MrFancyPlants
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I have been pressure fermenting with several white oak staves in my 15.5G topedo keg. I have used several yeasts and have been pitching on the leftovers from previous batches. I started out with kveik, then S05 from a kit(wish I hadn’t done that), and also Belle Saison. Last Batch with the Belle, I got 0 Belle impact, and 0 orangy kveik notes.
I did, at some point, pitch some dregs in hopes for Brett to come to the party.
I wonder if I got some killer champagne yeast in there? Not sure if Brett made it or not.
Another reason the batches may have been less expressive than I hoped is the vast over pitches by running batch after batch without cleaning the keg of trub and hops.
I am going to clean the keg after my current batch transfers out. And I was thinking to lightly bake the white oak staves to see if I can resuscitate the kveik character.
I was going to use the staves to inoculate the next batch. Warm the oven to 170(lowest setting) turn the oven off and put the staves in once it cooled down to 130. Maybe cycle through that a few times if they don’t look dry.
Should I only rinse (and not heat/dry ) one of the staves to preserve any Brett that might have made it?
I did, at some point, pitch some dregs in hopes for Brett to come to the party.
I wonder if I got some killer champagne yeast in there? Not sure if Brett made it or not.
Another reason the batches may have been less expressive than I hoped is the vast over pitches by running batch after batch without cleaning the keg of trub and hops.
I am going to clean the keg after my current batch transfers out. And I was thinking to lightly bake the white oak staves to see if I can resuscitate the kveik character.
I was going to use the staves to inoculate the next batch. Warm the oven to 170(lowest setting) turn the oven off and put the staves in once it cooled down to 130. Maybe cycle through that a few times if they don’t look dry.
Should I only rinse (and not heat/dry ) one of the staves to preserve any Brett that might have made it?