wbuffness
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How many beers can you pitch a single vial of ECY20 into? If I brew 5 gallons of each; porter, brown and saison can I split it in thirds?
you probably could, but i suspect it will take longer for the beers to sour. you would be pitching fewer bugs per gallon, so the critters will be slower to reproduce and to create acids & associated flavors.How many beers can you pitch a single vial of ECY20 into? If I brew 5 gallons of each; porter, brown and saison can I split it in thirds?
Technically, if you pitch ecy20, wouldn't you be actually brewing an oude bruin, oude bruin, and lambic?
you would be pitching fewer bugs per gallon, so the critters will be slower to reproduce and to create acids & associated flavors.
I certainly do underpitch, but it depends on the beer. For something more cleanly sour like a Flanders I will do about a proper pitch. For a sour Saison or lambic I will underpitch the crap out of it.
underpitch sacch, or bugs? sorry, we've discussed both recently...I certainly do underpitch, but it depends on the beer. For something more cleanly sour like a Flanders I will do about a proper pitch. For a sour Saison or lambic I will underpitch the crap out of it.
Oh zombie thread, rise...I plan on pitching one bottle into 15 gallons. We will see what happens...
Oh zombie thread, rise...
How did this turn out?
Not him, but I pitched a single vial into 13.5 gallons and it turned out excellent.
I have done a few batches with Ecy20 from late 2014, they have all been very sour. I was using about half a vial for 5 gallons.
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