Souring in a corny

[Otiluke]

According to this article http://www.byo.com/stories/techniqu...ll-grain-brewing/1723-sour-mashing-techniques. You need a container to hold your mash while it's souring. I thought that if I gasses the corny and dumped the mash in then I could make sure that there is no air inside. Attach a couple of brew belts to try and maintain temps. Any ideas on this?

 

[kbuzz]

eff all that...just brew a batch, cool to about 100 or so and pitch a built up starter of dregs from one of your favorite commerical sours...way less complicated.

Of course, I've also used the homemade lacto starter method...but combined a cup of crushed grain and 100 degree sanitized water in a mason jar and kept at high temps (80-100) for about 1.5 weeks...then pitched into a 3 gallon batch...let that get nice and sour for about 8 months, then blended back with 3 gallons of a 2 month old version of the same beer.

never used sour mashing though...

 

[bradjoiner]

easier just to cover your mash tun with a white garbage bag and push out the air a very small amount of acetobacter isn't going to hurt. you obviously could use the cornys it will take a few and make sure you disassemble them and clean them like crazy before you put any new beer in them

 

[kwadric]

I did a Berliner in a carboy with a ferm wrap set and a temp controller to 100F for 48 hours. It worked great and I didn't have to worry about my mash tun holding temp. I am doing a Lacto fermentation in a corny now. Cleaning the corny will be a pain, but I wanted to do the Lacto fermentation for seven days and keep the O2 out.

 

[Otiluke]

I should have been more clear in my post. I was thinking of using the corny to hold the sour mash. After a couple of days empty, drain, and add to the boil kettle. So the corny will only hold a few pounds of mash. I just don't think i have a better container to hold it.