Embrace The Funk
Sour, Funky and Wild Beer
Author: Brandon
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Breaking Bad is my favorite TV show on air right now. After a little over a year after Season 3 ended Season 4 is back on! It’s A+ quality television, catch it if you can. So…why am I referencing a TV show on a sour beer blog and what the hell does this term “Breaking…
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Yesterday I blogged about the Berliner Weisse style and the version I brewed that took second in Sours for the NHC regionals. I had to send 3 bottles for judging to final round of the National Homebrewers Conference in San Diego last month. I got the score sheets back today. The final score was 39…
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This is an example of a Kriek done right and not the back sweetened garbage that Lindeman’s puts out there (which is untraditional practice). Cascade’s Kriek is aged with 4 types of cherries and in oak for around 6 months. The tart cherry plus the oaky sour acidity were spot on and the most upfront…
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It warms my heart to see some of the great Lambic breweries available in Nashville now. More people are Embracing the Funk and the stores are taking notice! I really liked this beer as an approachable Geuze. Very balanced in the lactic sourness versus the citrus and lemon flavors. It’s got the right amount of…
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Being the sour beer fan I am I think this is the perfect summer beer. Berliner Weisse beers are a refreshing low alcohol (around 3%) sour wheat beer. They are very high in carbonation and the finishing taste is very dry. Traditionally this style is not boiled before fermentation as to keep the already present…
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