Brewing a wheat beer with Brett??

[HaNcOcK25]

As anyone ever tried making a sour wheat brew? Can it be done? Will Brett ferment with that kind of brew?

 

[HaNcOcK25]

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[bruin_ale]

Brett will eat anything that Sacc will eat and also many of the starches and longer sugars that regular yeast won't/can't eat. In fact, many sour beers are made with wheat (lambics, beliners, of the top of my head)

 

[corkybstewart]

Look for Jolly Pumpkin Bam Wheat. It's an excellent example of a wheat brett beer. I've don it before, it makes a very tasty summer brew.

 

[HaNcOcK25]

Thanks for the info! Good to kno. Cause me and my brother brewed a lemon wheat on Thursday and still not really fermenting like I thought it would with brett

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

When you pitch only brett, and it sounds like that's what you did, you really need to overpitch. Otherwise it's going to take a very, very long time to ferment out.

 

[HaNcOcK25]

Would you recommend doing anything or is it too late??

 

[jaysbrewing]

sounds like a berliner wiess (or how ever you spell it). It has its own specs, 17A I believe.

 

[bruin_ale]

When you pitch only brett, and it sounds like that's what you did, you really need to overpitch. Otherwise it's going to take a very, very long time to ferment out.

Not being combative, are you sure? Everything I've read about 100% Brett beers is that the ferment goes very quickly, almost exactly like Sacc except usually a little slower to clear.