Can I cap a sour beer?

[jdawgh76]

Not thinking i capped a beer I dosed with 4 bottles of sour dregs. I actually corked about half but capped the rest. Do sour beers need to be corked so excess gas can escape?

 

[Dynachrome]

Do you have Rubbermaid containers you could use to house your bottles while they condition?

If you are worried about bottle bombs, that would at least keep the mess in.

I've had some unintentional sours that the caps have bulged on. I put them in the fridge - haven't had one blow in there yet, but I'm not sure if I'm understanding - do you need an infection to progress to finish? The fridge might completely stop it.

 

[ksbrain]

No a cork doesn't let gas out any more than a cap does. If fermentation's complete, there's nothing to worry about. If it's not, then the corked bottles are as much a hazard as the capped ones. Maybe even more if the cage is a more secure holder than the cap. Unless the corked bottles are thicker and good to a higher pressure.

 

[jdawgh76]

I brewed an all-grain tripel and fermented down to 1.010. I transfered to secondary and dosed with 4 bottle dregs. after 2 months it had some funk to it and hydrometer read 1.006, so it was fermenting. I know brett continues to eat down to nothing.