Lambic project questions.

[armedcor]

Hi Guys

I have a Lambic thats been fermenting for the last 6 months with the Roselare blend.

Originally I had planned to pull ten litres out each year, bottle 5 and store 5 in a demijohn and top up with fresh wort with an end goal of blending three years worth of Demijohns to create a Gueze.

Now i'm starting to wonder what would give me better beers/more enjoyable beers, to stick with this solera idea or to maybe hold back 10 litres a year for blending, bottle 5, put 5 on fruit and start with a whole new sour fermentation on the yeast cake.

It's mainly the Gueze I'm worried about and not the bottled lambics and fruit beers. Sorry if this all sounds very convoluted.

 

[MileHighBrewer]

Second idea. Keep a good amount for blending. Most good to great gueuze are heavy on the 3 year in the blend.

 

[allouez86]

Definitely go the blending route. This way you may have more options for creating a greater number of different beers by blending some, aging other portions on fruit, or just drinking some as is.

 

[armedcor]

ok great. Looks like I'll just brew up a fresh batch each year and repitch some slurry.