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.
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 |