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Subject: Lambic Digest #991 (November 26, 1996)
Lambic Digest #991 Tue 26 November 1996
Forum on Lambic Beers (and other Belgian beer styles)
Mike Sharp, Digest Coordinator
Contents:
Barrel Mold (Norman Dickenson)
AHA Guidelines (kit.anderson)
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 08:36:07 -0800
From: Norman Dickenson <norman.dickenson at sonoma.edu>
Subject: Barrel Mold
Subject: Time: 8:22 AM
OFFICE MEMO Barrel Mold Date: 11/25/96
>Some of my barrels have a coating of whitish growth, the lambik does not
>appear to be harmed by this. I do not think that outside mold implies that
>the inside is infected as well. Only taste will tell. You might try
>washing the outsidde of the barrel with a solution of bleach to reduce the
>mold.
In the wine industry, barrels receive a coating of linseed oil, or
another varnish like product. The purpose is to eliminate or reduce
the growth of mold on the outside of the barrels during their storage
in the sometimes dank, cold and humid storage facilities. The
products are
not applied so liberally that they soak more than 1/4" or so into
the wood and do not reduce the ability of the wood to "breathe.
I would be surprised that mold could grow on the inside of a full
barrel and allowing yer barrel to dry out repeatedly is simply asking
for a leaker. Doesn't mold require direct exposure to air? I
occasionally dampen the outside of my barrels with an idopher
solution using a squeeze bottle though the spiders don't like me to
do that.
-norman-
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 96 16:05:00 -0500
From: kit.anderson at acornbbs.com
Subject: AHA Guidelines
>I know as much as I want to about Belgian tax laws - nothing.
>However, I think Guy misunderstood what Scott was saying about
>spices. When he said that "spices are only allowed in wits" he was
>referring to the AHA guidelines,not Belgian law. And that was his
>point - many Belgian styles, both by law and by "real" stylistic
>guidelines, have spices. The AHA guidelines only allow them in wits.
>Therefore, the AHA guidelines are whack.
You could interpret the guidelines that way, or you could say that
spices are expected in wits and optional in other styles. Spices in a
strong, special, tripel, or faro are not out of style and the AHA
guidelines need to be rewritten to infer this.
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