by Dr. Lambic | Jun 21, 2015 | Rodenbach, Sour Red Ale
Hello Sour Beer Friends! In a follow up to my recent article on Flanders Red Ales, today I would like to share with you a tasting of Rodenbach Caractère Rouge, a specialty Flanders Red blended with cranberries, raspberries, and cherries. While the Rodenbach brewery...
by Dr. Lambic | May 18, 2015 | Adding Fruit to Sour Beer, Adding Oak Character, Blending, Brewing & Homebrewing, Educational Articles, Mixed Fermentation, Off-Flavors, Recipe Design, Sour Beer Articles, Sour Red Ale
Hello Sour Brewers! For those of you who, like myself, participate in Facebook, Reddit, or other online forums that discuss craft beer, you will have inevitably seen someone post the question: “What is the best sour beer for a new sour beer drinker to...
by Dr. Lambic | Jun 27, 2014 | Adding Fruit to Sour Beer, Berliner Weisse, Brewing & Homebrewing, Classic Components of Sour Beer Flavor, Educational Articles, Off-Flavors, Recipe Design, Sour Beer Articles, Sour Red Ale
Hello Sour Beer Brewers! Two weeks ago my friends and I had the opportunity to attend the American Homebrewers Association National Conference and Competition (NHC) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We arrived a day early to check out the town and the local beer scene (which...
by Dr. Lambic | Mar 28, 2014 | De Brabandere Bouwerij, Sour Red Ale
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Have you ever been unsure of whether or not you liked a beer until you learned some key fact about it? Well this was exactly what happened to both myself and my two friends who took part in my spring equinox sour beer tasting night last...