by Dr. Lambic | Dec 24, 2014 | Allagash, American Sour Beer / Wild Ale
Hello Sour Beer Friends! During a recent sour beer tasting with several authors from the site, I had the opportunity to try Allagash Brewing Company’s sour peach beer Farm To Face. Allagash Brewing, of Portland Maine, was opened in 1995 by its brewmaster and...
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 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...
