by Dr. Lambic | Sep 4, 2016 | Brewing & Homebrewing, Dr. Lambic's "Three Step" Approach, Sour Beer Articles
(This article was originally written as a guest article for a startup hobby website. That site is no longer in existence, so I have reposted the original article back to our site.) Hello Homebrewers! As recently as a decade ago, sour beers were a relatively obscure...
by Dr. Lambic | Aug 29, 2016 | Brewing & Homebrewing, Dr. Lambic's "Three Step" Approach, Fermentation, Mixed Fermentation, Sour Beer Articles, Spontaneous Fermentation
Hello Sour Brewers, Earlier this year, I announced that I would like to focus several of the educational articles published during 2016 on Sour Beer Blog to topics related to the creation of complex, long aged, sour beers. While I love the versatility and simplicity...
by Dr. Lambic | Dec 20, 2014 | Adding Fruit to Sour Beer, Adding Oak Character, Blending, Brewing & Homebrewing, Classic Components of Sour Beer Flavor, Dr. Lambic's "Three Step" Approach, Educational Articles, Kriek, Lambic, Off-Flavors, Recipe Design, Sour Beer Articles
Understanding, Brewing, and Blending a Lambic Style Kriek Hello Sour Beer Friends! Of all the wonderful sour beer styles produced, the group I have always gravitated toward are the fruit lambics of Belgium, specifically Oude Kriek. One of my goals since becoming a...
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 | Mar 16, 2014 | Brewing & Homebrewing, Dr. Lambic's "Three Step" Approach, Educational Articles, Recipe Design
Hello Homebrewers! Today I would like to share my recipe and process for making a very tasty sour red ale. I was originally inspired to craft my own version of a sour red ale after drinking a bottle of Jolly Pumpkin’s La Roja. My goal was to make a beer based on...
