Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 01:10:02 -0400 Subject: Lambic: The Lambic Digest V1 #121 owner-lambic`at`hbd.org Lambic: The Lambic Digest Saturday, May 4 2002 Volume 01 : Number 121 Re: First taste ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------ End of Lambic: The Lambic Digest V1 #121 **************************************** ************************************************************************ You are subscribed to the Lambic Digest mailing list. Our subscribe system prevents someone else from subscribing you, so you got here on your own. To post a message to the list, please send it to lambic`at`hbd.org. To unsubscribe, send the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes, to lambic-request`at`hbd.org. For a list of other useful commands, send the word "help", less the quotes, to lambic-request`at`hbd.org. Comments or questions related to the operation of this list should be directed to lambic-owner`at`hbd.org