My first Lambic

[Natdavis777]

Kegged my first Lambic. Brewed 10 gal last year and pitched each 5gal with Belgian Lambic Blend and Brett Lambicus... After 6 months, one got a few lbs of blackberry, the other with a few lbs of raspberry. I then brew up a 100% lacto brevis beer, let it ferment out (OG 1045, FG 1014), blended the two, and then eventually kegged. End result tastes aweome. Really acidic, but up front lets you know the blackberry is there.

My first sour attempt was a sour mash berliner which ended up having acetorbacter (had a smelly foot aroma and not too much acidity). My wife, who doesnt really like beer, kept getting a pour because she like the awkwardness of the beer. Kept saying it was so different, but liked it. I plan to enter it in the Brewer's Cup this year with some other beers (mainly for feedback, if I win anything that is a bonus), but overall proud I could make a sour beer that was "palate-able"

 

[sboyajian]

Someone gave me a glass of lambic once and didn't tell me it was a lambic. I took a big ole swig of it ... I almost puked.

I know this provides nothing to this thread, but I am drunk and I felt it was important to share.

Glad your beer worked out for you.

 

[Natdavis777]

Someone gave me a glass of lambic once and didn't tell me it was a lambic. I took a big ole swig of it ... I almost puked.

I know this provides nothing to this thread, but I am drunk and I felt it was important to share.

Glad your beer worked out for you.

Did you almost puke bc it tasted like dirty feet and vomit (like my first sour) or bc you werent expecting the tartness (to which my wife took a drink, made the worst face, then smiled, and took another drink, in which made me want to bone)

 

[DurtyChemist]

I have a lambic I made last September still sitting on Brett in primary. I haven't purchased the berries to rack it onto. I'm planning to keg then bottle and age it.

 

[sboyajian]

Did you almost puke bc it tasted like dirty feet and vomit (like my first sour) or bc you werent expecting the tartness (to which my wife took a drink, made the worst face, then smiled, and took another drink, in which made me want to bone)

It was mostly because I was simply not prepared. I had no idea he handed me a lambic, it was just a "Hey, try this."

Took a giant tip and the unexpected just hit me right in the face.