Culturing brettanomyces from a bottle

[millyvfloyd]

Does anyone know a good off the shelf beer that you can culture brett from? I have access to things like anchorage brewing company and a ton of different belgium breweries. I made a saison a little while back and used the WYEAST Belgian saison strain but wanted to add a little brett funk to it. Thanks for the help

 

[BradleyBrew]

Rayon Vert Belgian-Style Pale Ale
Bottle conditioning with fresh ale yeast and Brettanomyces finishes the beer, adding a delightful effervescence, dryness and continuously evolving character.

 

[millyvfloyd]

Thanks for the info! I believe my store just got a new batch of rayon vert so I'll try making a starter this weekend

 

[BrewKnurd]

Orval.

 

[BradleyBrew]

that was a copy & paste from the greenflash website. I'm not that good at describing beers lol

 

[millyvfloyd]

No worries. I found a thread where someone cultured brett from a bottle of rayon vert. There's also plenty of info on orval so I may go with that. Thanks for the help though

 

[Coff]

Orval, Rayon Vert of course. But here is a pretty good list of beers worth harvesting, its broken up into "Beers with Brett+Bacteria" and "beers with brett"

http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2010/06/harvesting-sour-beer-bottle-dregs.html

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

Just keep in mind that brett does not grow as quickly as ale strains and needs a more acidic environment. Adding plain white vinegar to get the ph down to around 4 will help the starter take off quicker but still expect it to take a few extra days.