Brettanomyces in secondary problem?

[stru]

I brewed a Belgian-Style pale ale a couple of months ago, racked and added brett. Today I noticed that the airlock is sitting flat... like there's nothing in the carboy. I can see some brett floating at the top of the beer but the lack of pressure in the airlock has me worried. My two other brett aged beers show no sign of airlock drop at all, and they are much older. Ideas? Carboy is glass, bung had a great seal, airlock is new.

 

[dantheman13]

If there isn't enough sugar left over for the Brett to ferment, then not producing a lot of CO2 sounds normal. I suppose there is a possibility that your Brett is dead, but I don't think that no active CO2 blow off is a good way to tell if it is or not.

 

[stru]

Will it stay in suspension when dead?

 

[Coff]

Take a gravity reading, its the only way to know if things are moving along as planned. Brett is pretty hardy, I doubt its dead but stranger things have happened.

Pull a sample and check the gravity, and give it a taste while youre at it.