bmsteele
Active Member
I used lacto for the first time last week in a Berliner Weiss- I pitched the lacto first and waited a few days to pitch ale yeast.
OG was 1036 and it was at 1004 when I pitched the ale yeast. I had a holy crap moment realizing there was NOTHING for the ale yeast to consume (on top of the possibility that the PH is too low for the yeast...). I guess I made the lacto pretty stinkin happy as I kept the carboy at around 90* for those first days.
Then I had another oh holy crap moment- lacto doesn't produce alcohol does it? So I'm thinking I'll make some extra wort and toss that in there and hopefully not end up with BW soda. Will that work?
OG was 1036 and it was at 1004 when I pitched the ale yeast. I had a holy crap moment realizing there was NOTHING for the ale yeast to consume (on top of the possibility that the PH is too low for the yeast...). I guess I made the lacto pretty stinkin happy as I kept the carboy at around 90* for those first days.
Then I had another oh holy crap moment- lacto doesn't produce alcohol does it? So I'm thinking I'll make some extra wort and toss that in there and hopefully not end up with BW soda. Will that work?