Trying to brew a one gallon berliner weisse-Tips?

[michaeledwardson]

Hi!
I'm new here.
I'm trying brew a one gallon all grain batch of a berliner weisse. I purchased 1.25 lbs of white wheat and .5 of flaked wheat. I'm adding .1 oz of US magnum hops tossed at 5 minutes of 60 minute boil.
I also bought the White Labs 630 berliner weisse blend.

I'm a newbie and have been really into drink sours. So I guess I'm looking for some straight tips as to getting this style correct.

If I mess it up, I won't be too upset, since I didn't sink that much into it. Either way, any advice is incredibly appreciated!

 

[doomy86]

By adding yeast and lacto at the same time the beer will not end up very sour. In my experience it is better to add the lacto first and yeast later. This is because the lacto likes it very warm ~30-40C and by adding it first you can give it a head start. Like this you can quickly (7-10 days) make a sour.

White Labs writes: "A blend of a traditional German Weizen yeast and Lactobacillus to create a subtle, tart, drinkable beer. Can take several months to develop tart character. Perfect for traditional Berliner Weisse."

Will be interesting to hear from you how it turns out.

 

[crane]

I wouldn't add any hops if you are going with a yeast/lacto blend. If you want hops then kettle sour with lacto only, then boil and add your hops then.

 

[michaeledwardson]

I wouldn't add any hops if you are going with a yeast/lacto blend. If you want hops then kettle sour with lacto only, then boil and add your hops then.

what about drying hopping late in secondary fermentation?

 

[Kent88]

In the future, please link to the manufacturers site when you reference your yeast: WLP630 I wasted 5 minutes typing about how I kettle soured.

I'm with @crane on this, no hops. At least brew and enjoy it that way once before you dry hop the heck out of it. You also shouldn't need to boil for 60min. I think berliner weisse is one of the styles where you can really get away with the 15 to 20 minute boil.

I kettle soured a berliner weisse a couple years ago. My advice, no hops, and if you don't like it while it is young than let it age for a few months. For the first few months mine was undrinkable and I almost dumped it. After about 4 or 5 months it was like someone threw a switch and it was great.

I have heard people say that adding lacto first, then brewers yeast after a couple days, is the way to go, like what @doomy86 is suggesting. You have your yeast so use it like it suggests.

 

[Nomofett]

Michael: don't worry, you don't need to link, it literally takes 5 seconds to type wlp630 into Google.