1st sour attempt

[BeBetterBrewing]

First attempt at a sour. Brewed a wheat base. Added gigayeast sour cherry funk yeast. Plan on letting it sit for a long while. Pull after a few months to second fermenter to add cherries to ferment for a few more months. Plan is to only pull 2.5 gallons off and brew the well heat base again and add the wort to the existing and keep that puppy rolling. Solera style.

Goal is to have a very sour, puckering type, to have.

any suggestions to get that puckering sour effect is welcome at this point.

 

[RPh_Guy]

any suggestions to get that puckering sour effect is welcome at this point.

Dregs

 

[OldDogBrewing]

I agree, adding dregs from a really sour and puckering beer should do, if given time to develop

 

[cactusgarrett]

IDK what the LAB in that Gigayeast blend is, but if it's lactobacillus, one way to get that over-the-top puckering sourness is to drop your IBU. 7+ might be high for a first iteration of this. If you shoot for 3-5IBU max, you'll get that tang pretty quickly. Then, once your solera gains momentum over time, you can start upping the IBUs to strike a balance, as the LAB will be more accustomed to the elevated IBU envrion.

 

[radwizard]

Isnt that blend just Brettanomyces? If you are just looking for more sour, I would get my hands on a bottle of Cascade and use those dregs. Theyve worked quickly for me and should do well with those IBUs you have.

 

[radwizard]

Isnt that blend just Brettanomyces? If you are just looking for more sour, I would get my hands on a bottle of Cascade and use those dregs. Theyve worked quickly for me and should do well with those IBUs you have.

 

[cactusgarrett]

The Gigayeast site says it's a " Blend of 3 Brett strains and Lactic Acid Bacteria... Fermenting with zero or less than 5 IBUs will allow souring to happen much faster (within two weeks) but will cause the fermentation to take up to 4 weeks to complete. "

 

[Steve-Ooo]

https://gigayeast.com/yeastandbacteria/sour-cherry-funk/Incase you haven't read.