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Lindeman’s Lambic clone

Lindemans was founded in 1822 and has a solid reputation as a blender and brewer of traditional, authentic lambics. The brewery produces fou

Flanders Red Ale

Flanders red ales are reddish sour beers aged in oak. With a little technique and a lot of time, you can brew the "Burgundy of Belgium&

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Brewing Belgian-Style Beers: Tips from the Pros

Make the most of your Belgian-style beers with expert advice from the brewers at Ommegang, Allagash and Boulevard.

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Gilligan’s Gueuze (Blended Lambic)

A gueuze is a beer made from blending “old” lambics, up to three years old, with a “new” lambic that has just finished its main ferm

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Berliner Weisse (Napoleon’s Champagne)

The biggest challenge to making a Berliner weisse is making a light, clean base beer, then rapidly souring it with bacteria. You need to sou

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The 10 Hardest Beer Styles to Homebrew

Witbier. Wee Heavey. Tripel. Schwartzbier. Gueze. Eisbock. Dry Stout. Berliner Weisse. American Pilsner – are these the 10 most difficult st

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Brewing Sour Beers: Tips from the Pros

Belgians, barrels and Brett — oh my! Tips from three brewers who are sweet on sour beers.

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Brewing with Brettanomyces (plus some Brett clones)

Learn how to put the “British brewing industry fungus” to work in your home brewery. You don’t need to be a lambic brewer to show an interes

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Jolly Rancher Apple Lambic

Jolly Rancher Apple lambic is a dry, sour beer with the flavor and aroma of Granny Smith apples coming from Jolly Rancher hard candies. This

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Lambic Brewing

Take some wort contaminated with all sorts of microbes, let it “rot” for years and what do you get? One of the most interesting and unique s

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Where the Wild Yeasts Are: Belgian Lambics

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Lambic: Brewing with Bacteria