On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 09:50:56AM +0100, Heikki Levanto wrote: > On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 08:02:19PM -0600, Thomas Eibner wrote: > > Men acid malt giver ikke noget maerkbar syre til oel. Det anvendes > > til at saenke pH'en i maesken med. > > A simple sour mash method is to start your mash one day, let it get > cold, wait a day or two, and resume mashing. Stinks to high heavens, but > produces acidic taste in beer.
A sour mash and acid malt are two different things. Acid malt (today) is only regular malt that has been sprayed with lactic acid (the acid, not the bacteria). Thomas
