Just a quick thought, but I'd certainly recommend using some oatmeal (rolled oats) too otherwise your end product may not have the creamy stout body you perhaps expect. 10-20% of the grain bill... be bold!
My concern now is that i stuck too much coffee in! Trying to create a "Breakfast beer" you see! As a non-coffee drinker I naively dumped probably double what I should. It's a 1 gallon batch, so no worries. Will keep you posted!
After seeing some awesome pics of peoples infections in the notorious infection thread, I am keen to have a go at some microscope work myself!
I've found this, which is a very good price.
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Is 800x enough to get a good...
Thanks a lot for the info on this. The boil method sounds like something I'd give a go on the next encounter of some souring beer (hopefully not for a while).
Mr Hopinista, please take corrections lighter in future! Your information wasn't quite right and you were corrected in a polite manner...
awesome info, thanks chaps.
Yeah, the buckets were perhaps 1cm apart, and the old P clone blew its lid right when the fruit was underway, so I suspect some ghastlies took a trip round about then. Both of those infected batches have been bottled: I tried the Old P (2 weeks in the bottle) mostly...
Does bottling kill/inhibit a lacto infection? Or does this fit the brewer's bomb-making blueprints to a T?
If you notice/suspect/even confirm an early lacto infection, will bottling it prevent growth/kill it? Ie having it in an airtight, c02-filled environment. Or will the lacto carry on its...