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Firestone Walker Bretta Rosé

Firestone Walker Bretta Rosé

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,...
Drie Fonteinen Hommage

Drie Fonteinen Hommage

by Dr. Lambic | Oct 12, 2014 | Drie Fonteinen, Framboise, Kriek, Special Releases

Hello Sour Beer Friends, Last weekend I had a group of friends over for one of my favorite activities… A night of drinking excellent sour beers! One of these fantastic beers, and a beer I have been very excited to try, was Hommage by Drie Fonteinen. Hommage is a...
Upright Brewing Sole Composition Fantasia Reserve

Upright Brewing Sole Composition Fantasia Reserve

by Dr. Lambic | Sep 12, 2014 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Upright Brewing

Hello Sour Beer Friends! Over the weekend my friend Cale and I took a day to brew wort to enter into our sour beer blending program. As is the case with any proper homebrewing day, we took the opportunity to drink a few sour beers to share with you, our acidity...
Hill Farmstead Arthur

Hill Farmstead Arthur

by Dr. Lambic | Sep 12, 2014 | Farmhouse Ale, Hill Farmstead, Sour Farmhouse Ale

Hello Sour Beer Friends! Today I bring you a review of a very tasty sour farmhouse ale named Arthur, by Hill Farmstead Brewery of Greensboro, Vermont. Operated by Sean Hill on the site of his family’s farm, Hill Farmstead is my definition of the archetypal rural...
The Rare Barrel Consigliere

The Rare Barrel Consigliere

by Dr. Lambic | Sep 1, 2014 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, The Rare Barrel

Hello Sour Beer Friends! Personally, I get pretty excited when I hear of a new brewery being planned that will focus entirely on sour beer. As a listener of The Brewing Network, this was the case several years ago when I first heard of The Rare Barrel, of Berkley, CA....
Pizza Boy Bleurbon Berry

Pizza Boy Bleurbon Berry

by Dr. Lambic | Aug 26, 2014 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Pizza Boy Brewing Company

Hello Sour Beer Friends! Today I had the chance to swing by Pizza Boy Brewing in Enola, PA and try a brand new beer from their sour program.  Bleurbon Berry is a blueberry sour aged in a bourbon barrel.  A creation of head brewer Terry Hawbaker, Bleuron Berry is based...
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I am a passionate sour beer enthusiast and professional brewer with a doctorate in pharmacy and a background in microbiology and organic chemistry. My goal in creating and maintaining this site is to both educate brewers and celebrate a wonderful and unique world full of sour beers. Cheers!
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