A few years ago a friend of mine sent a text saying they had just tried the best beer ever, a sour ale brewed with peaches called Farm To Face from Allagash Brewing Company. I get beer recommendations all the time, but it is rare that they come with a “favorite beer ever” label, so […]
I continued my journey towards discovering sour beers with Cuvee des Jacobins Rogue, a Flemish Red Ale brewed by Brouwerij Bockor NV in Belgium. Flemish red ales are typically fermented in oak barrels intentionally contaminated with Lactobacillus, which produces lactic acid during fermentation. This lactic acid give the beer its sour flavor. Belgian red malts […]
One group of beers that has become very popular amongst craft beer conisseurs recently is sour beers. Sour beers undergo part/all of their fermentation with strains of wild yeast or bacteria, which impart a tart, acidic sour flavor to the final beer. This flavor is considered “off” in most beer styles, many homebrewers have an experience with […]
