Hi all, this is my first post so go easy on me.
I have been brewing small batch beer (about 8L batches) for about 6 months, I've had good success with about 15 different basic brews, so I thought it was time to try something more complicated.
I am attempting an Orval clone using this recipe. http://byo.com/cider/item/3027-orval-trappist-ale-clone
The recipe calls for brettanomyces lambicus, my first time using this and I have a question about how to tell when it's ready. I racked to secondary at SG of 1.010, and pitched the Brett (WLP653) it has now been sitting in secondary for nearly 2 months, and it has in that time been continually but very slowly bubbling in the airlock, like once every hour or 2 and has been fairly constant like this for the entire 2 months. From reading about Brett in secondary I wasn't expecting any airlock activity, so I'm not sure how to know when it's ready for bottling. I don't want to bottle too soon as I'm scared of the bottles exploding.
Any tips from anyone that has experience with Brett?
Many thanks in advance
Joe
I have been brewing small batch beer (about 8L batches) for about 6 months, I've had good success with about 15 different basic brews, so I thought it was time to try something more complicated.
I am attempting an Orval clone using this recipe. http://byo.com/cider/item/3027-orval-trappist-ale-clone
The recipe calls for brettanomyces lambicus, my first time using this and I have a question about how to tell when it's ready. I racked to secondary at SG of 1.010, and pitched the Brett (WLP653) it has now been sitting in secondary for nearly 2 months, and it has in that time been continually but very slowly bubbling in the airlock, like once every hour or 2 and has been fairly constant like this for the entire 2 months. From reading about Brett in secondary I wasn't expecting any airlock activity, so I'm not sure how to know when it's ready for bottling. I don't want to bottle too soon as I'm scared of the bottles exploding.
Any tips from anyone that has experience with Brett?
Many thanks in advance
Joe
