by Dr. Lambic | Nov 17, 2014 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Cigar City Brewing
Hello Sour Beer Friends, This past weekend, while brewing a table Saison with Cale Baker, I had the opportunity to taste my first sour beer from Cigar City Brewing of Tampa, Florida. Cigar City Brewing, well known amongst craft beer enthusiasts, sold its first beer...
by Dr. Lambic | Oct 26, 2014 | Armand 4 Series, Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Drie Fonteinen, Gueuze
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Autumn is upon us in the northern hemisphere and with the change of seasons comes new weather and new opportunities to have a round of sour beers with friends! Today I would like to share with you our tasting of Armand 4 Herfst, a special...
by Dr. Lambic | Oct 19, 2014 | Brewing & Homebrewing, Cantillon, Classic Components of Sour Beer Flavor, Dr. Lambic's "Three Step" Approach, Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Dry Hopped Sour, Dry-Hopping, Educational Articles, Recipe Design, Sour Beer Articles, Specialty Lambic
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Today we get to talk about something that doesn’t usually play a significant role in sour beers… Hops! While hops are a critical component in the recipes for a vast majority of both the classic beer styles and styles developing in...
by Dr. Lambic | Oct 14, 2014 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Firestone Walker
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Today I bring you a review of my first sour beer from Firestone Walker’s new sour program. Firestone Walker, and their brewmaster Matt Brynildson, are well known in the craft beer world for their excellent products, including Union Jack,...
by Dr. Lambic | Oct 12, 2014 | Drie Fonteinen, Framboise, Kriek, Special Releases
Hello Sour Beer Friends, Last weekend I had a group of friends over for one of my favorite activities… A night of drinking excellent sour beers! One of these fantastic beers, and a beer I have been very excited to try, was Hommage by Drie Fonteinen. Hommage is a...
by Dr. Lambic | Sep 12, 2014 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Upright Brewing
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Over the weekend my friend Cale and I took a day to brew wort to enter into our sour beer blending program. As is the case with any proper homebrewing day, we took the opportunity to drink a few sour beers to share with you, our acidity...
