Brett pellicle?

[Electrake]

Vial of Brett pitched 1 week ago, yesterday it was clear and today this! Doesn't look like any Brett pellicle I've seen before however

 

[Electrake]

This has become fairly thick, like a krausen. I'm crossing fingers for a brett krausen

 

[Dcpcooks]

It does look like a krausen and brett can do that. What was the og and gravity at transfer? When was it brewed?

 

[Electrake]

brewed a week ago yesterday, OG was 1.062. It's more of an experiment, 20 gallon brew put into 4 carboys each with a different yeast. I've used brett a few times, but never as the primary yeast.

 

[Dcpcooks]

You still have a lot of sugars for the brett. I think your fine and it's just a krausen

 

[Electrake]

Cool, thanks for the input. Brett is the primary yeast this fermentation, and I do understand their reproduction and fermentation phases are drastically longer than servo. It's going to be an IPA, just need to decide if i want to hop on krausen or not...

 

[twistedjosh]

I usually let my Brett IPAs go for 3 to 4 weeks then dry hop before transferring to keg. I find that this leaves a lot of the hop character that would otherwise be scrubbed by the fermentation

 

[Electrake]

I usually let my Brett IPAs go for 3 to 4 weeks then dry hop before transferring to keg. I find that this leaves a lot of the hop character that would otherwise be scrubbed by the fermentation

The consideration for myself was a double dry hop. This is at the brewery I work at, so I'm not worried about the cost of the hops lol.