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Adding sugar to Berliner Weiss after primary fermentation

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TheMarkWhite

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I brewed a Berliner with my neighbor and relied on his knowledge and didn't do any of my own research. We pitched the lacto and yeast at the same time . Lacto was a local batch from RVA Yeast labs and I used WLP011 yeast. The beer has been in primary for 3 weeks and I recently tasted it but there is barely a noticeable sourness. OG was 1.032 and it is sitting at 1.002 right now. Question is, if I add some sugar, is it possible that the lacto will eat it up and help the sourness some?
 
I'd imagine the yeast would eat the sugars up before the lacto gets to it, but I could be wrong.
 
If the lacto can consume maltodextrin, i'd put some of that in. Sacch won't touch it but some lacto and brett will chew on it giving you added sourness
 
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