Brett into anything?

[Sadu]

I always have a half gallon or so of beer that won't fit into the keg, and I also happen have a bunch of half gallon growlers that I don't use anymore.

I was thinking it would be cool to rack what won't fit into the keg into the growler, pitch some bugs, forget about it for a while.

Only bugs I have on hand at the moment is some Brett (in the form of a farmhouse sacc/brett blend), plus a jar of 34/70 slurry that decided to grow a random pellicle.

Are either of these going to work in a Manuka smoked robust porter?

My next brew is a Belgian blond which I mashed too high and will probably finigh high - I was thinking some bugs might be just the answer to dry it out a bit further than what the yeast can do and the farmhouse flavor should play nice with WLP500 Monastary ale?

I'm entirely happy to risk losing it, but if this is a terrible idea from the start then might as well let me know

 

[twistedjosh]

I would probably shy away from the smoked porter but that's just my personal opinion take it for what it's worth. Maybe just add some diced chilies to it? The blonde that was mashed too high, now that sounds like it's just begging for bugs and bacteria!

 

[Sadu]

Nice. I ended up with 2 growlers of leftover porter, and added the brett to one of them, for better or worse. Chillies to the other one sounds like an amazing idea. Defo gonna try that.