fendersrule
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My local brewery let me in on some (Lambic?) yeast that was harvested from a Cantillon bottle. I think they grew it over a period of a few months and I was gifted with a starter.
My friend (who works at the brewery) brewed an IPA last weekend and pitched a starter that he had (in 1.064 OG wort). He noticed that there was zero activity within 24 hours. I think he saw one sign of off gas after that. He measured the PH to be 4.5 at the end of 48 hours. He is fermenting at room temp. It's been several days, and activity is still low. I haven't gotten an update from him today, but he was considering to pitch something else.
I'm considering to use this yeast for a fruited lambic beer, but now I'm having second thoughts. Do I create a larger starter with the yeast I have? Are we doing something wrong? I notice that Cantillon beers are open fermented over the period of years. Is this something to be expected, even with harvesting the yeast? Is it better to just buy a lambic yeast at the store instead? Would be cool to use this, but I don't want to have a brew day where the odds are heavily stacked against me against this working.
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My friend (who works at the brewery) brewed an IPA last weekend and pitched a starter that he had (in 1.064 OG wort). He noticed that there was zero activity within 24 hours. I think he saw one sign of off gas after that. He measured the PH to be 4.5 at the end of 48 hours. He is fermenting at room temp. It's been several days, and activity is still low. I haven't gotten an update from him today, but he was considering to pitch something else.
I'm considering to use this yeast for a fruited lambic beer, but now I'm having second thoughts. Do I create a larger starter with the yeast I have? Are we doing something wrong? I notice that Cantillon beers are open fermented over the period of years. Is this something to be expected, even with harvesting the yeast? Is it better to just buy a lambic yeast at the store instead? Would be cool to use this, but I don't want to have a brew day where the odds are heavily stacked against me against this working.
@RPh_Guy