Hi Homebrewers I did a little home brewing years ago but decided to get back into it with some funk. Three weeks ago I brewed a Rare Barrel Golden Sour base using a starter that I made from a bottle of CS Petite Sour and Hop Savant all Brett IPA. I also pitched a pack of Wyeast 1056 after a week. My OG was 1.046 and it is now down to 1.001 and is nice mild and slightly tart. Its also super sick from pedio. I racked it last night to secondary. I think I have way too much headspace so I think I will add some of the wort from the season I am brewing next weekend. Anyone have major pedio sickness during primary? Tastes fine so I'm not really worried and will be patient.
Sickness is actually most common when there are simple sugars in the wort. Nothing to worry about, the Brett will clean it up. Headspace in a carboy isn't as big of a concern as it is in barrels. The glass won't be any more permeable dry than it is wet (unlike wood). No harm feeding it some wort though, especially something a bit less fermentable if you want it to pickup some more acidity. Best of luck!
Did a rye sour with bug county. Ropey at 3 months when I checked in. At 5 months and beyond it wasn't. Hurried a saison with the rye dregs and it's ropey in the bottle right now. Don't worry about it. Will fix itself. Cherish the ropeyness.
Mashing hot is the best way to increase the percentage of longer chain carbohydrates. You can also add maltodextrin if you'd prefer (that's what I did for my first batch of extract-based lambic).
I fermented a petite saison with 3711 and pitched dregs from CS Vieille thinking I would get some Brett funk. After 3 weeks it's ropey. I didn't even realize they used lacto and Pedio in it. So now it's a waiting game but I just picked up some wine grapes from a local winery that I'm planning to add this weekend.
Tasted good last time I pulled a sample, still young. I try to ignore the sours as best I can, especially something like a lambic.
I guess I knew that bugs can eat through longer chained carbs, but I didn't know that maltodex would be a good food source for them. Smart.
