Brett saison with spirulina?

[TrickyDick]

Has anybody ever brewed a beer with spirulina? It has a very "earthy" kind of flavor. The powdered stuff is nearly black, but is really dark deep green. I wonder if it would play well in a saison with Brett secondary fermentation. Wonder if the Brett would metabolize any of the spirulina.... Anyone??

TD


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[cjgenever]

Test batch

 

[crownsdown]

I've brewed with spirulina. I frequent Freetail Brewing and tried to replicate their spirulina wit for a saint paddy's party. I added the powder in secondary. It turned the beer a beautiful color of green, but tasted strongly of fish. It was undrinkable. I had to replace the seals in that keg to get the smell out of it. Use with caution.

 

[Talgrath]

I've never even heard of spirulina until now, but crownsdown doesn't make it sound very pleasant...

 

[secondbase]

Spirulina is really pungent. Use very, very sparingly because it tastes like pond scum. I worked in a vegan bakery that used spirulina as green coloring and we would make a paste with powder + water then very slowly add it in until the desired color was reached. Add too much and you're throwing the whole batch out.

 

[TrickyDick]

Yeah, it's pretty gross stuff. But I wonder what Brett would do to that gross flavor.

Maybe one tablet into a bottle of my finished saison with Brett age and see what happens.

TD