Well today my friend Mike and I brewed a turbid mashed lambic. What a ***** to brew I must say. I'm just glad we had two people brewing. The mash was super thick and pulling wort out I basically had to siphon it out through a hose because it would have taken an hour to run a gallon out having .3qts/gal the first infusion. For the first strike at a mash temp of 113 I just used my hands to mix the water in with the grain because the temp was low enough and it was just easier to work it like dough. So many hours later we had two pots boiling with old ass hops until we could combine both pots into one.
One fermentor will get ECY01 one fermentor will get ECY20. They will be fermented at two separate houses which will help with the blending and bottling down the road.
One thing I was very surprised with was the mash almost solidified, it looked like and was sitting like a shrunken brick after the sparge in the mash tun. I'm thinking I'll brew another up as long as I have the space in about 8 months or so so we have something to blend with for bottling. This East Coast Yeast stuff is very aggressive and works fast. So these may be quicker than I thought even with the turbid mash. Only time will tell how the turbid mash affected the fermentability of the wort. All in all there were 10oz of aged old hops in the beer.
One fermentor will get ECY01 one fermentor will get ECY20. They will be fermented at two separate houses which will help with the blending and bottling down the road.
One thing I was very surprised with was the mash almost solidified, it looked like and was sitting like a shrunken brick after the sparge in the mash tun. I'm thinking I'll brew another up as long as I have the space in about 8 months or so so we have something to blend with for bottling. This East Coast Yeast stuff is very aggressive and works fast. So these may be quicker than I thought even with the turbid mash. Only time will tell how the turbid mash affected the fermentability of the wort. All in all there were 10oz of aged old hops in the beer.