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Lambic Digest V1 #121
Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 01:10:02 -0400
Subject: Lambic: The Lambic Digest V1 #121
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Lambic: The Lambic Digest Saturday, May 4 2002 Volume 01 : Number 121
Re: First taste
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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
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