by Dr. Lambic | Apr 15, 2016 | Adding Fruit to Sour Beer, American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Mixed Fermentation, Sour Beer Articles, Upland Brewing
Hello Sour Beer Friends! This past month marked the second anniversary of our first post on Sour Beer Blog! Over these two years, the American sour beer scene has experienced record breaking growth both in the number and quality of sour beers being produced. When...
by Carlo Palumbo | Mar 30, 2016 | Beer Reviews, Events, Sour Beer Articles, Tastings
Hello sour beer fans! Sorry you haven’t heard from me in a while. I am still working on my winemaking degree and have been going through the beginning steps to open a winery. I know… How can a sour beer guy can become a pro wine maker? Well there are actually a...
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...
by Dr. Lambic | Nov 18, 2015 | Brewing & Homebrewing, Educational Articles, Fast Souring, Fast Souring, Off-Flavors, Sour Beer Articles, Starters & Microbe Culturing
Hello Sour Brewers! Last December when I published our article on Fast Souring with Lactobacillus, I had hoped that it would provide a useful overview to both hobby and commercial brewers interested in using sour mashing, kettling, or worting techniques. Personally,...
by Dr. Lambic | Oct 11, 2015 | Brewing & Homebrewing, Carbonation & Bottle Conditioning, Classic Components of Sour Beer Flavor, Educational Articles, Sour Beer Articles
Hello Sour Beer Friends, I recently attended one of my favorite annual sour beer events, Cantillon Zwanze Day. Zwanze Day, which is held every fall, is a day to celebrate traditional Belgian lambics and the products of the Cantillon brewery. Each year, Cantillon...
by Dr. Lambic | Aug 2, 2015 | Adding Fruit to Sour Beer, Brewing & Homebrewing, Classic Components of Sour Beer Flavor, Dry-Hopping, Educational Articles, Recipe Design, Sour Beer Articles
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Drinkers of wine and tea will likely be familiar with a broad class of organic biomolecules known as tannins. Nearly ubiquitous amongst plant species, tannins are large molecules which are stored inside special organelles within a variety of...
