Lips of Faith is the name of the series of sours New Belgium's been making.
Lips of Faith is the name of the series of sours New Belgium's been making.
I guess they are referring to the trust you gotta have to sip some sour ass sh*t like that!
Thought i would give an update.
I peeked inside the barrel tonight and there was a thin layer of muck on top.
The bugs are working well in my basement.
Temp is warmer than i would like but i lack central air so the 71 f will have to do.
Got a bench top corker coming in the mail so i can bottle some wine and mead.
Oldsock your blog has been most helpful.
Hey Mike, what are your thoughts on when to fruit a barrel lambic? We're embarking on a two-barrel Framboise next month. The cab barrel is well inoculated with bugs and I was thinking the base wort will just go directly into the barrel for primary. Once the initial gravity is dropped over a month, I though the fruit would go in. I already know your opinion on fresh vs. concentrated fruit juice but I don't think most of the shareholders are willing to drop $40 each on fresh fruit. 6 quarts of concentrate is the equivalent of about 120 pounds of fruit (in one 60 gallon barrel).
Thoughts?
Do you see any reason to repitch regular beer yeast in addition to the bugs in the wood? We've been doing a 5 gallon boiling water rinse between batches so far.
Thanks. I figured for the buggy barrel I'd just pitch one of the 5 gallons shares with about 4 packs of US-05 or Nottingham to make a big starter in a carboy and add that to make sure the sacc was going to play a partial role. On the new barrel, I had considered pitching the dregs of the old barrel but thought a starter of lambic blend in a 5 gallon batch would make the two beers completely different for interest.
Good point about the gravity contribution of the concentrate. I had thought about that and planned to make the base beer a little weaker. 65 brix concentrate diluted 58.5 to 1.5 should only add 1.007 to the OG. Not that big of a deal I suppose.
I like the idea of fruiting later too. Everyone can get nuts with different options and those that want to use fresh fruit are welcome to spend the money.
Running out of garden room. I have a full raised bed of strawberries already.
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