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 | 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 | Dec 15, 2014 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Jester King
Hello Sour Beer Friends! I recently had the opportunity to taste my second fruited sour offering from Jester King Brewery of Austin, Texas. Nocturn Chrysalis is a mature, oak aged, sour red ale which is then blended with blackberries. In the case of Blend #2, these...
by Cale "Sour Brew" Baker | Dec 10, 2014 | Brewing & Homebrewing, Educational Articles, Fast Souring, Fast Souring, Gose, Off-Flavors, Recipe Design, Sour Beer Articles
Howdy Sour Beer Fans! It’s been awhile since your pal Sour Brew has posted an article. This is because I went and did a dumb thing… I got an internship at a local brewery. I’m excited to say that after three months I haven’t quit and still love to brew,...
by Dr. Lambic | Dec 6, 2014 | Cantillon, Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Events, Other Fruit Lambic
Hello Sour Beer Friends! I was a very fortunate sour beer drinker this week! Over the past few days, one of my favorite local restaurants, Café Bruges in Carlisle, PA, was able to feature a world-class fruit lambic on draft. This awesome beer was none other...
by Carlo Palumbo | Nov 29, 2014 | Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Hanssen's Artisanaal, Kriek
Hello sour beer fans, It has been a long time since I have done a review on my own. I have taken notes on a few beers that need to be written up, and now that I have some time, I decided to do a new one. Matt asked me a few months back if I would like to start doing...
by Dr. Lambic | Nov 17, 2014 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Cigar City Brewing
Hello Sour Beer Friends, This past weekend, while brewing a table Saison with Cale Baker, I had the opportunity to taste my first sour beer from Cigar City Brewing of Tampa, Florida. Cigar City Brewing, well known amongst craft beer enthusiasts, sold its first beer...
by Dr. Lambic | Oct 26, 2014 | Armand 4 Series, Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Drie Fonteinen, Gueuze
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Autumn is upon us in the northern hemisphere and with the change of seasons comes new weather and new opportunities to have a round of sour beers with friends! Today I would like to share with you our tasting of Armand 4 Herfst, a special...
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 | Oct 14, 2014 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Firestone Walker
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Today I bring you a review of my first sour beer from Firestone Walker’s new sour program. Firestone Walker, and their brewmaster Matt Brynildson, are well known in the craft beer world for their excellent products, including Union Jack,...
