Beer Style: Wild/Sour
Pickle Beer
Digital and Plus Members OnlyIf you are on the hunt for a beer that is nice and refreshing on a hot day, here is a recipe for you!
Small-Scale Sour Beer Brewing
Nano+ Members OnlyUnderstand how to produce sour and funky beers for your small brewery from a fellow craft brewer and author of the book American Sour Beers, Michael Tonsmeire. You’ll cover wort production, growing alternative microbes, blending, aging on fruit, and of course, sanitation. The goal is that you’ll leave with better knowledge to produce your own
One Drop Brewing Co’s Double Mango Passionfruit Sorbet
Digital and Plus Members OnlyOne Drop Brewing Co’s Double Mango Passionfruit Sorbet (7 gallons/26.5 L, all-grain)OG = 1.074 (pre-souring) FG = 1.025IBU = 5 ABV = 7% A full-bodied and thick imperial smoothie style sour showcasing two of the best tropical fruits grown in Australia — mango and passion fruit. Ingredients3.3 lbs. (1.5 kg) American pale ale malt3.3 lbs.
MASH Barrel Red Sour
Digital and Plus Members OnlyMASH Barrel Red Sour (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.075 FG = 1.012IBU = 14 SRM = 15 ABV = 8.3% After the first MASH barrel had already soured we continued to use it to age sour beer styles. This was the sixth recipe that club members brewed for the sour barrel. Ingredients6.5 lbs. (2.9
Alem Bier’s Muscat Brett Saison clone
FREEAlem Bier’s Muscat Brett Saison clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.056 FG = 1.007IBU = 13 SRM = 3 ABV = 6.8% This saison with Brettanomyces from Alem Bier
Cervejaria UNIKA’s Catharina Sour with Strawberry & Coffee clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyCervejaria UNIKA’s Catharina Sour with Strawberry & Coffee clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.049 FG = 1.008IBU = 9 SRM = 3 ABV = 5.5% A unique take on Catharina sour with the addition of strawberries and coffee from UNIKA, in Rancho Queimado, Brazil. Ingredients6 lbs. (2.7 kg) Pilsner malt4 lbs. (1.8
Hill Farmstead Brewery’s Old World, Wild Mary Pilsner clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyHill Farmstead Brewery’s Old World, Wild Mary Pilsner clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.048 FG = 1.010IBU = 42 SRM = 3 ABV = 4.9% According to Shaun Hill, Owner of Hill Farmstead Brewery, “This is an unreleased beer (at press time) that we internally refer to as Old World, Wild Mary. The base
Sapwood Cellars’ Nu Zulund clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlySapwood Cellars’ Nu Zulund clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.055 FG = 1.007IBU = 0 SRM = 3.5 ABV = 6.3% Sapwood Cellars’ one and only kettle sour was a sour IPA showing off Wai-iti and Waimea hops from New Zealand. The result was fruitier than some of our fruited sours, with big lime and
Gold Hammer Gose
Digital and Plus Members OnlyGold Hammer Gose (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.040 FG = 1.006 IBU = 8 SRM = 3 ABV = 4.3% This is a straightforward recipe for a classic, refreshing Gose. Ingredients5.25 lbs. (2.4 kg) pale barley malt 2.8 lbs. (1.3 kg) red wheat malt~2 oz. (57 g) rice hulls 1.9 AAU Chinook hops (45 min.) (0.15 oz./4 g
Anderson Valley Brewing Co.’s Blood Orange Gose clone
Digital and Plus Members Only(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.038 FG = 1.005IBU = 12 SRM = 3 ABV = 4.4% Anderson Valley has become well-known for their variety of fruited Goses. This example uses blood orange juice that imparts tangy citrus notes that complement the Champagne-like flavors. Ingredients5.5 lbs. (2.5 kg) 2-row pale malt2.4 lbs. (1.1 kg) malted
The Lost Abbey Brewing Company’s Ten Commandments clone
Digital and Plus Members Only(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.089 FG = 1.006 IBU = 34 SRM = 33 ABV = 11% Ingredients10 lbs. (4.54 kg) 2-row pale malt 1.5 lbs. (0.68 kg) crystal wheat malt (55 °L) 0.75 lb. (0.34 kg) Special B malt0.75 lb. (0.34 kg) melanoidin malt0.75 lb. (0.34 kg) flaked barley0.4 lb. (0.18 kg)
Alsatian Funky Saison
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis beer is all about showcasing an alternative universe where Germany developed the saison and wild culture of Belgium. Rather than trying to get my hands on Alsatian Gewürztraminer grapes, I blended in a bottle of wine post fermentation. The fruity notes from the wine meld beautifully with the new German hops and lemony-funky-minerally Brettanomyces. The extended warm conditioning also provides an opportunity for the Brettanomyces to free aromatics from glycosides in the hops and wine, and to work under pressure to create flavors quickly so that the fresh hop nose is still evident.