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 | Jun 8, 2016 | Brewing & Homebrewing, Events
Hello Sour Homebrewers! When I write articles for Sour Beer Blog, I tend not to write about my individual sour beer projects or brew days. I’ve always felt that since my readers cannot easily taste any given beer that I may be brewing, the exact details of my...
by Cale "Sour Brew" Baker | Jun 7, 2016 | Berliner Weisse, Brewing & Homebrewing, Fast Souring, Fast Souring, Recipe Design, Sour Beer Articles
Howdy Sour Beer Fans! Funky and sour beers have been gaining momentum for quite some time now. But for all the barrel aged sours and delicious Brettanomyces laced saisons: where have all the Berliner Weisses gone? To my surprise there are less than twenty widely...
by Dr. Lambic | Apr 21, 2016 | Brewing & Homebrewing, Classic Components of Sour Beer Flavor, Sour Beer Articles
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Today I would like to discuss an important family of compounds responsible for many of the appealing aromas and flavors found within sour beers: Esters. Recently, Cale and I were brewing a round of golden and red sours to serve as blending...
by Dr. Lambic | Feb 5, 2016 | Adding Fruit to Sour Beer, Blending, Brewing & Homebrewing, Classic Components of Sour Beer Flavor, Dry-Hopping, Educational Articles, Off-Flavors, Sour Beer Articles
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Over the past two years, the popularity of craft brewed American sour beers has skyrocketed and a plethora of new sours have been introduced to the market. The fact that a high percentage of these have been of the fast / kettle soured variety...
