Rebellious Lambic - AKA Old English October Beer...

[Garry]

Maybe shove it in the oven for 10 mins.
Then sit it starsan, let it soak in.
I have a couple of spare bungs in the car, all used.

I boiled it for 30min. Then dried it in the oven at 150d for an hour. That should sort it out?

[mr hoppy]

i assumed it's wooden?

[Garry]

i assumed it's wooden?

Yes

[donnchadhc]

Soak it in Starsan for a few days, or would that be detrimental to it?

[johnrm]

I think you should be good after the oven Garry.
A boil is only going to +/- 100c

[donnchadhc]

Pasterisation is approx 60 degrees for half an hour? The issue is getting all of the bung at that temp. I'd say that you did with that regime Gary.

[mr hoppy]

Ye are probably right - but remember wood isn't rubber or glass, brett can burrow the best part of a centimeter into wood.

[johnrm]

Are you saying that Brett had visited us already? You Charlatan.

[mr hoppy]

Who's to say between fills.

[LordEoin]

If the bung is has brett, then no need to worry about it because the rest of the barrel would too.

[Dr Horrible]

The way this yeast is going by the time it's done there'll be nothing left for any Brett to handle- mine is still trundling away, reckon a year in a barrel with this it'll be good and dry, maybe that's why the old style receipe worked out well.

[LordEoin]

When are these going into the barrel? Having this sit around for so long is starting to get annoying.

[johnrm]

Get it into secondary when it hits 4 weeks. Alain is only a week in, so the weekend of the 10th gives his three weeks, and should be ok for 1/10th of the batch.

[donnchadhc]

Mines in secondary a week, left a little fermentation to get a CO2 blanket

[johnrm]

10th doesn't work for Garry, but the 9th does (Fri).
Does it suit people to do this then? I can give lifts and bring beer if need be.
Ideally we want to get all beer in at the same time.
Alains should be fine at three weeks old.