goodolarchie
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Per title. The only one I have pitched separately was BLB's Sour Weapon P (Pedio Pentosaceus) and there are a few other good options out there, namely damnosus strains.
The backstory that led to my question - after sampling my library of bottled sour beers and some tasting notes of the last 3 years, my feelings on buying, maintaining and pitching isolated pedio have shifted.
I used to think it was a waste of money to buy a pedio pitch because a) there are good blends out there that have it, and cost the same b) lacto can do a fine job solo and c) my best beers almost always had bottle dregs, with pedio and other LAB.
Older and wiser me realizes there were plenty of times that having a house pedio strain propped and ready to pitch would have been great. I've also been buying barrels and being much more deliberate with the strains I use to initially inoculate, to the point that I have 14 different brett isolates aging to profile over time, and a lacto P. and lacto B. that I maintain... but no pedio.
So I'm curious what you all like that's out there, preferably something that is clean and hop tolerant, doesn't take forever to clean up any diacetyl or ropiness. What was your wort like, how did you pitch it, what were the results?
The backstory that led to my question - after sampling my library of bottled sour beers and some tasting notes of the last 3 years, my feelings on buying, maintaining and pitching isolated pedio have shifted.
I used to think it was a waste of money to buy a pedio pitch because a) there are good blends out there that have it, and cost the same b) lacto can do a fine job solo and c) my best beers almost always had bottle dregs, with pedio and other LAB.
Older and wiser me realizes there were plenty of times that having a house pedio strain propped and ready to pitch would have been great. I've also been buying barrels and being much more deliberate with the strains I use to initially inoculate, to the point that I have 14 different brett isolates aging to profile over time, and a lacto P. and lacto B. that I maintain... but no pedio.
So I'm curious what you all like that's out there, preferably something that is clean and hop tolerant, doesn't take forever to clean up any diacetyl or ropiness. What was your wort like, how did you pitch it, what were the results?