Blue moon clone to lambic?

[mcgster]

A few months ago i brewed a double batch of blue moon clone (from the thread on here). I kegged five gallons and finished it off last week, the other five gallons i had left in the secondary for a friend's wife. Turns out she is pregnant and no longer needs five gallons of beer

I have been wanting to brew a lambic / sour beer and ordered in a roselare blend and a lactobaccillus pack. I have to leave for three months on tuesday and its not looking good for me to fit in a brew session.

Would i have any luck turning this into a lambic/sour?

Thoughts?

Thanks,

Fermentables
Amount Fermentable PPG °L Bill %
4.5 kg Brewer's Malt, 2-Row, Premium (Great Western) 36.8 2 47.4%
3.6 kg Wheat - White Malt (Briess) 39.1 2.3 37.9%
0.9 kg Oats, Flaked 36.8 1 9.5%
0.5 kg Caramel Malt - 10L (Cargill) 32.2 11.5 5.3%
9.5 kg Total
Hops
Amount Variety Type AA Use Time IBU
42.5 g Hallertauer Pellet 6 Boil 60 min 19.27
56.7 g Hallertauer Pellet 4.8 Boil 5 min 4.1
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Temp Time
60 L Saccharification Infusion 66.1 C 60 min
-- Mash Out Temperature 75.6 C 10 min
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Type Use Time
10 ml Irish Moss Fining Boil 10 min
22 ml Coriander Spice Boil 10 min
59 ml Valencia Orange Peel Spice Boil 5 min

 

[MileHighBrewer]

Lambic it will never be, but you could make a sour from that beer! One of the best i ever made with a friend was a 3 month old blonde *kolsch yeast* that we decided to sour after drinking the other half. Worked out pretty weel, scored into the 40s twice.

I would not use roes though, there are better options around.

 

[mcgster]

Lambic it will never be, but you could make a sour from that beer! One of the best i ever made with a friend was a 3 month old blonde *kolsch yeast* that we decided to sour after drinking the other half. Worked out pretty weel, scored into the 40s twice.

I would not use roes though, there are better options around.

Thanks! Any suggestions on a bacteria to add?


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[MileHighBrewer]

East coast yeast if you can get it. Or just make your own blend! Lots of sources right now for lacto, pedio and brett. I have been very happy with the brett from The Yeast Bay. Maybe TYB Brussels + Wyeast pc brevis lacto, and bottle dregs. Diveristy and complexity are your friends. The dregs from many sours can really help you make great beer. Heck plain ale yeast plus a few additions of jolly pumpkin dregs can set you down the right path

 

[sweetcell]

roeselare isn't the worse place to start, especially if you have already bought it. i would add some bottle dregs for complexity. plus, it's an excuse to drink sours.

the Melange blend blend from the yeast bay sounds interesting (http://www.theyeastbay.com/wild-yeast-and-bacteria-products/melange).

 

[mcgster]

Here is what I have. Any suggestions or precious experience?


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[sweetcell]

what was the FG of this beer? is there anything left for the bugs to eat? if not, you might need to add some (for example, maltodextrin)

i would add all 3 cultures, unless you have alternate plans for the delbrueckii (the 677 might not do much given your IBUs, but can't hurt to add either).

 

[mcgster]

what was the FG of this beer? is there anything left for the bugs to eat? if not, you might need to add some (for example, maltodextrin)

i would add all 3 cultures, unless you have alternate plans for the delbrueckii (the 677 might not do much given your IBUs, but can't hurt to add either).

I was thinking the same thing.. why not all three lol

FG of the beer is 1.006 so there isn't too much for them to work with.

 

[Osedax]

That is plenty. You could add some maltodextrin if you wanted but, you should be fine. You are going to be pitching a lot of lacto. I don't think it will matter because, like sweetcell said, IBUs will kill most off.

I assume you already left. Hope this works out for you!

 

[IslandLizard]

Or add some fresh wort. You want to reduce the headspace drastically.

 

[mcgster]

I ended up pitching the lacto / roesalare blend before i took off.

Should there be any noticeable activity in the airlock?