Brettanomyces/Orval yeast question

phirleh · Post by **phirleh** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:44 pm

I know the brettanomyces yeast is pretty hardy and can easily stay on unsanitized equipment and wood, is it still viable in older bottles of Orval, or do you need fresh ones?

markaberrant · Post by **markaberrant** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:47 pm

It might take a little longer for them to do their thing, you could make a small starter first.

How old are we talking?

phirleh · Post by **phirleh** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:39 pm

markaberrant wrote:How old are we talking?

Mine are over a year (I've heard when you harvest dregs you want it younger than 5 months or so for regular bottle conditioning yeast), I may just grab one in the stores, they are only a few months old.

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:30 pm

phirleh wrote:
markaberrant wrote:How old are we talking?
Mine are over a year (I've heard when you harvest dregs you want it younger than 5 months or so for regular bottle conditioning yeast), I may just grab one in the stores, they are only a few months old.

the orval we have in stores right now is prime for culturing bret b. if you miss out just let me know, i have a cake of it.