brett in secondary for two months bottling question

[shotfun]

i brewed a Berliner weisse and then threw in some brett and blackberries for two months. a secondary fermentation went down and then the beer was at 1.002. i bottled it and was wondering if it will be slow to carbonate. any ideas?

 

[doomy86]

It should carbonate at a normal rate. Just put it somewhere warm at ~20C.

 

[shotfun]

Thanks so much. When you bottle a beer that's sat for a few months should you ever add wine yeast? I heard this at a yak the other night.

 

[shotfun]

Talk*

 

[doomy86]

Some of the big breweries do add yeast at bottleing. I think the whole talk about having to add yeast comes from this. I never add yeast, even a 2 year old sour carbonated just fine when i bottled it.

 

[shotfun]

Thanks again. I usually make a couple twelve ounce bottles as testers so I can monitor what's happening. I popped one at 5 days because I was super curious. It was all the way flat. Other beers that I've had in secondary for a month usually carb up pretty quick. Maybe just takes the full 2-4 weeks.

 

[doomy86]

Good idea, if it really does not carbonate, you can still add yeast later.

 

[shotfun]

Makes sense. It's like they're all in their own little carboys.