September 17, 2009
Pulled a sample of Wallonia....
- gravity down to 1.012
- getting clearer w/ fruity lemons and orange on the nose
- sample has a sharpness to it with dry, husky, sweet malt and dried fruit
- very dry on the finish but overall still on the sweet side
- at this point it has been in the primary for over 50 days!!!
September 27, 2009
Finally transferred the Wallonia today. All in all in spent 64 days in the primary!! To me that is crazy and scary on many levels, but this sucker just would not ferment. The sample at transfer is just a hair over 1.010. I had hoped it would be more like 1.006, but I still got over 86% attenuation.
And now that it is finally transferred into the secondary, it is finally time to break out the big, bad brett!! I'm splitting the package of brettanomyces claussenii, so the 2.5 gallons of Two Medicine has been patiently waiting for this day.
I split open the package and split the yeast evenly ~ 100 ml each. Wow, brett smelled amazing with sour pineapples and thick fruity nose; color is muddy dark yellow.
Now the waiting game begins for the brett to do its thing and I’ll bottle in maybe 5 months?
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