Lascivious Lambic number 1 and 2

Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by John Little

Hey everyone.. Hoppy Brew Year! I hope everyone has made their resolutions to brew a bigger variety of better beer in 2008! If not, it’s not too late.
I ended 2007 and began 2008 brewing a turbid mash Lambic.
I brewed 12.5 gal on Monday, 12/31. It was an all day event. [...]

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Filed under: Fruit Lambic, Gueuze, Mashing, Straight Lambic

Best all-grain beers to brew with no adjustments to Auburn water

Posted on July 21st, 2007 by John Little

Using (i) the following values (Ca=14, Mg=3.5, HCO3=50), (ii) my very good friend Tom Meier’s Residual Alkalinity spreadsheet (used to calculate brewing salt additions, specifically for Residual Alkalinity) and (iii) the mid-point SRM (color) for the particular style’s SRM range, the best beer styles to brew (all-grain) with unadjusted Auburn water (except getting rid of [...]

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Filed under: American Pale Ale, Begian Pale Ale, Best Bitter, Biere de Garde, California Common, India Pale Ale, Oktoberfest, Ordinary Bitter, Rauchbier, Saison, Straight Lambic, Strong Bitter, Vienna, Water

Notes on Lambics from Wild Brews by Jeff Sparrow

Posted on July 8th, 2007 by John Little

Notes from Jeff Sparrow, WildBrews: Beer Beyond the Influence of Brewer’s Yeast (2005)

Lambic, the traditional beer of Brussels, is spontaneously fermented by the particular combination of microorganisms residing near the valley of the tiny Senne River and aged in wooden barrels.
You can spontaneously ferment beer anywhere in the world. You must develop a taste for [...]

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Turbid Mash for a Straight Unblended Lambic

Posted on July 8th, 2007 by John Little

One of my next brews is going to be a Straight Lambic, and I’ve read Wild Brews on the subject of Turbid Mashing about 10 times trying to understand. I’ve changed some of the infusion temperatures from the 212F recommended on page 141 of Wild Brews, because to infuse 20% or 30% of the total [...]

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Filed under: Books and Magazines, Mashing, Straight Lambic