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 |
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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 | 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 |