2009 Mariage Parfait

[admin]

Have a few bottles of this courtesy HQ. Trying to grow up the dregs. Any point? Is it too old?

[Will_D]

Have a few bottles of this courtesy HQ. Trying to grow up the dregs. Any point? Is it too old?

Never!

I believe that the RAF squadron (#8) that flew Shackeltons (Lancasters) into the 90s as Maritime reckon and SAR had a motto:

"Old Age and Stealth will beat Youth and Exuberance Always"

The squadron meccahnics were even know to take bits off a Shack in the Manchester Air and Space Museum!

Motto of the Lancaster: "Two million rivets flying in close formation"

[mr hoppy]

Can't remember where I read it but apparently when some one put samples of 100 year old Artic Ale under the microscope, there was nothing alive in it...

except the brett.

[mr hoppy]

Were you trying to build up a lambic culture?

[mr hoppy]

How long did you give it? From my limited experience it takes 6 months+ to get anything out of the brett in Orval.

[mr hoppy]

Try putting the dregs of half a dozen bottles into something else when you're bottling and then give it six months to a year.

[imark]

Keep faith... Dregs of two bottles of 3 fontein dumped into a demijohn last weekend...

[imark]

Sent it from tapatalk so can't see what it's like on browser. Will get better pic tonight.

[imark]

Ok. Here's a more useful picture.

[mr hoppy]

I'm accumulating dregs from lambics at the moment but I'd be trying to avoid culturing it up to much as the blend of bugs will favour the faster growing bacteria more than the slower growing brett.

[imark]

I'll be tasting this and I'll judge the flavour profile. My understanding is that the krausen is yeast and therefore Brett.

[mr hoppy]

Yah need some germs too! A lambic isn't a lambic without a massive blast of pedioccocus!

[imark]

I've taken that into account. Test results will be published.

[mr hoppy]

Definitely interested now.

[Ciderhead]

Yah need some germs too! A lambic isn't a lambic without a massive blast of pedioccocus!

Is that like athletes foot?