ocluke
Well-Known Member
1.5 days ago I began a Berliner Weisse in which 100% of the souring will take place in the mash.
Grains were mashed and the wort temperature was lowered to ~100°F. Unmilled grains were added in after the wort temp reduced to ~100°F to inoculate the wort. The temperature has been maintained at 100°F.
Here's my question:
When utilizing the mash for 100% of the souring, how sour should the wort get before sparging? I will be leaning on a sensory analysis for judging the wort because I do not have a pH meter.
It would seem that from a sensory perspective the sourness profile would need to be extremely tart for the concentration, due to the fact that the mash runnings will be considerably diluted in the finished beer?
I have about 5.5 gallons of water in my mash for a 13 gallon batch. Beersmith shows that I will fly sparge with 13.5 gallons of water to achieve a pre-boil volume of 16.29 gallons. This calculates to 2.79 gallons of the sour mash runnings transferring to the boil kettle. 2.79 gallons is only 17% of the pre-boil volume of 16.29 gallons. That's a lot of lactic acid dilution!
Grains were mashed and the wort temperature was lowered to ~100°F. Unmilled grains were added in after the wort temp reduced to ~100°F to inoculate the wort. The temperature has been maintained at 100°F.
Here's my question:
When utilizing the mash for 100% of the souring, how sour should the wort get before sparging? I will be leaning on a sensory analysis for judging the wort because I do not have a pH meter.
It would seem that from a sensory perspective the sourness profile would need to be extremely tart for the concentration, due to the fact that the mash runnings will be considerably diluted in the finished beer?
I have about 5.5 gallons of water in my mash for a 13 gallon batch. Beersmith shows that I will fly sparge with 13.5 gallons of water to achieve a pre-boil volume of 16.29 gallons. This calculates to 2.79 gallons of the sour mash runnings transferring to the boil kettle. 2.79 gallons is only 17% of the pre-boil volume of 16.29 gallons. That's a lot of lactic acid dilution!