by Dr. Lambic | Mar 23, 2014 | Birra del Borgo, Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Sour Farmhouse Ale
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Up next on the roster from my spring equinox sour beer night is Duchessic by Birra del Borgo. In the past decade, craft brewing has seen significant growth in Italy. Similar to the craft brewing movement in America of the...
by Dr. Lambic | Mar 22, 2014 | Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Gueuze, Hanssen's Artisanaal
Hello Sour Beer Friends! This past Friday night, two close friends and myself celebrated the beginning of spring with a night of sour beers culminating with the opening of a bottle of the limited edition Drie Fonteinen Armand 4 Lente Gueuze. This gueuze is part of a...
by Dr. Lambic | Mar 18, 2014 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Pizza Boy Brewing Company
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Yesterday was St. Patty’s Day! Instead of celebrating the holiday by getting drunk on cheap tasting green-dyed beer, your guide to the wonderful world of sour beers decided to have a nice meal out with one of my good friends at a local...
by Dr. Lambic | Mar 17, 2014 | Cantillon, Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Framboise
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Today is the second to last day of my vacation and I’m hanging out at home, alone, and without much to do… So I thought what better than crack a few sour beers while relaxing! First up on my list is Cantillon’s Rosé de...
by Dr. Lambic | Mar 17, 2014 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Crooked Stave, Dr. Lambic's Cellar
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Making waves on the American sour and farmhouse brewing scene, Crooked Stave is a brewery located in Denver Colorado and run by Chad Yakobson. Yakobson has studied the characteristics of brewing with Brettanomyces for years and actually wrote...
by Dr. Lambic | Mar 16, 2014 | Brewing & Homebrewing, Dr. Lambic's "Three Step" Approach, Educational Articles, Recipe Design
Hello Homebrewers! Today I would like to share my recipe and process for making a very tasty sour red ale. I was originally inspired to craft my own version of a sour red ale after drinking a bottle of Jolly Pumpkin’s La Roja. My goal was to make a beer based on...
by Dr. Lambic | Mar 15, 2014 | Beer Reviews, My Stories, Sour Beer Articles
Hello Sour Beer Friends! I would like to write a bit about my thoughts on reviewing beer and how beer reviews on this website will be crafted. An influential teacher once referred to me as a renaissance man due to my many varied interests and pursuits. Over the years...
by Dr. Lambic | Mar 14, 2014 | Bellevue, Kriek
Hello Sour Beer Friends! This past week I have been vacationing in my tropical home away from home.. Aruba! While this tropical island paradise has just about everything an American traveling abroad could ask for (including amazing weather, beautiful beaches,...
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...
by Dr. Lambic | Mar 7, 2014 | Events, Kriek, Lambic, Tastings
This July I will be hosting a delicious and educational beer and food tasting night focused entirely on the kriek variety of lambic beers. This will be a small event for 8 people including some craft beer friends and members of my local homebrew club. I will be...
