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In this video, I go through the the full 2 day process on how to brew a Cranberry Ginger kettle sour (or any fruited sour), using a 32oz Goodbelly probiotic drink to sour the beer. The recipe and equipment needed to sour the beer are listed below, along with more in-depth videos on the brewing process. Happy Brewing!!

*Recipe*
Ingredients:
white wheat malt - 7.5 lbs - 57.7%
Pilsner Malt - 5.5 lbs - 42.3%
Rice Hulls - 0.5 to 1 lbs (optional but highly recommended, also optional to rinse and soak in water first so they don't suck up wort volume)
Approx. 8-10 ml Lactic acid
32 oz carton of Goodbelly Probiotic Drink (souring bacteria- Lactobacillus plantarum) Any flavor will work since all drops out, but I still try to get one a similar flavor/color to my fruit additions.
Use the mango for lighter or non fruited sours.
Yeast - Safeale US-05

Directions:
- Mash normally @ 152F
- Boil 15 mins ( kills any bacteria on grains and slightly reduces volume) Don't add hops yet.
- Cool to 100F degrees
- Add about 3-5ml of lactic acid at a time until PH is about 4.5
- Add 32 oz goodbelly probiotic drink
- Wait 18-24 hours until pH drops between 3.3 and 3.5 or to desired level of sourness
- Boil for the remaining 45 mins - This also stops souring process
- Pitch and ferment as normal @ 67F for safale us-05
- After fermentation is complete, rack to secondary. If adding fruit, use about 1 pound per gallon. - - Let sit for 7 days.
- Add 5 oz fresh ginger root, thinly sliced, for the last 3 days (ginger gets very ginger, very quick so 3 days is plenty)
- Rack to keg or bottles.

*Tip*
Use frozen fruits(less bacteria and freezing helps break down fruit skin/casing), or if using fresh, rinse with sanitizer and freeze first to kill any natural bacteria. Pull fruit out several hours before your transfer to thaw and mash in a bowl with sanitized potato masher. I also use a 5 gallon paint strainer bag to keep fruit and any seeds in.

You can see all the exact equipment I use in my videos at my Amazon page here:
https://www.amazon.com/shop/cityscape...

Equipment recommended for Sour Beers:
PH Meter:
https://amzn.to/3F3D39t
Calibration Solution(optional-pH meter comes with some packets):
https://amzn.to/3HqCTYZ
5 gallon paint strainer bags(fruits or hop spider)
https://amzn.to/34gqdpo
1 gallon paint Strainer bags (dry hops, ginger, or spices)
https://amzn.to/3uQCJGf

Other Brewing Tutorial and Kettle Sour Videos:
All Grain Brewing - Step by Step Tutorial:
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Mango Kettle Sour:
   • All Grain Brew Day - Mango Kettle Sour  
Adding Fruits/Adjuncts:
   • Ways to add Fruit/Adjuncts to your Beer!  
Raspberry Kettle Sour:
   • All Grain Brew Day - Raspberry Kettle...  
Mash Starch Conversion Test:
   • Beer Mash Rest Time - Is it done?!  S...