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Subject: Lambic Digest #385 (July 03, 1994)
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Lambic Digest #385 Sun 03 July 1994
Forum on Lambic Beers (and other Belgian beer styles)
Mike Sharp, Digest Coordinator
Contents:
fruit and bottling materials (Todd Gierman)
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Date: Sat, 2 Jul 1994 09:54:26 -0500
From: tmgierma at acpub.duke.edu (Todd Gierman)
Subject: fruit and bottling materials
Well, the blackberries are in season here. I have collected roughly 3
pounds of wild blackberries and expect to get at least another 5. I am now
thinking in terms of a Framboise Noir. Does anybody have experience with
using blackberries? Because the drupe contains a fibrous center and large
seeds, I am wondering whether it wouldn't be better to mash and strain
them, rather than using the whole fruit. What are people finding for an
acceptable fruit/p-lambic ratio?
I am also thinking of my next batch and blending. I plan to do a ten
gallon split batch. Five gallons will become my "young" lambic and will be
used to blend with the one that is currently going. I will divide this 10
gallons to make the Framoise Noir. The other half will become a gueuze or
maybe a peche, if I can get free peaches from a friend. The remaining 5
gallons will go on to become an "old" p-lambic for future blending. For
fruit addition - should I add fruit in two months to the one that I have
going (nearly 7 months old now), or should I add it to the younger batch
after it has entered the secondary, or should I blend and then add fruit
after a couple of months? Jim, neither Guinard nor Jackson give the
impression that one year is required before the addition of fruit.
One option that I am considering is blending close enough to bottling and
letting some "refermentation" in the bottle be the source of carbonation.
In order to better pull this off, I am considering using champaigne bottles
and/or splits. Can somebody steer me to a source for champaigne corks
(plastic is fine) and wire cages? Also, do the cork sizes tend to fit the
American or European champainge bottles? This information will be useful
as I spend the next 6 months scrounging for punted bottles.
TIA,
Todd
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