Flanders Red by JZ

[cmgray]

Here's a question I can't seem to find an answer on, hopefully I just haven't missed it.

When you frement with 001 first and then add the bugs, do you rack it after the initial fermentation or just pitch the blend and let it sit on the yeast for the entire aging period?

If you just pitch the blend without pre-fermenting it, I'm assuming you just let it go for the whole time even though there's regular yeast in there?

I'm hoping to do one of each and then at I'll have 2 to compare and blend. Should be fun.

[Mylo]

cmgray.... another noob from Flagstaff? Man, Geistbier is doing some BN marketing, man. That's like 3 new Flagstaffians in 3 months.

Welcome aboard, brotha. Headed your way to brew for the next few months.


Mylo

[jamilz]

Here's a question I can't seem to find an answer on, hopefully I just haven't missed it.

When you frement with 001 first and then add the bugs, do you rack it after the initial fermentation or just pitch the blend and let it sit on the yeast for the entire aging period?

If you just pitch the blend without pre-fermenting it, I'm assuming you just let it go for the whole time even though there's regular yeast in there?

I'm hoping to do one of each and then at I'll have 2 to compare and blend. Should be fun.

Rack it off the 001 and add the bugs. If you go with just the blend, then after the initial yeast fermentation is done, rack off of that into another vessel. The amount of yeast after growth is too much to leave in the beer.

[cmgray]

Gracias JZ, that makes sense.

@MyloFiore

I've been brewing and listening to the BN for about a year and a half, so not a complete noob. Just don't do a lot of posting.

But the weather here is very conducive to brewing at the moment!

[dresselbrew]

Here's a question I can't seem to find an answer on, hopefully I just haven't missed it.

When you frement with 001 first and then add the bugs, do you rack it after the initial fermentation or just pitch the blend and let it sit on the yeast for the entire aging period?

If you just pitch the blend without pre-fermenting it, I'm assuming you just let it go for the whole time even though there's regular yeast in there?

I'm hoping to do one of each and then at I'll have 2 to compare and blend. Should be fun.

Rack it off the 001 and add the bugs. If you go with just the blend, then after the initial yeast fermentation is done, rack off of that into another vessel. The amount of yeast after growth is too much to leave in the beer.

Damn I didn't know that. I didn't rack off the blend yet and just added the oak cubes last weekend. Think I should rack this weekend then? It will be two weeks since I brewed it this weekend. Also should I just retrieve the oak cubes or add new?

[jamilz]

Two weeks is no big deal. You can leave it in there for a month or two without any real problem.

[herbaljoe]

This may be a dumb question, but is it still a good idea to make a starter when using the Roeselare blend? I'm planning on brewing one of these using only the Roeselare and no regular yeast, so I assumed a starter would be good. But I was starting to wonder if maybe this would cause certain bugs to grow more than others and offset the balance of the blend.

[jamilz]

I've always avoided making a starter with the blend.