by Dr. Lambic | Dec 20, 2014 | Brewing & Homebrewing, Classic Components of Sour Beer Flavor, Educational Articles, Fast Souring, Fast Souring, Off-Flavors, Sour Beer Articles
Fast Souring with Lactobacillus – Best Practices, Sensory, & Science Hello Sour Brewers! There are a number of brewing situations and recipe designs where both craft and home brewers would like to establish a nice clean baseline level of lactic acidity in...
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 | 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 7, 2014 | Classic Components of Sour Beer Flavor, Sour Beer Articles
Lets talk flavor! When it comes to tasting and understanding sour beers, I think its very helpful to have a basic understanding of the types of flavors both commonly present as well as the potential off flavors that one might encounter. Naturally, every beer will...