Aristotelian
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Never brewed with Brett before and thought I would give it a try. I thought I would culture up a few starters from a few beers containing Brett to have on hand. Started with dregs from a Bruery Saison Rue, described as a Saison with "hints of brettanomyces". I put the dregs in a sanitized 8 oz mason jar with about an equal amount of starter wort. It is on day 5 and I am not seeing any visible activity as I usually do, however it does smell like beer and has clarified substantially in the last 24 hours. Is this typical for a beer with brett in it? Is it possible that the saison yeast is dead but the brett is working? What should be my game plan here, add some other dregs (Orval? Jolly Pumpkin?) to this one, or culture up a bunch of separate starters?