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 | Sep 5, 2015 | Mikkeller, Other Fruit Lambic
Hello Sour Beer Friends! Today I would like to share a tasting of two beers from Mikkeller’s spontaneously fermented series: Spontanwhitegrape and Spontanchokeberry. The well-known Danish gypsy brewer Mikkel Borg Bjergsø began releasing lambic-style...
by Dr. Lambic | Aug 26, 2015 | Berliner Weisse, Burley Oak
Hello Sour Beer Friends! When I visit bottle shops to stock up on beer, I am always on the lookout for new sours that I have yet to try. On just such a beer hunting trip I recently took to Delaware, I happened across a relatively simply labeled bottle called Sour...
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...
by Dr. Lambic | Jun 21, 2015 | Rodenbach, Sour Red Ale
Hello Sour Beer Friends! In a follow up to my recent article on Flanders Red Ales, today I would like to share with you a tasting of Rodenbach Caractère Rouge, a specialty Flanders Red blended with cranberries, raspberries, and cherries. While the Rodenbach brewery...
