I took a gallon and a half of a Belgian blonde I brewed and pitched Supplication/Jolly Pumpkin dregs alongside WLP530. The next week I realized that there might be two problems. One, it's a high gravity beer. 1.070. Two, it's 26 IBUs. Does this mean the lacto and pedio don't have a chance?
It's already forming a pellicle and I tasted it, it has a very strong brett taste. If it never sours I'd be OK with that, because right now it tastes very much like Oro de Calabaza (one of it's parents). However, if it doesn't sour does this mean that the brett and lacto are dead? That would make me very sad because I wanted to use this beer to inoculate future beers, with microflora from two of the top wild breweries.
Since the original beer was mashed at 149, I was planning on adding some maltodextrin when I rack to secondary. If I added maltodextrin and water, could I bring the ABV and IBUs low enough for the pedio and lacto to work?
It's already forming a pellicle and I tasted it, it has a very strong brett taste. If it never sours I'd be OK with that, because right now it tastes very much like Oro de Calabaza (one of it's parents). However, if it doesn't sour does this mean that the brett and lacto are dead? That would make me very sad because I wanted to use this beer to inoculate future beers, with microflora from two of the top wild breweries.
Since the original beer was mashed at 149, I was planning on adding some maltodextrin when I rack to secondary. If I added maltodextrin and water, could I bring the ABV and IBUs low enough for the pedio and lacto to work?