Yup, mangrove jack west coast IPA. Mine took off slow, was muddy, weird. I think my ferm chamber had huge swing in temps. 80F in the day 40F at night. It struggled then I moved it inside and put it in a swamp cooler. It took off further and life was fine.
Yes! So it's lacto and actually isn't terrible in taste. It is sour but has a weird backend that says if I intended it to be a sour, then it needed more time. I was given the option to blend it with another 5 gallons of the same wheat recipe, give or take, with few hops but I was also told if I want to commit the time/space, I can let it ride.
I decided to let it go 3 more months and see what happens. If it is going the right way I'll let it go more, if not, I'll blend it and see what happens. I'm actually excited about it now. Another person tried it and said it was heavenly. He is a HUGE sour fan. So I think it's on a good track. I thought about starting a thread but I figured I'd wait.
Oh as for pitching sour dregs, I just asked Fins if that smokestack series Saison-Brett bottle was bottle conditioned. I thought about pitching a couple bottles of that and just f'ing with it. If not, I'll find a sour that has dregs and just pour a glass and pitch the slurry from the bottom straight to the bucket.
