Cider to Beer

[sacandagabrewing]

Hey All! So I have a pretty unique sour culture that has been gathered from various sources. I am currently using it in a sour cider. What would I need to do to switch it over to being used in beer again. Should i put it in a small starter just to get used to the complex sugars or can I just pour the fresh wort onto the cake and see what happens? Appreciate all of the help!

 

[VikeMan]

IMO it couldn't hurt to feed it some beerish wort first. OTOH, it might be interesting to see what it does with a full batch of beer wort first and see how that changes in subsequent batches. If it has been through a bunch of ciders (fructose, glucose, sucrose), I'd bet that the proportions of yeast/bugs might change somewhat after growing on different media. What's in your blend?

 

[sacandagabrewing]

IMO it couldn't hurt to feed it some beerish wort first. OTOH, it might be interesting to see what it does with a full batch of beer wort first and see how that changes in subsequent batches. If it has been through a bunch of ciders (fructose, glucose, sucrose), I'd bet that the proportions of yeast/bugs might change somewhat after growing on different media. What's in your blend?

That’s not a bad idea. Maybe just put in a 1000ml of wort beforehand just to get it going.

I really like it, it started as the Bootleg Milk The Funk Megablend and then from there, it got a lot of various dregs. I’d say it’s probably 3/4 Jolly Pumpkin and 1/4 various breweries!