by Dr. Lambic | Jun 2, 2014 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Jester King
Hello Sour Beer Friends! On Saturday night, during a homebrewing session, I had the pleasure to drink my first sour beer from Jester King brewery of Austin, Texas. Jester King, opened by Jeff Stuffings and Ron Extract in 2010, is an artisanal brewery focused on the...
by Dr. Lambic | May 27, 2014 | American Fruit Beer, Selin's Grove Brewing
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Last weekend I took an afternoon to travel north to historic Selinsgrove, PA. My mother Karen and I had a wonderful lunch at the Selin’s Grove Brewing Company and while I was there I took the opportunity to try one of their annual...
by Dr. Lambic | May 12, 2014 | Dry Hopped Sour, Gueuze, Mikkeller
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Last night after a week filled with far too much work and far too little to drink, I sat down and got to enjoy one of the many new sour offerings produced by the Danish gypsy brewery Mikkeller. Former high school teacher, Mikkel Borg Bjergsø,...
by Dr. Lambic | Apr 21, 2014 | Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Drie Fonteinen, Kriek
Hello Sour Beer Friends! After a fun and relaxing Easter Sunday spent with my family I decided to wrap up my evening by enjoying a very interesting oude kriek produced by Brouwerij Drie Fonteinen. Intense Red Oude Kriek differs from most traditional lambic kriek...
by Dr. Lambic | Apr 18, 2014 | Ask Dr. Lambic, Berliner Weisse, Brewing & Homebrewing, Educational Articles, Fast Souring, Off-Flavors, Recipe Design
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Once I decided to create this blog, one of the ideas that I have been most excited about was the opportunity that it would give me to interact with the sour beer community. Although at this point the site is little more than a month old, I...
by Dr. Lambic | Apr 15, 2014 | Beer Reviews, Educational Articles, Sour Beer Articles
Hello Sour Beer Friends! With my recent foray into the world of online blogging and the creation of this site, I have been thinking a lot about ways to teach people more about sour and funky beers. One of the many ways I arrived at was to recommend beers for readers...
by Dr. Lambic | Apr 2, 2014 | Berliner Weisse, Round Guys Brewing, Weyerbacher
Hello Sour Beer Friends! With the weather warming up in Pennsylvania, after one of the coldest winters on record, we beer minded individuals begin thinking of what to drink in the coming months. For myself, nothing is more refreshing than a low alcohol session beer...
by Dr. Lambic | Mar 30, 2014 | Armand 4 Series, Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Drie Fonteinen, Gueuze
Hello Sour Beer Friends! On Friday, March 21st, several friends and myself decided to celebrate the beginning of spring with a night of sour beers and the opening of a special edition bottle of gueuze from one of the most talented lambic blenders in the industry,...
by Dr. Lambic | Mar 29, 2014 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Russian River
Hello Sour Beer Friends! The second to last beer review from my spring equinox sour beer tasting is an iconic American sour beer from Santa Rosa California, Russian River Brewing Company’s Consecration. There are a handful of buzz words in the brewing world that...
by Dr. Lambic | Mar 28, 2014 | De Brabandere Bouwerij, Sour Red Ale
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Have you ever been unsure of whether or not you liked a beer until you learned some key fact about it? Well this was exactly what happened to both myself and my two friends who took part in my spring equinox sour beer tasting night last...
