yoop89
Well-Known Member
Longest lag time ever! Is this normal for Brett blends? I made a simple 1 quart starter with some 1.030 runnings saved from the last brew(about a week ahead of time). I would swirl a couple times a day and by this past weekend it was down to 1.015 on brew day. Brew day went well. Ended up with 6ish gallons of 1.049 wort and pitched the whole starter @ 72*F, set the ferm chamber to 74*F.
Next day, no activity(oh well had some longer lag times before).
Day two, no activity, starting to worry the thermometer was off or something went seriously wrong.
Day three, glass carboy, no krausen and no bubbles. Never had a yeast take this long. Tempted to pitch new yeast but this was a competition beer and has to be re-created if it places so I decided to stick with it.
Finally! Checked on it before bed on day 3(72 hours post-pitch) and I had a small layer of krausen. Checked on it this am and had a nice healthy 3" krasuen and the ferm chamber smelled delicious as the starter did.
First time using Brett by itself so wondering if this is what I can expect everytime or did I just get lucky that it finally took off?
Next day, no activity(oh well had some longer lag times before).
Day two, no activity, starting to worry the thermometer was off or something went seriously wrong.
Day three, glass carboy, no krausen and no bubbles. Never had a yeast take this long. Tempted to pitch new yeast but this was a competition beer and has to be re-created if it places so I decided to stick with it.
Finally! Checked on it before bed on day 3(72 hours post-pitch) and I had a small layer of krausen. Checked on it this am and had a nice healthy 3" krasuen and the ferm chamber smelled delicious as the starter did.
First time using Brett by itself so wondering if this is what I can expect everytime or did I just get lucky that it finally took off?