All Brett pale ale

[hpr89]

I'm too excited not to share.

I just brewed a pale ale with Vienna, c20, and victory.

30 ibus bittered with magnum with late additions of citra and mosaic.

I pitched a big starter of Brett. Anomala. I also added some Brett beer dregs.

I started at 67 degrees. I'm ramping up a degree and a half a day until I hit 75 or so. I'll drop it back down to 68-70 to hang out until I'm certain it finishes.

I want to dry hop with mosaic and citra. I'm also considering some light toast French oak soaked in a white wine.

Depending in the flavors I get from the Brett a. I'm considering a belgiany IPA, or an American brown ale on the cake.

It is going nuts right now. Glad I used the blow off tube!


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[youreanimpulse]

Sounds good to me. My currently tapped IIPA is Citra/Columbus/Summit and I oaked it for a week with white wine soaked oak chips. Super juicy and tasty, love the little bit of dry, tannic finish from the oak. Also the 3-Way IPA by Fort George (a local brewery, well, about an hour from Portland in Astoria) is my favorite right now and is Citra/Mosaic/Chinook. Brett will only make it tastier. Good choices!

 

[hpr89]

Thanks ! I'll keep my eyes peeled for 3-way. How much oak did you use ? What type of oak? I don't want to over oak a milder beer.


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[youreanimpulse]

I used 1 oz oak chips that had soaked in like 1/2 cup of Chardonnay for a week and dumped it all in including the wine. The chips were Oregon medium toast. I have read chips are more one dimensional and stronger than cubes, which I can't really speak to but I like the dimension they added. My beer is 88 IBUs and 8.1% ABV, so you could use less or maybe do less time. Taste every day until it's good?


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[hpr89]

I've got French, medium soaking in a white blend. I will go with an ounce and taste everyday. Did you dry hop?


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[youreanimpulse]

Yes, at the same time as the oak I did 3.5 oz of all three hops (2 oz was Citra) and it is hopped in the keg with Citra and Columbus, 1 oz each.


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[hpr89]

Excellent. I'm getting excited. I might toss something tasty in the keg. Great idea.


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[LesIsMore]

I brewed something along these lines last weekend with a big pitch of Brett Anomala from ECY. I used a little Magnum for a bittering addition and went with Citra and Galaxy at flameout. Before I'm ready to bottle, I'm going to hit it up with a 3 to 5 day dry hop of the same. The sample tasted great that I took the other day. I'm really excited about this one.

 

[hpr89]

Let us know how it goes!


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[hpr89]

Sampled the pale yesterday. I'm very excited. It's pretty dry, fruity and nicely balanced. The fruitiness goes great with the malty goodness. Victory was a great addition I think.


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[LesIsMore]

Nice. I just got finishing bottling mine and was very pleased with how it's coming along. I'll let you know how it is once it's carbonated.

 

[hpr89]

Update. My Brett A took 1st in the Washington state fair in the Belgian specialty ale category.


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