Sour beer kit?

[RobbyBeer]

I want to try a sour beer. Does anyone know where I can get a pre put together kit? I understand that it's a difficult brew and a kit will be my best bet.
I know AHS has a large selection of kits..
Just don't know the names of any good sour / wild beers.

 

[cervezarara]

There aren't really many sour kits out there. Do you want a lambic style, a Berliner Weisse, or a Flanders red (or brown)? Do you brew extract only, partial mash, or all grain? Northernbrewer has an Oud Bruin estract with specialty grains: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/oud-bruin-de-table-extract-kit.html

Morebeer sells a Flanders Red (Rodenbach style) that is a partial mash (you really have to add the 3763 yeast to have any sourness):http://morebeer.com/view_product/6229/beerwinecoffee/Flanders_Red_Ale_-_Mini_Mash_Beer_Kit

Northern Brewer also has a Chateau Northern Lambic kit and a Dawsons Kriek cherry lambic kit. These are partial mash kits also.

You can really use any low hopped (<10 IBUS) kit you like and pitch either Roselare yeast (Wyeast 3763) or Lambic blend (Wyeast 3278 or WL655) and let it sit a year in a carboy.

For more reading on the subject, there is a forum for Lambic and Wild Brewing on this site. It can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it.

 

[beerman0001]

Northern Brewer has some that look good. I am using the recipes from bcs let you know in a year how they turn out.

 

[Clann]

I brewed the Oud Bruin De Table without trying anything like it. I don't know if I will like it at all. Has been in 2ndary since last april. Lots of barnyard funk from the Roeselare blend and a very different taste from anything I have tasted.

 

[beerman0001]

You need to get out and buy a few bottles and give it a try.

 

[RobbyBeer]

Thanks.. I do pretty much all grain.. And a partial mash every once in awhile.
I am looking for something that is a good introduction into sour beer.
The northern Brewer one looks pretty good.
Is that something you'd recommend for a first time sour?

So glad I found this forum.. It has been the best learning experience thus far.

 

[beerman0001]

Thanks.. I do pretty much all grain.. And a partial mash every once in awhile.
I am looking for something that is a good introduction into sour beer.
The northern Brewer one looks pretty good.
Is that something you'd recommend for a first time sour?

So glad I found this forum.. It has been the best learning experience thus far.

Are you buying bulk grain now?

 

[RobbyBeer]

Are you buying buying grain now?

Yep.. There is a awesome little home brew shop not 15 min from my home. I'm in there at least once a week.
I started with grains.
In fact this weekend I did my first partial mash. A dry Irish stout.
There's just something about all grain that really peeks my creative side. I feel more in control of what I'm making. Not to mention the outcome, i feel, is better.

 

[g-star]

You need dedicated equipment to do sours, if you don't want to contaminate future batches.

Sours are not for the beginner, require an additional hardware investment, and take a long time before they're ready to drink (like a year or more).

Just keeping it real...if you need someone to put a kit together for you, you're not ready for wild brewing.

 

[beerman0001]

Before I brewed my first sour I went to the bottle store and bought six different brews. Decided on what I liked then started brewing.

 

[RobbyBeer]

Before I brewed my first sour I went to the bottle store and bought six different brews. Decided on what I liked then started brewing.

Good idea.. I'll look around.

 

[RobbyBeer]

When is someone ever really ready for learning something new?
It's when they decide to take the plunge and try it out.
I have no where near mastered the art of brewing, but trying new things is part of the excitement this hobby offers.. I happen to have a complete spare brew equipment kit sitting here, and I figured.. Why not...

 

[Clann]

Thats the reason I brewed my Oud Bruin. Why not?

 

[RobbyBeer]

Yep, that's the one I'm trying as well.