Sour beer thoughts

[Bigbre04]

Hey yall,

I am contemplating doing a kettle sour, possibly with goodbelly or whatever. I also have Sour pitch that i can use, but it is a little one dimensional. I would go through the motions but bring it to a boil for maybe 10 mins and then cool it down to roughly 90f? What would be a good temp for good belly? I would leave it for 24-48 hrs and then boil it off. i would likely tape up the kettle to protect it from extra funk. once it is funky/sour i would boil it for 30 mins and could add corriander or whatever(i have corriander, Grains of Paradise, bitter OP on hand) could also add peppercorns?

recipe wise, this is what i was thinking.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1613931/gose-
i can add as much dextrose as i need to to make it 5.3%.

This is my normal sour recipe.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1581138
I generally pitch the sour pitch and then finish it with fruit and voss.

I have blueberry, Apricot, and raspberry on hand that could go into this batch. i could also get citrus juices or whatever. i could also salt it.

Sort of rambling around with this stuff.

 

[Bigbre04]

I could also toss hops on this since i am not using Sour pitch. a touch of magnum and perle/fuggle maybe 14ibus total?

 

[Minbari]

Only souri have ever done was a kettle sour with lactobacillus. Set the heat for 100F over night. The next day started measuring ph till it was under 2..... Then boiled and fermented as usual.

I like the sour you get from brett more, but lacto works, and you don't need a full set of dedicated equipment

 

[Craigerrr]

my sour beer thoughts are "eeewwwww, just a hard no" ;-)

 

[Bigbre04]

my sour beer thoughts are "eeewwwww, just a hard no" ;-)

totally agree...i dont like sour beers, but i have to brew them.

 

[Dave Y]

I'd happily offer to help if I had any meaningful input, but I am firmly in the @Craigerr camp. Scum and Villainy are welcome in the Mos Eisley garage, but sour beer drinkers and droids are a no go.

 

[Minbari]

my sour beer thoughts are "eeewwwww, just a hard no" ;-)

Missing it man. Belgian flanders red sour is amazing

 

[Zambi]

I've only had a couple of tasters of sour beer and I actually quite enjoy them. But purely on a hot summer's day

 

[Bigbre04]

Belgian sours can range from Oh this has a hint of sour but lots of fruit and sugar(lindemans) to oh hey I can taste my teeth dissolving(Oud Gueze, flanders reds(some of them), and whatever other sours are out there in crazy belgium).

I am not a huge fan of sours in general, but i have to make them because the non beer drinking crowd finds them appealing. Atleast its better then seltzer

 

[Minbari]

Belgian sours can range from Oh this has a hint of sour but lots of fruit and sugar(lindemans) to oh hey I can taste my teeth dissolving(Oud Gueze, flanders reds(some of them), and whatever other sours are out there in crazy belgium).

I am not a huge fan of sours in general, but i have to make them because the non beer drinking crowd finds them appealing. Atleast its better then seltzer

Lindemans is not really a sour. Its a lambic, which can be sour-ish. I like the "warhead" sour ones. Some of the Belgian dark ale sours are good too.

 

[Bigbre04]

Lindemans is not really a sour. Its a lambic, which can be sour-ish. I like the "warhead" sour ones. Some of the Belgian dark ale sours are good too.

agreed, i can def appreciate the craft involved. Sours also give me absolutely massive hangovers similar to strong Trappist styles.