for 10 mins.
60 min. boil.
Grain:
2 Row: 50%
White Wheat: 21%
Vienna: 21%
Acid Malt: 4%
CaraPils: 4%
Hops:
1lb total of Belma
1.5 oz FWH
8 oz whirlpool for 30 mins.
4.4 oz dry hop for 7 days
Chilled to 70 and pitched a single packet of Omega All the Bretts for the 7.5 gallon batch. I DID NOT build a starter which was key to this beer developing great flavors of funk and barnyard. Stressing out the yeast really brought out the strawberry flavors of the Belma and this beer tastes like funky strawberries. The brett strips all bitterness on this one so it is really fruit forward and really just a great beer.
For a 5 gallon batch, I would pitch half a packet of yeast and save the other half for a future batch. Primary fermentation will take three-four weeks. After primary fermentation I dry hopped and bottled.
Bottled and bottle conditioned to 2.3 vol/co2. After a few weeks in the bottle, things tasted good, but the key to this one is patience. At 6 months, this beer has been tasting amazing. Even people who don't usually enjoy brett beers, or hoppy beers, have said this one is a keeper.
For future brews, I might consider dropping the CaraPils and upping the wheat. Definitely will be doing this again with other hop varieties.
Would love to hear others' feedback or mods on this one.
