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#1 Tim the Enchanter

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Posted 30 September 2014 - 09:10 AM

I saved all my old recipes from when I brewed before and am excited to have some of them again. I am also excited to try experimenting with sour beers. One of my neighbors brews them regularly. The next meeting of my neighborhood brew club is going to feature a visit by The Mad Fermentationist (https://www.themadfermentationist.com/) and feature sour beers. Conveniently, my wife likes sours as well, which makes it a win-win (it would be a win-win-win if I had to get her drunk to get laid).

 

Anybody tried brewing these? What was your experience like? There is a brew pub near here that does an imperial sour wheat sometimes that is really good.

 

Also, as much as I love you guys, having an active brew club in my area is pretty awesome. This will be my first meeting, since the others have conflicted with my life, but they are a great bunch of guys. One meeting was centered around DIY stir plates (I believe they attached a magnet to an old computer fan). I'm looking forward to it.

 

 



#2 SchwanzBrewer

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Posted 30 September 2014 - 10:50 AM

That's pretty awesome that Tonsmeire is stopping by. That site is pretty awesome.



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Posted 30 September 2014 - 01:59 PM

I used to make TONS of Berlineerweisse.  Love that stuff.  I used a hybrid method where I'd maintain a lacto culture in a separate fermentor.  On brewday, I'd pour that culture into the kettle pre-boil, killing all the critters during the boil.  Then after chilling, I'd dump about half the yeast/bacto cake and refill with fresh wort. 

 

I would have to back-sour the main beer with prepared lactic and malic acid to get it sour enough, but this method allowed me to keep the souring critters out of the cold side, while still getting the more complex flavors from the lactobacillus than if I'd just added straight prepared acids at kegging.



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Posted 30 September 2014 - 02:48 PM

My buddies kettle souring does about the same. It's turning out some fantastic beers.




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