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Almanac Cerise Sour Blond

Almanac Cerise Sour Blond

by Dr. Lambic | Feb 2, 2015 | Almanac Beer Co, American Sour Beer / Wild Ale

Hello Sour Beer Friends! A few nights ago I had a chance to drink a bottle of Cerise Sour Blond, my first beer from Almanac Beer Company of San Fransisco, California.  A relatively young brewery, Almanac was founded in 2010 by former homebrewers Jesse Friedman and...
Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic Bio

Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic Bio

by Dr. Lambic | Jan 25, 2015 | Cantillon, Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Kriek

Hello Sour Beer Friends! Many of you who follow my articles will probably already know that I am a huge fan of the oude kriek lambic style.  There is something about the interplay between the high acidity, bright fruit flavors, and layers upon layers of Brettanomyces...
Oude Quetsche Tilquin à l’ancienne

Oude Quetsche Tilquin à l’ancienne

by Dr. Lambic | Jan 21, 2015 | Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Gueuzerie Tilquin, Other Fruit Lambic

Hello Sour Beer Friends! Today I’m happy to write about the first beer from Gueuzerie Tilquin to appear on the site: Tilquin Oude Quetsche.  When they released their original batch of gueuze in May of 2011, Gueuzerie Tilquin was the first new lambic blendery to...
Crooked Stave Wild Wild Brett Batch 60

Crooked Stave Wild Wild Brett Batch 60

by Dr. Lambic | Jan 20, 2015 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Crooked Stave, Dr. Lambic's Cellar, Dry Hopped Sour

Hello Sour Beer Friends! We live in a lush and fertile time for the creation of excellent sour beers, but this landscape of innovation and experimentation has only recently become a reality.  If we rewind the clocks by twenty years and look at the sour beer market of...
Wicked Weed Black Angel

Wicked Weed Black Angel

by Dr. Lambic | Jan 15, 2015 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Wicked Weed

Hello Sour Beer Friends, A few evenings ago, I had the chance to sit down and taste my first sour beer from Wicked Weed Brewing Company of Asheville, North Carolina. Wicked Weed is a relatively new brewery, first opening its doors at the very end of 2012, and has...
Trinity 7-Day Golden Sour

Trinity 7-Day Golden Sour

by Dr. Lambic | Jan 9, 2015 | American Sour Beer / Wild Ale, Trinity Brewing

Hello Sour Beer Friends! Over the holidays I had a chance to sit down with fellow site author Cale Baker and taste our first beer from Trinity Brewing Company of Colorado Springs, CO.  Jason Yester, Trinity’s president and head brewer, opened the small,...
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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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