I currently have a lambic in my 10gal barrel that is almost a year old (6 months in primary, 2 months in barrel). I just brewed up another 10gals of my lambic because I noticed the liquid level in the barrel was string to drop. The new batch is currently fermenting away (currently on it's 3rd day).
My question is, is it better to let my new lambic batch to ferment for 2 weeks and then remove 5gals from the barrel and place 5gals of the new lambic on top, or should I let the new lambic batch ferment for 30 days, and then do the replacement.
I thought I read somewhere that since your barrel should already be funked up by the original batch, you can just let your new batches ferment for 2 weeks and top off your barrel with the new batches, and then it well get a jump start from all the bugs in the barrel.
Am I way off?
Thanks.
My question is, is it better to let my new lambic batch to ferment for 2 weeks and then remove 5gals from the barrel and place 5gals of the new lambic on top, or should I let the new lambic batch ferment for 30 days, and then do the replacement.
I thought I read somewhere that since your barrel should already be funked up by the original batch, you can just let your new batches ferment for 2 weeks and top off your barrel with the new batches, and then it well get a jump start from all the bugs in the barrel.
Am I way off?
Thanks.