Pale Sour (all grain)

[akueck]

Another second runnings sour, sort of. Took the leftover mash from this Pale Ale and added 2 lbs Pilsner malt and 2 lbs white wheat malt with additional water. 1/4 oz Fuggles mash hop. Mashed for another hour.

Ran directly into the fermenter, no boil. Once it cools I'm adding a very old starter, which hopefully is still good, of White Labs' Berliner Weisse blend.

 

[BBBF]

What's the batch size?

 

[akueck]

I wound up with a little over 4 gallons. About a gallon of that was leftover water in the mash for the pale, and the rest was water I added with the additional grain.

Forgot to mention also that the mash temp for both was 150F.

 

[akueck]

Wow, it's been months. Forgot about this one a little, but pulled a sample today. Not very sour at all. I will contemplate how to fix that.

 

[Marshmallow Blue]

You could try pitching some of your favorite sour dregs? I've heard good things about Russian River Consecration and Jolly Pumpkin.

 

[YogiBearMead726]

You could try pitching some of your favorite sour dregs? I've heard good things about Russian River Consecration and Jolly Pumpkin.

Good luck finding any Consecration right now, unless you've got some stashed away. They're on Supplication right now...no telling when another batch of Consecration will be ready.

And FWIW, I think Jolly Pumpkin is more deserving of support. The guys at RR are kind of dicks...

Sorry for the thread jack! Gotta agree with Marshmallow though; toss in some funky dregs and let the good times roll! Orval works well for a slightly brett-y character.

 

[akueck]

Jolly Pumpkin is good but I don't find their stuff all that sour. Maybe the sour stuff isn't sold here? I feel like the lineup here is pretty darn similar to what I got in CA. I can't get RR here at all, which is tremendously sad. I would kill (a woodland creature?) for a bottle of Beatification, or heck even Temptation.

There are a few nice sours I can get here, but they run $20 and up for a split. I've dumped lees from a few of the more reasonably priced ones into the dark rye sour batch, but again none of those were particularly puckering. Gah! My wife suggested using yogurt, which I've done in the past, and it's starting to look more and more like a good idea.

I wonder if any of the New Belgium sours make their way here. I'll have to look around.

 

[skunkboy]

Jolly Pumpkin rocks...but I live down the road from them.... La Roja at about 5 years old rocks...

 

[skunkboy]

Have you been out to Ommegang brewery yet? Not sure Cooperstown is worth the visit...

 

[akueck]

Yes I've been to Ommegang. I thought it was *in* Cooperstown, but it turns out it's actually a bit (like 8 miles) out of town. I didn't actually look up the location, and some of the signs were missing. Found it eventually. ;D I enjoy about half the stuff they sell in the local stores. Some of the things you can get at the brewery were darn good though. Not sure when I'll make it out that way again...

I'm seriously considering just bottling this one. It's not bad, and I could use a light beer for summer. We'll see how motivated I get to clean extra bottles after the IPA is done.

I suppose I'll have to try setting a few bottles of Jolly Pumpkin down. I usually end up drinking them within a few months of purchase.