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[Bradthoc]

I've been tempted to do a sour and this recipe looks awesome! Just to verify, you age on the cherries and oak the whole time once they're added right? You're not racking off them until bottling?


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I will be aging the beer on the fruit and oak for the rest of the process (roughly another 7 months). I did a whiskey oaked RIS earlier this year and upped my oak usage accordingly based on favors that came through from that. I think it's something you can play around with as you go. Try sampling several months in. If the oak is coming through how you like, maybe pull some out if possible.


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[Bradthoc]

Pitched the White Labs Sour Mix on Thursday, before the holiday weekend. Haven't seen any activity. But, then again, I'm not sure if I would? I'm contemplating adding a few more pounds of strawberries. If anything just to give the bugs a few more sugars to gnaw on. Haven't heard anything from the original poster as far as how this tasted after bottling. No idea if adding more fruit will over "sweeten" this particular recipe, or not? Should I even bother with adding more fruit?

On a side note... Has ANYONE else brewed this up and actually tasted it after bottling? Thoughts?




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[lousbrews]

Pitched the White Labs Sour Mix on Thursday, before the holiday weekend. Haven't seen any activity. But, then again, I'm not sure if I would? I'm contemplating adding a few more pounds of strawberries. If anything just to give the bugs a few more sugars to gnaw on. Haven't heard anything from the original poster as far as how this tasted after bottling. No idea if adding more fruit will over "sweeten" this particular recipe, or not? Should I even bother with adding more fruit?

On a side note... Has ANYONE else brewed this up and actually tasted it after bottling? Thoughts?

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Patience.

 

[Bradthoc]

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Will be bottling this on 12/7. Want to give it a solid 2.5 months before gifting some away. Ordered up some 375ml bottles. Was going to cork, but decided to go for crown style to save money this time and not buy a corker.

Looking forward to tasting again and getting this carbonated and conditioned. Tasted great back on 10/05/14. Oak, vanilla, nice tartness (about 3.0-3.5) on my pH strip reading, lots of strawberry coming through after adding 10 more pounds. Should be delicious!


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[crusader1612]

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Will be bottling this on 12/7. Want to give it a solid 2.5 months before gifting some away. Ordered up some 375ml bottles. Was going to cork, but decided to go for crown style to save money this time and not buy a corker.

Looking forward to tasting again and getting this carbonated and conditioned. Tasted great back on 10/05/14. Oak, vanilla, nice tartness (about 3.0-3.5) on my pH strip reading, lots of strawberry coming through after adding 10 more pounds. Should be delicious!


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Nice work.
How old is it now?

 

[Bradthoc]

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Bottled and waxed, on 12/7/14.
Will be tasting on 3/1/15. At that point it will be 10 months since brewing. At bottling it was fantastic. After 17lbs. Of strawberries they really come through. A nice rounded tartness. Will be nice to see what carbonation does.

 

[basisforaday]

Anxious to hear how the tasting went. I'm about to embark on my first sour ale shortly and I think I'll start with this recipe. Thanks!

 

[Bradthoc]

Tasting was great, sorry for the delay. Has been enjoyed by several others as well. I'm told for as delicate a fruit as strawberry the flavor really comes through. Very nice pleasant tartness. Carbonation could be a little higher. One big important piece of feedback I've been given is to consider blending with a younger beer next time, to help give the beer some body. It is a little thin. I know blending is a big part of the sour beer making process and didn't even think of it on the Homebrew level, but will be taking this into great consideration next time. Holding back a case for aging. Will be fun to see how this develops/holds up over the next 1-5 years.