JZ's Flanders Red ?'s

elproducto · Apr 4, 2011

Looking to brew my first Flanders Red, and was going to follow Jamil Z's method.

I'd really like it quite sour, more like Grand Cru. Should I forgo pitching the US-05 first, and just pitch the Roselaire right away?

Is this best to bulk age, or bottle age?

jbdujka · Apr 4, 2011

i made that recipe and left it in plastic bucket to secondary for 7 months it was really good but not what i would call quite sour. i used white labs 001 in primary if i had to do it again ide use the roeslare only i would have preferred a little more pucker

724b · Apr 4, 2011

I made this starting with us-05, racked to secondary and then pitched Roeselare. Aged it in a glass carboy for 15 months. Added sour cherry concentrate at about 12 months.

It's kegged now and I WOULD say this is quite tart. I think is similar to a Grand Cru, but probably not quite as sour. The sour cherry concentrate work out really well.

Irrenarzt · Apr 4, 2011

where'd you get the sour cherry concentrate?

yodalegomaster · Apr 4, 2011

It really doesn't matter I would just toss the rosealare, I really doesn't taste good till about 24 months in a glass carboy. What I really mean is the recipe really doesn't matter as long as the color is right. All the flavor comes from the aging. If your planning to use a bucket make sure to suran wrap it to cut down the o2 getting in.

724b · Apr 4, 2011

Irrenarzt said:
where'd you get the sour cherry concentrate?

Amazon-
http://www.homebrewfinds.com/2010/12/tart-cherry-concentrate-1538-free.html

I was low on carboy room, so this worked great.

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