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Brewing a Nelson/Galaxy farmhouse style IPA with yeast from Trillium brewing. It is currently in dry hopping stage. 5gal batch dry hopped with 3oz galaxy + 3oz nelson sauvin pellets in a SS brewtech 7gal steel fermenter. I pulled a tasting sample after one week and the sample was bursting with...

I was really amazed by the level of funk in the prairie funky galaxy. Does anyone know what strains of Brett they use? Is it something they isolated in their own neighborhood or a commercial Brett version?

I wrote to Chad few days ago. This is what he wrote back: Hi, Thanks for reaching out! Depending the batch we use a yeast called Drie as our house Brett. We use the same strain for both beers. Depending the batch of St. Bretta we likely have a nice resident bacteria strain as well...

I am trying to culture dregs from bottles of St. Bretta and Hopsavant. Do they use different Brett strains for these two beers? Any input would be very helpful. Thanks guys!

I made a saison with forbidden fruit yeast (wyeast3463) and bottled it in corked 375ml Belgian bottles. I have never used this yeast before but would like input fellow brewers who had experience using this yeast. Generally, how does this yeast do with bottle conditioning and carbonation? Does...

Thanks for the replies guys. I managed to grow dregs from a bottle of st. Bretta. What the beer will taste like remains to be seen. Currently aging in Chardonnay barrel.

Has anyone had success in harvesting and brewing with dregs from Crooked Stave St. Bretta bottles or dregs from any of the other Crooked Stave bottles?

Thanks for the replies guys. You are both right. I should have done a small volume starter to see if I am catching any yeast from the air. Also, I have been researching on other brewing sites and many of them say that there maynot be airlock activity for weeks since the bugs maybe be slow...

This is my first attempt at making a wild ale. Basically, I made 5 gallons of wort, left it exposed to air in my backyard overnight and put and lid and airlock on in the morning. Its been four days now and there is no airlock activity. How long does does wild yeast from air exposure take to...

To close out this thread: I talked to my LHBS. They explained that sometimes hopunion bags may have been damaged during transport (really small tear or puncture hard) that may have ruined the hops. They replaced it with a new bag for free. This new bag was indeed very aromatic. Thanks again...

I just opened a 1oz packet of hopunion mosaic hops bought from my LHBS. I don't have any prior experience with this hops, but the hop pellets in this packet barely have any aroma. I was expecting a lot more aroma based on what I have been reading about this hops. Is it possible that the hop...

I have been attempting to grow up dregs from a jolly pumpkin ES Bam. I pitched in dregs from two bottles. After four days of no activity in the starter flask, all of a sudden the fermentation takes off vigorously with huge amount of bubbling and krausen in the airlock (still going). The...

I ended up making quite large volume of the starters and didn't end up using all of it, so there was some left over starter. I did today exactly what you suggested. I re-innoculated some of the old starters into fresh pilsen malt. I will let it ferment, do a taste test and then make a decision...

Few months ago, I made a Brett beer using Brettanomyces bruxellensis and Brett lambicus. The starters for those beers were sitting around at room temperature for about 3 months. I tasted the starters today and they were quite sour with a hint of typical brett funk in both starters. Is the taste...

Thought, I will close out this thread. In the end I didn't add vinegar but raised the temperature from 65F to 72F. That seemed to do the trick. The starter reached maximum cell density within 7 days

That may happen anyway since I am out of town for the weekend. I will check on it Monday evening and decide what to do next!

Thanks! excellent suggestion! I will keep it going for a few days more. I never saw any signs of fermentation so far, no pellicle or air lock activity. I will try what you suggested and post back here in a few days

I am trying to make my starter first brett brew using Brettanomyces bruxellensis Wyeast 5112. I added about 100ml Wyeast pack to a 1.4L wort. Its been 5 days with no sign of fermentation or activity in the air lock. Is the yeast really slow or dead? How many days do people normally wait before...

I am trying to brew a Berliner weisse with WLP630 Berliner Weisse Blend. Its currently on day number 7 of fermentation. The first two days I was fermenting at 65F. However, day 3 and 4, I was out of town and my AC broke down while I was away and the temperature got up to 90 for two days. I...