First sour

[Rys06Tbss]

 

[dcHokie]

Once you see the skull, it can't be unseen

 

[Rys06Tbss]

I've got some larger pellicle bubbles forming on the surface now. Kinda wish I would have used Brett L instead or something a bit funkier.its slightly bretty right now. It currently has 2 la Roja dregs and a oro de calabaza dreg. I added the oak over a week ago, I feel it's over Oaked now though. It seems like that's all I taste. Hopefully it'll fade over the next few months.

 

[Rys06Tbss]

So this beer is almost 5 months now. It's very sour. I'm really digging the flavor. The oak came out good. Should I let it ride out or is there any reason I couldn't keg it now?

 

[fivepoundpossum]

have you taken a gravity sample? that should help you decide when to bottle. it it's higher than 1.004, i'd wait.

 

[kaips1]

So this beer is almost 5 months now. It's very sour. I'm really digging the flavor. The oak came out good. Should I let it ride out or is there any reason I couldn't keg it now?

If it tastes the way you like it and you're kegging I don't see a problem

 

[Rys06Tbss]

Well it's at 1.010 so I guess I'm waiting a bit longer

 

[kaips1]

Well it's at 1.010 so I guess I'm waiting a bit longer

When you rack into your keg, its gonna ferment a little more again. Most commercially available strains of Brett kick back into activity when transferred. This coming from both gave fletcher and chad Yakobson.

 

[Rys06Tbss]

I was looking to transfer to an empty keg. I currently only have 2 and both are full once again. I decided to transfer my cider instead of this. I might transfer this to a 5 gallon fermentor and make a third sour. I made a 10 gallon batch two Saturdays ago and decided to sour half of it.

 

[Rys06Tbss]

Still havnt kegging yet. Flavors are a slight sour cherry flavor. It is starting to take on a bit of an apple flavor which bothers me a bit. The pellicle is very light now. Think it's safe to keg then bottle?

 

[eastoak]

Still havnt kegging yet. Flavors are a slight sour cherry flavor. It is starting to take on a bit of an apple flavor which bothers me a bit. The pellicle is very light now. Think it's safe to keg then bottle?

you are bottling from a keg? why not just bottle it?

 

[Rys06Tbss]

Yes bottling from a keg. I'm fairly lazy and don't want to repitch yeast and wanted to have some on tap as well

 

[eastoak]

Yes bottling from a keg. I'm fairly lazy and don't want to repitch yeast and wanted to have some on tap as well

makes sense. you are keeping a portion in the keg, i thought you were bottling the whole thing

 

[Rys06Tbss]

This beer is sitting on the same yeast cake still. I've made it over a year. That's unbelievable. I have 3 beers I need to keg still so Itll be at least another month before I keg this batch.

 

[MattHollingsworth]

Have you tasted it recently?

 

[Rys06Tbss]

Last night. Tastes great

 

[MattHollingsworth]

Last night. Tastes great

Great!

Any other notes on the character of the beer?

 

[MollyHatchet]

How about a another picture, and did you reuse the yeast cake?


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[Rys06Tbss]

The beer has a distinct acidic tone. It has a great cherry flavor to it as well. There is a bit of funk from Brett as well. I oaked this beer twice. Once at about 6 months with a french oak spiral for about a week and once again at a 11 months for about a month. The oak is there, but its not over powering. All in all. This is a great beer. Im very proud of it. My problem is once i keg it, Im going to drink the crap out of it I have a feeling and Ill be without a sour for another 6 months or so. I have 3 sours currently. Ones a blonde with ECY20 , and the other a brown ale with ECY01 and Jolly Pumpkin dregs. The blonde has a nasty band aid taste to it. Im sure Ill end up pitching it, but I made it back in Oct. I want to see if the gross taste goes away. The Brown has a nice pellicle that has formed lighting bolts. Looks cool. As for pictures, You wont be able to see much... Its still in the same dirty ass Better Bottle. There is dried yeast from the explosive ardens I used

 

[Rys06Tbss]

So Im kegging this today. Is there any reason I cant keep this on tap? So should I just make a dedicated sour/wild tap?

 

[eastoak]

So Im kegging this today. Is there any reason I cant keep this on tap? So should I just make a dedicated sour/wild tap?

i keg my sour beer because i hate bottling and i don't have to drink a whole bottle if it's just me and the wife.

 

[Rys06Tbss]

I'm going to bottle maybe 6 bottles. This beer is great though. I'm really surprised the bugs didn't drop it any lower. It only dropped to 1.010 from 1.070.