by Dr. Lambic | Mar 6, 2017 | Events, Mellow Mink Brewing, My Stories
Hello Sour Beer Friends! I don’t often do much actual “blogging” on Sour Beer Blog, but today I’m excited to make an exception to discuss a new project in my life: I’m opening a brewery! During my years as a homebrewer, I’ve always...
by Dr. Lambic | Dec 30, 2016 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Blending, Brewing & Homebrewing, Jester King, Méthode Gueuze, Spontaneous Fermentation
Hello Sour Beer Friends! The lambic beers of Belgium, and more specifically Oude Gueuze blends, have always held a special place in my heart and mind. In my pre-brewing years, the flavors of Hanssens Oude Gueuze sparked my love for sour beers as a whole. Lambic...
by Dr. Lambic | Nov 8, 2016 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Barrel Cleaning and Maintenance, Brewing & Homebrewing, Sour Beer Articles, The Rare Barrel
Hello Sour Beer Friends, Those of you who listen to the sour beer and brewing podcast The Sour Hour will know that from time to time I have had the pleasure of being interviewed on the show. If you haven’t tuned into the live show or downloaded the podcast...
by Dr. Lambic | Apr 15, 2016 | Adding Fruit to Sour Beer, American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Mixed Fermentation, Sour Beer Articles, Upland Brewing
Hello Sour Beer Friends! This past month marked the second anniversary of our first post on Sour Beer Blog! Over these two years, the American sour beer scene has experienced record breaking growth both in the number and quality of sour beers being produced. When...
by Dr. Lambic | Jan 3, 2016 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Draai Laag Brewing Co
Happy New Year Sour Beer Friends! Recently I had the opportunity to taste my first beer from Draai Laag Brewing Company of Millvale, Pennsylvania. Residing in a suburb of Pittsburgh, the relatively small Draai Laag (pronounced “Dry Log”) brewery and pub...
by Dr. Lambic | Sep 5, 2015 | Mikkeller, Other Fruit Lambic
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Today I would like to share a tasting of two beers from Mikkeller’s spontaneously fermented series: Spontanwhitegrape and Spontanchokeberry. The well-known Danish gypsy brewer Mikkel Borg Bjergsø began releasing lambic-style...
