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Bottling and Wrangling Sour Beers

February 20, 2017 / Leave a Comment
Sour Beers on Cherries

About a year ago I decided that I would bottle my sour beers instead of kegging them. I figured I would want to have a variety of sours available to drink at any given time and kegging would mean I’d have to constantly rotate them in and out based on what I want to drink and also … [Read more…]

Posted in: Brewing Tagged: bottling, cherry, lambish, sour beer, tripel

A Misstep on the Road to Sourville – Part 2

May 6, 2016 / Leave a Comment

This the second post on my issues with my first sour beer and details how I plan to fix it. It wont be a quick process, but at this point I am confident that I have plan to turn this beer around and make it something enjoyable.

Posted in: Miscellaneous Tagged: sour beer, troubleshooting, wild yeast

A Misstep on the Road to Sourville – Part 1

April 26, 2016 / 2 Comments

After waiting a year for my first sour beer, I have run into some trouble, mainly that my beer is not at all sour! This post enumerates the problems, and a follow up post will detail the possible fixes.

Posted in: Brewing Tagged: sour beer, troubleshooting, wild yeast

Solera Project – The Beginning, Batch #1

March 28, 2016 / Leave a Comment
Sour Dubbel, Solera Batch #1

My Solera project is finally up and running with Batch #1 brewed and fermenting. This post tells how it went and details the future of the project.

Posted in: Brewing Tagged: dubbel, solera, sour beer

Starting a Solera Sour Project

July 30, 2015 / 3 Comments
sour culture, aka gremlyns

Since pitching my sour culture into a lambic for the first time and yielding good, albeit early, results I have begun to think about my long terms plans for making sour beer. I also started to consider how I might keep my culture going without allowing it to succumb to selective pressures that might reduce … [Read more…]

Posted in: Brewing Tagged: solera, sour beer

An Adventure into the Wild and Sour

June 26, 2015 / 1 Comment
sour culture starter pellicle

After I restarted home brewing last year, I decided I wanted to start experimenting with things a little more. Up until then I had focused more on the process and getting good, basic recipes figured out for house staples like my Mild or my Special Bitter, and I still do mainly make these staples, but why not start … [Read more…]

Posted in: Brewing Tagged: sour beer, wild culture

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