Beer Style: Belgian Lambic and Sour Ale
Quick Sour Beer Techniques
Sour beer is rising in popularity, but not everyone has the patience or confidence to allow wild airborne yeasts and bugs do the job changing your clean wort to a sour beer.
pH vs. TA in Sour Beers
pH might not be the most effective method for measuring the perceived sourness when brewing beer. Due to various acid strengths and the buffering capacity of different worts, titratable acidity (TA) is the
Sour Beer Techniques Workshop
Learn European as well as newer American methods to produce sour and funky beers from Michael Tonsmeire, who literally wrote the book on the subject with American Sour Beers. Michael will demonstrate
Fair Isle Brewing’s Madame R. Galle clone
A very pale, almost straw-colored farmhouse saison, Madame R. Galle is identified by its dense, fluffy white head. A slight haze may be present.
Flanders Red: The Burgundy of Belgium
Many people may not realize that Flanders red and brown ales actually trace their roots across the Channel to England. Find out about the history of these styles of beer, the keys to their flavor development, and how to brew one yourself.
Gordon Strong’s Flanders Red
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.050 FG = 1.010IBU = 16 SRM = 17 ABV = 5.3% Ingredients7 lbs. (3.2 kg) Vienna malt2 lbs. (0.91 kg) flaked maize12 oz. (340 g) dark
Berlin Smoothie
Berlin Smoothie (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.032 FG = 1.005IBU = 0 SRM = 3 ABV = 4% This take on Berliner weisse forgoes any hop additions and incorporates two fruits
Raspberry Gose
Raspberry Gose (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.046 FG = 1.009IBU = 0 SRM = 3 ABV = 4.7% The OG is prior to souring. The FG and ABV include the impact
Danny’s Red Rum Ruos
Danny’s RedRum Ruos (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.046 FG = 1.011IBU = 5 SRM = 13 ABV = 4.6% The deep red-garnet color from kettle soured this beer came to existence
Westorval
This is my unauthorized imagined collaboration between the monks of Sint-Sixtusabdij Westvleteren and Abbaye Notre-Dame d’Orval. The malt, hops, and primary fermentation are inspired by the flawless Westvleteren Blond (Green Cap) and the bottle conditioning is pure Orval. The result is fantastic around two months in the bottle when it has herbal hops, peppery yeast, and a mellow earthiness.
Flanders Red Ale
Flanders Red Ale (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.061 FG = ~1.008 IBU = 5 SRM = 22 ABV = ~7% Ingredients 3 lbs. (1.4 kg) Pilsner malt 3 lbs. (1.4
Return of a Classic Sour Ale
Lambics have become popular among brewers around the world as the craft beer bug spreads, but we return to where it all began to learn the techniques and history of Belgian lambic.
