From Berliner Weisse to Gose and points in between, quick souring is rapidly becoming the time-constrained brewer's choice for building pleasant tartness on a schedule. Unlike Lambics, which can take years to develop, quick sour beers only need an extra day or two.
In this course, Funkwerks Cofounder Gordon Schuck will teach you several methods to help you brew your own quick sour beers at home. He'll also demonstrate how to evaluate acidity in your sour beer and how to maintain the warm temperatures needed to promote the growth of lactic acid bacteria. Topics for this course include:
Introduction
Meet Your Instructor
About Funkwerks Brewery
Kettle Souring in Context
Course Overview
Quick Souring Overview Intro
Quick Souring Overview
What is quick souring?
Another Set of Tools
Unlike Mixed Fermentations
Get to Know Your Microbes
Souring Organisms
Saccharomyces
Brettanomyces
Lactobacillus
Classification
Homofermentative & Heterofermentative Lacto
Two Lactobacillus Strains
Lactobacillus & Lactic Acid
Pediococcus
Acetobacter
Detecting Lactic Acid Vs. Acetic Acid
Lactobacillus: The star of the show
Quick Souring Overview
Reinheitsgebot & Sauermalz
Malt by Weight
How to Use Acidulated Malt
Pros of Using Acidulated Malt
Acidulated Malt
Sour Mash Methods
Sour Mashing
Saccharification Temperature
Proceeding to Lautering, Sparging, & Boiling
Pros & Cons of Sour Mashing
The Advantages of the Sour Mash Technique
Avoiding Oxygen
Keys to a Good Sour Mash
Kettle Sour Methods
Kettle Souring
Steps
Pros of Kettle Souring
Pitch Rates
Pitch Rates for Lacto & Starters
Keeping Your Wort Warm
Temperature Control
Keeping Lactic Fermentation Warm
Measuring Acidity
Estimate Lactic Acidity
Titratable Acidity (TA)
How Do You Know if Your Pitch is Done?
Titration Kits
Measuring Titratable Acidity
PH Vs. TA
Additional Technical Concerns
Materials for Souring
Materials
Cleaning & Sanitation
Sanitation
Contamination Risks
Primary Yeast Strain Selection
Yeast Tolerance for Acidity & Fermentation
Re-Pitching & Flocculation
Quick Sour Beer Styles
Styles That Work Well With Quick Souring
Kettle Souring
Gose
Gose Recipe - Koriander und Salz
Berliner Weisse
Berliner Weisse Infusion Mash Recipe
Sensory Analysis for Sours
Blending
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