I brewed my first kettle soured beer over the weekend and have a few questions regarding some of my gravity readings. Here is what I did.
Mashed a Brown ale recipe, sparged and collected 7 gallons of 1.050 pre-boil wort.
Boiled for 15 min. and IC cooled to 100 degrees
Inoculated with L. Brevis
Held temperature at 100 degrees for 36 hours, reached a ph of 3.8
boiled for 60 minutes, added a few hops and cooled
Checked my post boil gravity....... 1.030 ????
Did the L.Brevis create alcohol that I boiled off?
Did I use the wrong strain of Lacto?
Any and all feedback is welcomed, I'm stumped
Thanks,
Scott
Mashed a Brown ale recipe, sparged and collected 7 gallons of 1.050 pre-boil wort.
Boiled for 15 min. and IC cooled to 100 degrees
Inoculated with L. Brevis
Held temperature at 100 degrees for 36 hours, reached a ph of 3.8
boiled for 60 minutes, added a few hops and cooled
Checked my post boil gravity....... 1.030 ????
Did the L.Brevis create alcohol that I boiled off?
Did I use the wrong strain of Lacto?
Any and all feedback is welcomed, I'm stumped
Thanks,
Scott