Imperial Kolsch... Not a good idea. Going to sour it

[brewinhard]

Thanks for your help brewinhard. You're the man!
I moved it upstairs. The temperature up there will fluctuate around 5 degrees per day every day but I think that will be ok. I also pitched the dregs from a saison dupont. Should I continue to pitch dregs as I get sour beers (once every 2-4 weeks) or is there a point where I should stop dumping stuff into it?

Unfortunately, Saison Dupont only has saccharomyces and no wild yeast or bacteria. So it will do nothing for your souring adventure...

[spiderwrangler]

As for the Dupont, it'll work in theory as the Brett will eat just about every remaining drop of sugar in there,

Am I mistaken in thinking that Dupont has no Brett?

Edit: Ninja'd!

[Ozwald]

I was thinking it was a blend. If it is just sacchro, you guys are absolutely right.

[spiderwrangler]

I was thinking it was a blend. If it is just sacchro, you guys are absolutely right.

Pretty sure the Saison strain from WL (and perhaps WY too) are supposed to be the Dupont yeast, therefore Saccharomyces ...

[brewinhard]

Yep, there is only saccharomyces in the Dupont Saison. No brett or bacteria.

[Ozwald]

Yep, there is only saccharomyces in the Dupont Saison. No brett or bacteria.

Well, before I sneezed in it anyways.

[spiderwrangler]

Well, before I sneezed in it anyways.

Eeewwww, Bozeman boogers...

[Abouttreefiddy]

Also, keep in mind that bacteria/Brett won't fix a massively flawed beer. If it just doesn't have the right profile you were after, the sourness can help, but if you've got just a plain bad beer the bugs are only going to make it into a sour bad beer that potentially is even less drinkable than the original.

I brought the base beer to a homebrew club meeting to find out what others thought about it. Surprisingly enough, I had a bunch of very positive comments. One guy told me that it was the best beer he tasted all day! (I know they would have told me if it sucked too) I think I just didn't like it because it didn't turn out the way I thought it would. Anyway, It'll be an interesting experiment. I'll probably bottle up 6 bottles of the base beer before the keg is empty to sample next to the brett beer.