English Brett Strains

[sprinko]

I'm so glad this thread has really taken off! After seeing all the interest here in the subject (and as my own interest grows into a serious hobby/mild obsession) I've decided to start a blog documenting my research into English Brett strains. There's a lot of info scattered around the web on the subject, and my goal is to condense it on this blog and provide a resource for others who want to learn. If you're a history nut like me, or you just want to learn how to brew these traditional beers, I hope this will be useful to you!

http://britishfungus.blogspot.com/

 

[mnick12]

We will definitely be doing this as well! If the B. anomalus and B. naardenensis are good on their own as determined through our evaluations, we will offer them as single strains. I have had 100% B. naardenensis fermented beer and liked it, but I am 100% confident via some sequencing I did that there was other stuff in the culture that was used and that I procured at a later date, so this pure culture from a highly reputable yeast repository will be a much better barometer for the strain. There's also a chance the culture used in the beer I tried is different than the one I am set to receive, so it could be different all together (for better or for worse).

I have high hopes!

I have the ecy naard, and while I have not used it in primary I did pitch a small sarter into the secondary of a flanders ale. All I can say is the starter smelled weird, but in a good way.

I am excited to see what you guys get!

 

[FermentedCulture]

Any updates on this?

 

[sprinko]

Unfortunately not. Me and @biobrewer attempted to culture many bottles of Gale's Prize and Le Coq, but with no luck.

If anyone lives in the U.K., do us all a favor by stopping by Greene King and swabbing their barrels. Or if you can find the 2007 or 2008 Fuller's editions of Gale's Prize, we could maybe isolate from that. Fuller's took much better care of that beer, leading me to believe there could be viable bugs living in those two vintages.

 

[Hanglow]

Marble have rebrewed Gales POA with proper yeast/culture from Fullers, so look out for that when it is released. They are ageing it in different barrels so it may pick up some other bugs too though

 

[FermentedCulture]

Thanks for the replies. Very interesting.

 

[Biobrewer]

Unfortunately not. Me and @biobrewer attempted to culture many bottles of Gale's Prize and Le Coq, but with no luck.

If anyone lives in the U.K., do us all a favor by stopping by Greene King and swabbing their barrels. Or if you can find the 2007 or 2008 Fuller's editions of Gale's Prize, we could maybe isolate from that. Fuller's took much better care of that beer, leading me to believe there could be viable bugs living in those two vintages.

Yes, I was unfortunately unable to revive a culture from either of the older bottles, always willing to give it a shot with another fresher one! I still have a bottle of each I believe, perhaps I'll give it one more shot when I have a little extra culture capacity!