Lactic Acid in my Keg?

Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:41 am

So I'm taking baby steps into sour beer & have brewed a Berliner Weisse - well, it's not a Berliner Weisse yet; it's just a wheat beer with an OG of 1.032 & FG of 1.003. I'm going to cheat & sour it with food grade lactic acid & then serve. (I'm thinking 2.5 oz in 5 gal)

Here's the question, if I go to a keg with this, will I be all right to use the keg for "normal" beer in the future? I'm assuming that since lactic acid isn't really bacteria that I'll be okay with a good cleaning with PBW but would be grateful for advice from the BN!
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Re: Lactic Acid in my Keg?

Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:48 am

Just a normal cleaning will take care of it for you since there are no live bugs involved. I did the same souring process on a berlinner weisse a couple years ago. Produced an okay result but the sourness was pretty one dimensional. You need a sour mash or a smack pack/tube of lacto blend to get the really nice complex sourness.

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