Allagash Brett Strain

[couchsending]

Did you take a gravity reading? I just did a small starter of TYB-184 that was from December. It was on a stir plate for 3 days with zero signs of activity, then I gave up and turned the plate off. Day 4 I had full Krausen. I've only pitched Brett into secondary, never even made a starter until now so I have no idea what is "typical". That being said I've heard each strain can be very different in regards to growth especially.

 

[cegan09]

I'm by no means an expert, but I've read that brett doesn't like stir plates as much. You either want it spinning much slower, or you want to use an oscillating shaker table.

 

[Brewddah]

I have not taken a gravity reading of the full batch. It's in a carboy, and I can see that nothing is happening. No airlock activity either. I did take a gravity reading of my starter, and it had gone to 1.010.

For the stirring, I had it on a much slower speed than I would for sacc. It also only spent a day there, and the rest of the week I would shake it occasionally. Then I cold crashed it for a couple days before pitching. It was 2L, and I only decanted 1L since it wasn't 100% flocculated.

 

[Biobrewer]

Brewddah, How did the Brettanomyces Bruxellensis - Strain TYB207 shake out for you?

 

[Brewddah]

Brewddah, How did the Brettanomyces Bruxellensis - Strain TYB207 shake out for you?

Badly it never fermented and the wort got moldy. Had to dump it.

 

[Biobrewer]

Badly it never fermented and the wort got moldy. Had to dump it.

Ah shoot! I assume you didn’t make a starter with the vial?

 

[Brewddah]

Ah shoot! I assume you didn’t make a starter with the vial?

I did, so I really don't understand what went wrong. The starter took off eventually, although it took a while.

 

[Biobrewer]

Yeah, the vials have about 2-4 billion cells, WL doesn’t (yet) concentrate Brett. If the starter took off, I’m curious and wondering why it wouldn’t get rolling on the main batch.