LBG sour/buggy/funky Beer Tasting
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LBG sour/buggy/funky Beer Tasting
So who else is interested? I've wanted to have one for quite a while. We have some very talented brewers in the club doing great stuff with bugs. There are great commercial examples available. Two things that come to mind: we would need to collect funds or pledge bottles in advance so we could plan the tastings accordingly, and we would need someone to volunteer to play host so to speak. Let's get some interest drummed up first, then hash out the details when we see how big this thing gets.
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I am for it, but my bugged beer supply is low which is one reason that I am moving to a larger brewing system to get enough beer to fully age.
Jensen got to try my 6 day old Berliner Weiss yesterday, so it has some time to go also.
Let the bug show begin
Jensen got to try my 6 day old Berliner Weiss yesterday, so it has some time to go also.
Let the bug show begin
Have Fun!
Chris
Chris
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In......
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Lupulin Threshold Shift
lupulin threshold shift \lu·pu·lin thresh·old shift\ n
1. When a once extraordinarily hoppy beer now seems pedestrian.
2. The phenomenon a person has when craving more bitterness in beer.
3. The long-term exposure to extremely hoppy beers; if excessive or prolonged, a habitual dependence on hops will occur.
4. When a "Double IPA" just is not enough
Lupulin Threshold Shift
lupulin threshold shift \lu·pu·lin thresh·old shift\ n
1. When a once extraordinarily hoppy beer now seems pedestrian.
2. The phenomenon a person has when craving more bitterness in beer.
3. The long-term exposure to extremely hoppy beers; if excessive or prolonged, a habitual dependence on hops will occur.
4. When a "Double IPA" just is not enough
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This guy!
Cheers!
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Oh HELL yes...I'm in. Don't have any bug brews going yet, but know where the liquor store that sells them is...
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I'm In, and I have a few to donate to the cause.
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I would be interested from a learning perspective, but do not have anything to offer.
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Can you say, sour beer dance???? 
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Join the crowd.Rob Martin wrote:I would be interested from a learning perspective, but do not have anything to offer.
No one really knows about bugs since they are a moving target.
Once considered a fault in wine, it hasn't been but about the last fifteen years with the new electronics and interest, that the microbiologists have been trying to isolate them.
Even today, there is still about a two week window that it takes to see if a wine has a bug. There have been new advances it trying to predict a bug that has shortened the window down to about 2 days, but it depends on the sample in the liquid since bugs are so slow growing and what the bug is that the lab is checking for.
Beer with bugs is a really a young adventure in the US. Even people such as Vinnie and Tomme change their formula as the bugs evolve with one bug opening up another avenue for another bug to change the flavor.
Brewers in Belgian, France, Ireland, Britain and Germany knew they had bugs but didn't know where they were coming from. But, since 'God is Good', the brewers kept using the same yeast and bugs to create the same product.
There are about 150 Brett bugs that have been isolated. But that is a short field if one considers the interaction between ale yeast, Brett, Pedio, Oenococcus, Lacto and others. Each bug creating a symbiotic relationship with the other depending on sugars, pH and alcohol, with each bug changing the flavor of the liquid.
It is just a game that we play and see where the bugs take us.
Brew a bug beer and sample it every couple of months and you will taste the moving target
All it, is an open canvas to see what one can create and given time, what it changes into.
Fun Stuff, brew a bug beer and fall out of style!
Have Fun!
Chris
Chris
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Dumped 10 ml of wort into my WLP510 slant so it is on it's way to a Belgian Specialty. Love the final bugged beer!
Have Fun!
Chris
Chris
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I have a sum total of (-0) for knowledge/experience in this arena, but would enjoy the chance to check it out.
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Want to learn more about it and have a couple of commercial examples to share, but haven't tried to brew one (yet).
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klickcue wrote:I am for it, but my bugged beer supply is low
I am for it, too!
At Six days, and still green as hell, this beer was well on its way fo being a mighty fine example of the the style indeed. Nice job, I mean work in progress, Chris!!!klickcue wrote:Jensen got to try my 6 day old Berliner Weiss yesterday, so it has some time to go also.
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I have some 5yr old Brett beer still in secondary (glass carboy with oak dowel). I plan on sampling and see if its still worth adding to the fray.
Just call me Andy!
Lupulin Threshold Shift
lupulin threshold shift \lu·pu·lin thresh·old shift\ n
1. When a once extraordinarily hoppy beer now seems pedestrian.
2. The phenomenon a person has when craving more bitterness in beer.
3. The long-term exposure to extremely hoppy beers; if excessive or prolonged, a habitual dependence on hops will occur.
4. When a "Double IPA" just is not enough
Lupulin Threshold Shift
lupulin threshold shift \lu·pu·lin thresh·old shift\ n
1. When a once extraordinarily hoppy beer now seems pedestrian.
2. The phenomenon a person has when craving more bitterness in beer.
3. The long-term exposure to extremely hoppy beers; if excessive or prolonged, a habitual dependence on hops will occur.
4. When a "Double IPA" just is not enough
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Like most things, I am lacking in knowledge, but would like to find out more.