Blogs

Below is a list of online blogs that are either focused on sour/funky brewing or at least have substantial information on sour/funky brewing. We recommend using an RSS Reader software to keep track of blog articles.

List of Blogs

Name	Author	General Content and Highlights
Milk The Funk Community Blog	Various Authors	The community blog for the Milk The Funk Facebook group.
Brouwerij-Chugach	Brian Hall	Homebrewing lambic, blending, barrel information, bread/pizza making and beta tester for The Yeast Bay
A PhD in Beer	Matt Humbard	Microbiologist; wild brewing; isolating yeast
Bad Lee Brewed	Lee	Homebrew blog including some wild brewing; based in Thailand
Brain Sparging on Brewing	Adam Kielich	Small batch Solera and "gueuze" blending
Browne and Bitter	Amos Browne	Emphasis on wild saison brewing and historical brewing
Deeper Roots Brewing		Sour brewing section that focuses on using bottle dregs
Sour Beer Blog	Matt Miller and others	Extensive commercial sour beer list and reviews, as well as sour homebrewing
Spontaneous Funk	Michael Thorpe	Wild homebrewing including spontaneous fermentation
Sui Generis Brewing	Bryan	Wild brewing, yeast wrangling and culturing, and maintains a yeast bank for trade
The Mad Fermentationist	Michael Tonsmeire	Authority on sour brewing with extensive experimentation; author of "American Sour Beers"
The Mark of the Yeast		Emphasis on Brettanomyces, yeast wrangler, microscopy, and maintains a yeast bank for trading
Ale of the Riverwards	Ed Coffey	Sour and lambic brewing, beta tester for The Yeast Bay
Alpha Wolf Brewery	Craig Wolf	Yeast wrangling/hunting/slanting
Bikes Beer & Adventures	Jeffrey Crane	Professional brewer with sour homebrewing recipes using mixed fermentations, bottle dregs, and one gallon batches
BKYeast	Dmitri	PhD in Cell Biology; yeast culturing and isolation from commercial sours; maintains a yeast bank
Embrace The Funk	Brandon Jones	Professional brewer, extensive barrel information, sour brewing information, and pH readings of commercial sour beers
Lambic and Wild Ale		Emphasis on lambic brewing and historical information about lambic/flanders brewing in Belgium
Ryan Brews	Ryan	Yeast culturing, experimental homebrewing, and sour brewing emphasis
Sour Beer and Wild Yeast	Bryan Doty	Amateur biologist focused on culturing and experimenting with cultures
Bear Flavored	Derek Dellinger	Wide variety of fermentation information
Bootleg Biology	Jeff Mello	Company that sells the DIYest kit for culturing wild yeast; maintains a yeast bank; how-to information for plate streaking, yeast management, etc.
Brew Science - Homebrewing Blog	Jason Rodriguez	Scientist turned homebrewer; scientific experiments with Brettanomyces and general brewing techniques; maintains a yeast bank
Hors Catégorie Brewing	Dave Janssen	A Chemist who specializes in brewing clean and funky saisons
Eureka Brewing	Sam	Scientist who isolates and experiments with wild yeasts and bacterias; has a yeast bank that testers have access to
Fermentology	James	Good section on wild brewing recipes and 100% Brett recipes, as well as yearly barrel aged sours and blends.
Microbus Brewery	Rob	General homebrewing blog that includes some sour brewing
DC Yeast Lab		Yeast culturing and banking
Compare Beer		Sour brewing experiments and homebrew barrel aging
Lewy Brewing	Lewy	Large collection of interesting homebrews, including sour dregs beers and 100% Brett fermentations
Small Place Big Brews	Don	Sour brewing including fruit lambics and blending
HophenTreader	Joseph Lemnah	Sour section with an emphasis on fruit and spices
Meta Brewing		Smaller section of Brett and sour brewing
Dank Brewing Co.	Nick Pederson	Extensive sour, wild, and experimental brewing; opening a brewery
1227 Brewing	Jeff	Section on homebrewing sours
Chillindamos	Sean	Inspiring homebrew recipes with some sour brewing
The Brettanomyces Project	Chad Yakobson	Yakobson's dissertation and research on Brettanomyces
The Beer Minimum	Stuart Grant	Brew log of non-traditional fermentations with an emphasis on inspiration from commercial funky and sour beers
Scrappy Hound Brewing	Patrick Dube	Solera and Brett homebrewing
Larsblog	Lars Marius Garshol	Amateur Beer historian; touches on old techniques on farmhouse ales and wild yeast.
Fry Brews	Mark Fry	General homebrewing blog that includes some detailed sour brewing logs.
Five Blades Brewing	Derek Springer	A series on Sour Mashing, which was presented at NHC 2015.
American Lambic	Matthew Flickinger	A blog dedicated to sour homebrewing, including blending and barrel information, and long term experiments.
Kilned Brewing	Evan Cooper	Solera and sour brewing, as well as microbe culturing and microscopy.
Beer By Bart (sour beer tag)	Steve Shapiro and Gail Ann Williams	Includes details on Gail's sour brewing with spaghetti as per her interview with BasicBrewing.
Hive Mind Mead	David Doucette	Sour homebrewing, including fermenting mead with bacteria and Brett cultures.
The South House Pilot Brewery	Kyle Kohlmorgen	NHC presenter; blog focused on sour and funky brewing.
The Farmhouse Obsession	Andrew "Gus" Addkison	Focus on Saison and Farmhouse brewing.
BeerMark (Sour tag)	Matthew Riggs	Sour section of his blog, including wild yeast capturing.
Farmhouse Beer Blog	Topher Boehm	Focused on farmhouse brewing; information and interviews of farmhouse breweries in the US and Europe.
Meek Brewing Co.		Sour, saison, and Brett brewing.
Basement Brew Lab Blog	Dustin Metzger	Intergeneric hybridization experiment using Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Brettanomyces bruxellensis.
Beezy Brews	Adam Boura	Homebrewer out of Pittsburgh, PA; funky, sour, and saison homebrewing.
Lo-Fi Brews	Stefano Ricci	Homebrewer from Italy. Blog is written in Italian.
Amber Waves Brewing	Gabriel Gullbergh	Homebrewing blog on sour and funky beers, attaining a 'terrior' using foraging/local ingredients, and fermented funky foods.
End Of Silence Brewing	Justin Bruce	Sour/wild section of a homebrew blog that focuses on sour brewing, blending, wild yeast culturing, and BJCP competition results.
Suregork Loves Beer	Kristoffer Krogerus	Homebrewing with an emphasis on biotechnology, DNA analysis, and microbiology.
Beer Diary	Ethan Tripp	Insights into solera and lambic-style spontaneous fermentation.
Dry Brewing Yeasts for Sour Ales blog	Barrett Tillman	Barrett of Dry Yeast for Sour Ales BlackManYeast homebrewing blog section focused on wild brewing.
In Bounds Brewing	Dan	Advanced Homebrew blog which includes articles on homebrewed lambic.
[http://www.brewminds.com/author/vetamotes/ BrewMinds	Jhon Campbell	Experimentional homebrews with probiotics and wild meads.

Overly Informative Commercial Brewery Blogs

Brewery	General Content and Highlights
Jester King	Presentations, recipes, processes on wild brewing.
Funk Factory	Professional brewer focused on lambic brewing; maintains an extensive Brettanomyces Strain Guide

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