Oddball said:
When you did your brew did you do your lactobacillus addition first and then your yeast or the other way around?
Either method works.
I broke mine up into two brew days. Mashed the first day and pitched the lacto into my pre-boil volume. I let that go for a bit--three days. It took almost 24 hours to show signs of activity as noted in this thread. Then I took the wort on the third day and boiled it as I normally would on a typical brew day. Then I pitched the yeast after the usual cool down.
My pH was around 4 before I boiled the wort. The yeast that I used, with a starter, took a little longer than usual but it was under 18 hours. I will say that it is fermenting very slowly. It's been two weeks and I still have activity and krausen. I took a gravity reading the other day and it's almost done. I'll follow up with one today or tomorrow.
Oddball said:
I'm worried that the lactobacillus made the wort too acidic.
What process did you follow....yeast or lacto first? Were you able to check the pH? I would be patient if the pH went low. What yeast did you use?