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Hello All, I'm working on getting better results from my sour beers, and in that effort I had a Ward Labs water test done. Overall, I don't think my water is terrible, but I'm not sure exactly what would be the best practice for my future water adjustments? My Total Alkalinity (CaCO3) is 144...

Thank you for sharing your expertise, DrKnow. This culture sprouted some fine white mold, so you called it as not likely being good. What would you recommend as the best practice to maintain bottle dregs cultures? I have a stir plate, but I've read that will most likely just grow up the sacc...

I just gave it a smell. So far, it still has the a sweet wort smell, not getting any acid hit from it yet. Should I just dump this, or should I look for a pH/gravity drop and taste it?

Hi all, What do you think this is? I have some bottle dregs I poured into 125ml of 1.020 wort. It has been sitting for 7 days. I read one person saying these dregs yielded a low pH wort with minimal attenuation, so I'm wondering if this growth is some sort of Pediococcus exocellular...

Hi, Thanks for the input. It tasted fine, so I went ahead and dry Hopped and bottled.. As for the "fast sour" method, I cooled the wort to 120, and then ran it into two 1 gallon carboys (old apple juice bottles). I know running hot wort into glass is not best practice and can be dangerous...

Is this an infection? I fast soured in a 1 gallon carboy and then pitched WLP001. It reached high krausen in about 8 hours after pitching and is now at 1.015. it doesn't taste or smell bad, but it has this on top of it. Sorry for the condensation on the glass in the picture.