Oenococcus oeni

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Message CLevar places 23 º 08:32 Tue 8/4/2015 Did you try any? (Smell or taste?)
Message HornyDevil 09:31 Tue 8/4/2015 Originally posted by CLevar Did you try any? (Smell or taste?) Smelled the starter and it smelled pleasant. None of that classic lactic acid nose. More like pear and apple. Made me think of ethyl acetate at low levels. Didn’t get much more involved than that. Figured that if it’s only producing lactic acid and CO2 with no ethanol that it might not be wise to taste it until some yeast (both Sacc. and Brett.) had done some work. My thoughts are that it won’t be that difficult to discern as it is the only LAB in the mix. Now that you bring it up, I’m a little miffed that I didn’t do a more thorough sensory evaluation on the starter. Oh well. Maybe next time?
Message HornyDevil 08:40 Wed 8/12/2015 Racked this beer into a secondary fermenter this past weekend. Smells and tastes very good, but it needs some time for the brett character to come around. I usually bottle my sour beers about 8 weeks after the last fermentable sugar is added, but this time I think that I’ll let it ride for somewhere between 3 - 6 months. Whenever it starts forming a pellicle, basically.

Message User52877 places 3 º 20:05 Sun 8/16/2015 You’ve piqued my interest and am following this even if I understand only one of every 5 or 6 sentences. You are welcome to use my meter if you like.
Message HornyDevil 08:37 Mon 10/26/2015 I bottled this beer this weekend. Initial impression are very positive. Mild to moderate, very clean, acidity. I’ll post a complete review of the beer once it carbonates and conditions.
Message CLevar places 23 º 22:35 Mon 10/26/2015 Cool! Excited to hear what you think of the final beer. If you have any data on pH, TA, etc, I’d be interested in seeing it.
Message HornyDevil 04:35 Tue 10/27/2015 Originally posted by CLevar Cool! Excited to hear what you think of the final beer. If you have any data on pH, TA, etc, I’d be interested in seeing it. I’ll have to get a hold of a pH meter and see what it tells me.

Message Bacterial beers 3140 º places 134 º 11:10 Tue 10/27/2015 Originally posted by HornyDevil Originally posted by CLevar Cool! Excited to hear what you think of the final beer. If you have any data on pH, TA, etc, I’d be interested in seeing it. I’ll have to get a hold of a pH meter and see what it tells me. Send Caleb or I a bottle or two and we can test it! :D
Message HornyDevil 09:59 Wed 10/28/2015 Originally posted by Bacterial Originally posted by HornyDevil Originally posted by CLevar Cool! Excited to hear what you think of the final beer. If you have any data on pH, TA, etc, I’d be interested in seeing it. I’ll have to get a hold of a pH meter and see what it tells me. Send Caleb or I a bottle or two and we can test it! :D PM me your address and I’ll send it, and a couple other sours, your way.

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