Perpetuum Sour
Author Michael Tonsmeire provides a recipe he utilizes for his home solera method to produce funky beers.
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May/June 2014
Learn to make Berliner Weisse American Style, try some sandy Solera Sour blending techniques, tips for making your own flavor syrups, and brew a Flanders red ale.
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recipePerennial Artisan Ales’ Anniversaria clone
St. Louis, Missouri-based Perennial Artisan Ales’ anniversary ale, Anniversaria, is blended via solera. Their goal isn’t to release the same beer each year, but as brewer Jonathan Moxey put it, “create a thread that will run through each year’s release.”
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recipeCairn 100% Brett IPA
There are many different ways to go with fermenting this recipe from Sacch Trois to Brett Trois or any favorite strain of yours. Either way, the Centennial and Citra® hops should please any hop fan.
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projectMotorize Your Mill
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recipeModern Times Beer: Southern Lands IPA clone
This 100% Brett Trois-fermented IPA features an intense tropical pineapple character.
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recipeThunder Island Brewing Company: Vitamin K Kölsch
This light yellow German-style ale is no longer brewed by Thunder Island, but you can brew it at home for a fresh, crisp brew for the summer.
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articleThe Chemistry of Beer Flavor
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articleBrewing All-Brett IPA
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articleHops Down Under
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articleBlending Sour Beers with the Solera Method
Rather than blending to taste at bottling, a solera relies on mixing beers of multiple ages together during aging. When a portion is removed for packaging, the volume is replaced with younger beer. The younger beer can be unfermented, fermented, or even soured. In this way, the solera slowly evolves.
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articleNew World Berliner Weisse
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recipeFlanders Red Recipe
Jamil Zainasheff provides readers with a recipe to recreate an authentically-styled Flanders Red. Just remember that patience is one of the best tools for brewing this style.
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recipeSpencer Trappist Ale clone
The first beer released by the first and only American Trappist brewery, The Spencer Brewery located in Spencer, Massachusetts. This beer was designed to mirror the patersbiers (“fathers’ beer” in Flemish) found in Belgium. They have since released a full line-up of beers, but their original Belgian-style pale ale is something to be savored. Find the recipe here.
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articleFlanders Red: Style Profile
Brettanomyces fermentation is just one of the wonders that makes the Belgian Flanders red style so appealing.
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mr-wizardBrewing with Raspberries
The Wiz lays out ways to add fruit and hot peppers to beer. Plus: How to get a crisp finish.
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articleAmerican Trappists
The monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Mass. run the first American Trappist brewery. Plus: a clone recipe.