Embrace The Funk
Sour, Funky and Wild Beer
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The weather on Labor Day could not have been any worse or any better for brewing. Cold and rainy most of the day with temps in the upper 50’s made for a great day to stay in and brew. The brewhouse was a nice 70 degrees most of the brew session and the only down…
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Lager fans hold on to your glasses because new evidence suggests lager yeast is a genetic mutation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and a wild yeast called Saccharomyces eubayanus. Yep those clean crisp clear lagers are the result of a wild yeast joining the party. This wild yeast is found to live on the outgrowth (galls) of the…
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Beer Must Be Sick To Be Stronger After Awesome words spoken by Jean Van Roy of Cantillon that every brewer of sour beers should know. What happens when a beer gets sick? To quote Dr. Evil “It got weird didn’t it?” That is what happens when a beer goes sick…. It gets weird. The awesome…
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“Just call it a Belgian” or “Well add some fruit flavoring to it and now you have a Kriek.” I have heard those lines from some seemingly smart beer people. Poor things don’t realize how ignorant those statements are. There is a big difference between a Sour beer and a beer that is sour. Not to…
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