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  Re: Wort experiment (jeff)
  brett starter (jeff)


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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:52:25 -0500
From: jeff <climbzen at pa.net>
Subject: Re: Wort experiment

i love the idea, but i would think it would be better for one person to 
brew all the beers or for your club to do it together but using a single 
system to brew on. every person and every system  will make different 
beer even given the exact same recipe. they just did a brewing contest 
on the brewing network where every had to brew from a kit. they all got 
the exact same extract kit and they had to use the dry yeast that came 
with it. they said that every single beer was completely different. this 
just shows you how big a variable this is.
peace
jeff


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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:04:50 -0500
From: jeff <climbzen at pa.net>
Subject: brett starter

i'm getting ready to make my first ever brett beer. it will be a hoppy 
pale ale brewed with 100% brett c. i had planned on brewing this coming 
sunday so i started my starter this past saturday as i had heard chad 
(no idea how to spell his last name) from crooked stave say to make 
brett starters one week in advance in an interview. anyway plans changed 
and i won't be brewing till the following weekend. i do believe i had 
heard (probably in the same interview) that you can let a brett starter 
go indefinitely at room temp. this if i recall was for storage of the 
yeast not for starters. anyway does anyone know if i just let this 
starter go will it be fine to use after sitting for two weeks or should 
i add some more wort to it to keep it chugging. i had also thought this 
might be a good time to step it up since the starter is a typical sized 
starter for ales (one white lab vile in 1.75L of 1.040 wort) and i know 
for 100% brett beers it should be closer to a lager starter. anyone know 
how well brett will flocculate out if i crash this starter in the fridge 
so that i can decant the beer and add fresh wort.
peace
jeff

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