Jeepaholic
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I bought a pack of 5112 and have stepped it up with 2, 2 litre starters. I don't really have a plan for it and I am wondering what should I do with it? What would be a good beer to make with that much Brett B?
I am going to do a simple Sasion style grain bill with some Citra and Simcoe hops.
12 pounds of pilsner, 3.5 pounds each of flaked corn and wheat. ~35 ibu with a half ounce of each hop at 20 and 2 mins.
I'm hoping that is for 10 gallons. For 5 gallons that is going to put you over 1.100. Brett as the primary yeast is not super-attenuative, and you will end up with a sweet beer, even if you mash low. You might want to replace some of the malt with some sugar to help dry it out.
If it is a 10 gallon batch it sounds fine, not overpowering with the hops. I usually go with English or noble hops so they don't interfere with the Brett flavors. I think this should be subdued enough.
If you have any Aromatic or Melanoiden, it will help give a little more malt flavor, or alternatively some Munich or Vienna.
The plan was for that to be a 6 gallon batch. My software puts it at 1.097 OG. That puts it right at the 12% ABV that Wyeast shows for it. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I thought Brett would finish with a very low FG as it tends to dry beers out.
As far as hops I have a couple pounds of German hallartau I could use instead.
Brett B can be very sensitive to the sterilization properties of hops. There is a reason why there are not too many hoppy sour beers, as most, including Orval are simply dry hopped.
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