Bottling brett beer

[amartin]

Hi Everyone,

My first brett finished beer is done, I think. I pitched some brett B and L onto an oatmeal stout on May 21, and I think it's done now. It's FG is sitting at around 1.011, which I think is a little high for a brett beer, but the beer only attenuated down to around 1.018 or so before pitching the brett. It's been there since late October, and hasn't moved since. I just planned on bottling it like normal, does that seem fine? I'd figure after not moving for a month and a half it's probably attenuated as much as it's going to get. Should I just add the normal amount of priming sugar, and maybe leave it longer to carbonate than usual, like a month or so?

Thanks,
Andrew

[CartoonCod]

I'd give it some more time. Or if you don't want to wait at least bottle in thick bottles. Also, it might take a bit longer than a month to carbonate.

[Lucas]

I definitely second heavy bottles as a precaution. Maybe also move the fermentor somewhere a little bit warmer (~20C) for a week and see if you get any additional action before bottling, depending on how warm it is where it's been.

[amartin]

It's been in the basement, so it was probably high 60s through the summer, maybe lower 60s now. Where do you guys get heavier bottles? Maybe I should just wait another few months. It'll give me a chance to put an oak spiral or cubes in there, since I meant to do that a few months ago and forgot.


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[CartoonCod]

Anything with thicker glass will do, like the 500 mL picaroons bottles but the belgian bottles with the curved bottom are the best.