Kettle sour experiment

[Joewalla88]

Has any one tried this? I'm going to do a berlinerwiess, and I am going to kettle sour my wort by leaving it in my car for a day or two to take advantage of the hot weather we're having. This this will work?

 

[terrenum]

you can't think of any other place where you would get a constant temperature around 100F?

It could work but I assume it gets cooler during the night...

 

[crane]

What is your lacto source? In my experience you do not need to maintain that temperature the entire time. I used omegas lacto blend, Swanson's​ probiotic pills and good belly shots with success using the following. I chill to 100f then transfer to a corny keg or a carboy, ourfe with CO2 and seal it up. I don't do anything to maintain that temperature. Last time I did it in a carboy it was still in the 80s 24 hrs later with a room temp in the 60s. After 48 hrs the PH was down to 3.3. I didn't boil that batch to kill of the lacto and it was below 3 when I bottled​.

 

[Joewalla88]

I had it in my car for a day, and then moved it inside. I think I'll just put it outside when its hot out, and bring it in at night for the next day or two. Then pitch the yeast. I used yogurt and threw in some probiotic pills for good measure. I've used yogurt in a small 1 gallon fermenter before and it worked great, so I thought I'd try it again.