Sour Cherry Kettle Sour

[LeeH]

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Sour Cherry Kettle Sour​

Electric Brewing Co
Fruit Lambic
5.5% / 13.5 °P
Provided by

@electric.brewing.co
All Grain

Speidel Braumeister 50L​

67% efficiency​

Batch Volume: 20 L
Boil Time: 60 min
Mash Water: 33.04 L
Total Water: 33.04 L
(0% diluted with 11.33 L My Town Water 26-2-21)
Boil Volume: 27.92 L
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.042

Vitals​

Original Gravity: 1.055​

Final Gravity: 1.013
IBU (Tinseth): 3
BU/GU: 0.06
Colour: 7.1 EBC

Mash​

Mash In — 66 °C — 90 min
Mash Out — 75 °C — 10 min

Malts (5.2 kg)​

3.8 kg (54.3%) — Loughrans Pale IPA Malt — Grain — 3.9 EBC
800 g (11.4%) — Crisp Pale Wheat — Grain — 3.5 EBC
600 g (8.6%) — Scottish Flaked Oats — Grain — 2 EBC

Other (1.8 kg)​

1.8 kg (25.7%) — Sour Cherry (Lidl Frozen Fruit) — Other — 0 EBC

Hops (10 g)​

10 g (3 IBU) — Simcoe 13.3% — Boil — 5 min

Miscs​

1.1 g — Baking Soda (NaHCO3) — Mash
1.7 ml — CRS/AMS — Mash
2.4 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash
1.8 g — DWB — Mash
0.5 g — Slaked Lime (Ca(OH)2) — Mash
4 items — Swanson L. Plantarum Probiotic (Lactobacillus) — Primary

Yeast​

1 pkg — Mangrove Jack's M36 Liberty Bell 76.5%

Fermentation​

Primary — 19 °C — 7 days
Carbonation: 2.4 CO2-vol

Water Profile​

Ca2+
42Mg2+
0Na+
9Cl-
48SO42-
24HCO3-
39
Mash as normal Boil Wort- 2-5 minute boil (no hops) Adjust wort pH to 4.2-4.5 to help protect against unwanted microbes and promote head formation/retention. Cool to 35 degC Add 1g/10 of Sour Pitch. Cover kettle with cling film, purge with C02. 1-2 days, pH 3-4 Boil for 2-5 mins. Add a small amount of hops for stability. Blend the frozen fruit and add to the FV at yeast pitch. Use a neutral yeast and ferment under pressure if possible Cold crash then transfer under pressure to a keg

Alternative - Add 4 Capsules of Swanson L. Plantarum Probiotic

 

[LeeH]

And we’re off.

3.2 pH reached in 24 hours, glad I checked as I was expecting it to take longer than the sour pitch, that takes 48 in my experience.

I never even lowed them pH to 4.5 with Lactic this time either.

 

[LeeH]

And extra bag of cherry’s are in now primary has finished.