lpdjshaw
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I'm going to split my 7.5 gal batch of Saison and keg 5 and secondary 2.5 with Brett then bottle. I've heard Brett does much better pitched low so was thinking I'd just put half the vial in. Any thoughts?
Split a vial of Brett for 2.5 gals OK?
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lpdjshaw
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I emailed White Labs this am but it's always nice to get real life experience to add to the knowledge pot.
I emailed White Labs this am but it's always nice to get real life experience to add to the knowledge pot.
SlapYoMomaBrew
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Are you fermenting the 7.5 in one fermenter and then splitting it after that? I would use the entire vile no matter what. Never had an issue with over pitching but under pitching can ruin the beer.
erikpete18
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If you've got another plan for the other half the vial, you'd be fine pitching just half the Brett into your secondary. Like a previous poster mentioned, a lot of people just use what little is left in the dregs of a few beers, so half the vial is probably more than enough. It will take a while to get the brett flavor anyways, so they'll have plenty of time to do any growing they are planning on doing.
That being said, if you don't have any other plans for it I don't think you'd screw anything up by pitching the whole vial. If anything, it might increase the level of brett flavors that develop so you might get to your preferred stopping point a little faster. I'd agree that you don't need much brett to get some funk after a while, but don't see any reason that more would be detrimental.
That being said, if you don't have any other plans for it I don't think you'd screw anything up by pitching the whole vial. If anything, it might increase the level of brett flavors that develop so you might get to your preferred stopping point a little faster. I'd agree that you don't need much brett to get some funk after a while, but don't see any reason that more would be detrimental.
