drpepper517
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Hey all- new to the site but I've been homebrewing for a bit now, from Tel Aviv if you ever want good beer around here, come say hi!
My question is this:
I mostly followed this guy's post on how to capture wild yeast.
mutedog.beer/blog/how-to-harvest-wild-yeast/
We have a huge outdoor market so I grabbed some dates, cherries and one grape and one lychee and tossed it on into a ~1.030 wort. I forgot the hop it initially. Within a few days I had bubbles and fermentation so I removed the fruit solids. I'm going to give it a few weeks to ferment out but it has an incredible sour smell!
I don't mind sour but I want to know what to do next. Is it possible I have a lactobacillus strain with little to no yeast? In that case should I give sour kettling a go? I don't want to end up with a krausen and a mess in my brew kettle if there is yeast present. If it's yeast and lactobacilus combo would a step up starter be able to help determine what's in there? Or is the best method to "co-pitch" it with a yeast strain (I was thinking Belle Saison) into unhopped wort and see what happens? Thanks all!
My question is this:
I mostly followed this guy's post on how to capture wild yeast.
mutedog.beer/blog/how-to-harvest-wild-yeast/
We have a huge outdoor market so I grabbed some dates, cherries and one grape and one lychee and tossed it on into a ~1.030 wort. I forgot the hop it initially. Within a few days I had bubbles and fermentation so I removed the fruit solids. I'm going to give it a few weeks to ferment out but it has an incredible sour smell!
I don't mind sour but I want to know what to do next. Is it possible I have a lactobacillus strain with little to no yeast? In that case should I give sour kettling a go? I don't want to end up with a krausen and a mess in my brew kettle if there is yeast present. If it's yeast and lactobacilus combo would a step up starter be able to help determine what's in there? Or is the best method to "co-pitch" it with a yeast strain (I was thinking Belle Saison) into unhopped wort and see what happens? Thanks all!