Brett Contamination

[treacheroustexan]

Never used Brett in a homebrew before, but I am curious if I need to get dedicated equipment for it. I want to do an IPA, ferment it normally with Us-05, rack it on top of pineapple and then pitch some WLP 645 claussenni. Will it contaminate my auto siphon/PET fermonster/ and kegging lines or will I be okay as long as I clean them really good? I know plastic is cheap to replace but I'd rather not if I don't have to.

Thanks.

 

[Mainer]

Many people will tell you yes, you should maintain two separate sets of equipment.
That said, I have done a couple lacto batches and a couple brett batches and so far no infections. So... you and I should *probably* get a second set for our wild batches, but it's not 100% necessary, as long as you understand and are ok with the risk.

 

[treacheroustexan]

Many people will tell you yes, you should maintain two separate sets of equipment.
That said, I have done a couple lacto batches and a couple brett batches and so far no infections. So... you and I should *probably* get a second set for our wild batches, but it's not 100% necessary, as long as you understand and are ok with the risk.

Thanks for the input! I suppose I could at least get a second auto siphon just to be safe! Glad you haven't had any issues though.

 

[TandemTails]

I go through rounds of brett/lacto batches and clean sacch batches. After a round of brett/lacto I'll do a bleach soak on all my plastic and rubber before using it on clean batches.

I'm not sure if this is the best approach but it has worked so far

 

[Mainer]

After my brett/lacto batches, I just do a thorough PBW soak, then a thorough Star San soak and then I'm good to go. (Living in a cold-weather climate probably helps me on these points. I have a hard enough getting brett and lacto to propagate when I want them to, let alone when I don't.)