brownni5
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Can one slant Brett strains and revive them after refrigeration successfully?
A couple years ago, I started slanting my yeast inventory - it's proved to be fun, easy, and cost-effective (especially since my nearest HBS is 3 hours away). At the time, I threw some Omega Brett C that I had in a tube, and it looks to have grown well. Shortly thereafter, I read that Brett doesn't do well refrigerated - that's always struck me as odd since dregs from refrigerated beers can be pitched and the Brett will take off.
Fast forward to now, I brewed an Old Ale with the intent of pitching Brett C in secondary, but my jar of my culture has gone acetic, and since this is the second jar of that culture to have gone acetic, I'm not sure there's much hope for it. Has anyone successfully grown Brett from a slant after 2 years of refrigeration? I can order more, I suppose, but would rather not if I don't have to.
A couple years ago, I started slanting my yeast inventory - it's proved to be fun, easy, and cost-effective (especially since my nearest HBS is 3 hours away). At the time, I threw some Omega Brett C that I had in a tube, and it looks to have grown well. Shortly thereafter, I read that Brett doesn't do well refrigerated - that's always struck me as odd since dregs from refrigerated beers can be pitched and the Brett will take off.
Fast forward to now, I brewed an Old Ale with the intent of pitching Brett C in secondary, but my jar of my culture has gone acetic, and since this is the second jar of that culture to have gone acetic, I'm not sure there's much hope for it. Has anyone successfully grown Brett from a slant after 2 years of refrigeration? I can order more, I suppose, but would rather not if I don't have to.