Lambic Digest V1 #121

Published in

· 8 months ago

Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 01:10:02 -0400 
Subject: Lambic: The Lambic Digest V1 #121 

owner-lambic`at`hbd.org 

Lambic: The Lambic Digest    Saturday, May 4 2002    Volume 01 : Number 121 

Re: First taste 

---------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 21:56:18 -0500 
From: blutick`at`juno.com 
Subject: Re: First taste 

>Tried my first pLambic recently at a local HBC meeting. 

Sounds like a pretty good first attempt, Steven. My first plambic was OK, 
fairly sour but not much brett character. It spent ~18 months in the 
primary, then I bottled it with dextrose and a packet of rehydrated 
Nottingham yeast. The biggest problem with it was that I wanted it to be 
a well carbonated gueuze but it never achieved more than a very slight 
sparkle. Still, it goes down pretty well. Its almost gone now. 

I'm much happier with my second attempt, which did turn out something 
like a gueuze. I primed it with dextrose but this time, rather than a 
packet of  rehydrated dry yeast,  I added a pint starter of yeast at high 
krausen. Great carbonation this time. It has nice brett aromas and medium 
sourness. I've entered it in a couple of competitions and it scores mid 
30s to low 40s but the judges keep placing the fruity ones ahead of it. 

Pitch schedule for my second batch: 
One packet rehydrated Windsor dry yeast on 12/28/99 
Pedio starter (from slant, Brewer's Resource) on 01/06/00 
Brett. Lambicus starter (from slant, Brewer's Resource) on 01/21/00 
pack of Wyeast lambic blend on 01/23/00 

Jim Layton 

------------------------------ 

End of Lambic: The Lambic Digest V1 #121 
**************************************** 

************************************************************************ 
You are subscribed to the Lambic Digest mailing list. Our 
subscribe system prevents someone else from subscribing you, so you got 
here on your own. 

To post a message to the list, please send it to lambic`at`hbd.org. 

To unsubscribe, send the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes, to 
lambic-request`at`hbd.org. For a list of other useful commands, send the 
word "help", less the quotes, to lambic-request`at`hbd.org. 

Comments or questions related to the operation of this list should be 
directed to lambic-owner`at`hbd.org