WilliamWS
Well-Known Member
So I've got some yeast that I pulled out of a bottle of Fantome going strong on my stir plate right now. It took a couple of days to show any activity but it's looking great now. I'll be stepping this up in a day or two and brewing with it in about a week.
My question for those of you who've done this is: Do you get much of the brett funk and sourness that I love in the Fantome out of a culture from the bottle?
I've heard that culturing from Jolly Pumpkin dregs you end up with a culture that's out of balace (I think the sacc grow faster than the brett) and using only the culture you won't really approximate the JP funk.
I'm assuming the same is probably true for the Fantome. I do have a lacto culture going as well and I could pick up some brett c. I was thinking of mashing, quick boil and pitching the lacto for approx 2 days or until desired sourness is reached (quick sour method I've used for berliner weisse). Then I'd do my normal boil (killing the lacto) and pitch the Fantome culture and brett c.
I'd really prefer to keep it simple, though, and if I can get the funk and sour from just the Fantome culture that would be great. So, what do you guys who have experince with this think?
My question for those of you who've done this is: Do you get much of the brett funk and sourness that I love in the Fantome out of a culture from the bottle?
I've heard that culturing from Jolly Pumpkin dregs you end up with a culture that's out of balace (I think the sacc grow faster than the brett) and using only the culture you won't really approximate the JP funk.
I'm assuming the same is probably true for the Fantome. I do have a lacto culture going as well and I could pick up some brett c. I was thinking of mashing, quick boil and pitching the lacto for approx 2 days or until desired sourness is reached (quick sour method I've used for berliner weisse). Then I'd do my normal boil (killing the lacto) and pitch the Fantome culture and brett c.
I'd really prefer to keep it simple, though, and if I can get the funk and sour from just the Fantome culture that would be great. So, what do you guys who have experince with this think?