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Kettle soured Berliner infused with Lemon & Lime puree, then nitrogenated.  Liquid sherbert with a sweet, sour finish.

Ingredients:
2 x 1.7 kg Black Rock Wheat
2 probiotic capsules (Lactobacillus Plantarum)
12g El Dorado hop
10 ml Lactic acid
2L Bon Accord Lemon & Lime Puree
(https://bonaccord.co.nz/our-products/fruit-pulp)
11.5 g US05 yeast
Recipe:

Recipe:
Prepare probiotic culture by dissolving 100g of Wheat wort concentrate in 500 mL of quality brewing water in a 1 L flask.
Heat in microwave until boiling. Cover with a tinfoil cap and allow to cool to 40 °C +/- 5 °C. Add 2 probiotic capsules. Hold at 40 °C +/- 5 °C for 72 hours to culture.
Dissolve 3.3 kgs of Wheat wort concentrate in 23 L of quality brewing water and bring to boil.
Adjust pH with 10 ml of lactic acid to achieve a pH of 4.4 +/- 0.1
Cool to 40 °C +/- 5 °C. Sparge wort with C02 for 5 mins to create an anaerobic environment
Inoculate probiotic culture into wort and maintain temperature at 40 °C +/- 5 °C until pH drops to 3.2-3.4. Approximately 3-4 days.
Re-boil soured wort for 15 mins. Whirlpool El Dorado hop, then immersion chill brew to 20 °C.
Clean & sanitise fermenter and associated equipment. Fill fermenter, pitch yeast at 20 +/- 3 °C.
Day 10 with an SG of approx. 1015, add lemon & lime puree, and crash cool fermenter to 1-3 °C for 48-72 hours
Keg and force nitrogenate.

Specification:
Alcohol: 4.8% ABV
Bitterness: 130 IBU
Colour: 8 SRM

Black Rock Wort contains:
Pilsner & Wheat malts