Blogs

Introduction

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

List of Blogs

Name	Author	General Content and Highlights
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
Spontaneous Funk	Michael Thorpe	Wild homebrewing including spontaneous fermentation
Sui Generis Brewing		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
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
Funk Factory	Levi Funk	Professional brewer focused on lambic brewing; maintains an extensive Brettanomyces Strain Guide
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
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