Brett, how concerned should I be?

[GPP33]

I've never had a sour, intentional or not, near any of my equipment. I'm going to be transferring what may be a very interesting brett tonight from a keg to bottles for a buddy. How concerned should I be about cross contamination and being able to clean everything? The only things that will really be touching it are my gas in line, beer line/picnic tap and the rigid plastic tube I use to fill bottles.

Is this stuff the devil or does it clean off like any yeast would?

I'm thinking I should transfer it in the back of my property and burn anything that touches it but that might be a slight overreaction.

 

[masonsjax]

Brett doesn't make sours, bacteria does. Brett is just wild yeast (that can eat a wider range of sugars), nowhere near as small as bacteria and can be treated just like other yeasts. Just follow your normal sanitization protocols and you shouldn't have any problems.

 

[oceanic_brew]

Just make sure you don't get any of that devilish saccharomyces in there!!

 

[GPP33]

Just make sure you don't get any of that devilish saccharomyces in there!!

OMG, is that contagious? Will I die from it?

There are some places in the south where it's probably considered the devil.

Every brett beer I've ever had has been sour, a quick google looks like it's just that it's usually used with other beer ruining bugs. Now I need to find out if he has that crap in it or just brett. If there's Lactobacillus, Pediococcus or something along those lines am I back to doing it outside and burning everything? Not a fan of sours in case you haven't noticed....

 

[oceanic_brew]

You always run the risk with the microbes however there are plenty of Brewers who use the same equipment for their sours.

If this friend wants a sour so bad he/she should fork over some cash for a cheap bottling setup.

 

[StephanHaus]

I just got my first infection too, I don't want to throw everything away, I spent several days cleaning all of my gear

 

[ncbrewer]

According to the book Yeast (p 59), Brett can form a biofilm that makes it hard to remove. At best, it seems iffy.