Hopefully this will be a simple question for people much smarter than myself. I did a 100% brett L. beer a few days ago, which is chugging along just fine, and my question is related to taking the beer off the primary cake after a couple months:
I'd like to get another batch of something different going next, and I plan on one of the pitches (after primary fermentation) for that to be the same brett L. i used for this 100% brett L. batch (WY5526). If I pull this 100% batch (~1.080 OG) off of its cake to harvest it, say, 2 months into fermentation, will I be doing any noticeable harm, assuming it's close to expected FG? I've read that 100% brett ferments (at least with lambicus) could take a few months to come into their own, but I'd really like to use this slurry instead of purchasing another pack (which may or may not be available).
I'd like to get another batch of something different going next, and I plan on one of the pitches (after primary fermentation) for that to be the same brett L. i used for this 100% brett L. batch (WY5526). If I pull this 100% batch (~1.080 OG) off of its cake to harvest it, say, 2 months into fermentation, will I be doing any noticeable harm, assuming it's close to expected FG? I've read that 100% brett ferments (at least with lambicus) could take a few months to come into their own, but I'd really like to use this slurry instead of purchasing another pack (which may or may not be available).