Anyone have a recipe for a lambic? I really like gueze lambic but it’s almost impossible to find here. Thought I might try a sour beer. Nothing in the wiki.
Well, gueze is a blend of new and old lambics. There isn’t really a “recipe” for gueze.
Yes, I know it’s a blend but I’ve gotta start now if I ever want to have old lambic to blend with new someday.
How about a recipe for just the new portion for now?
not super familiar but I would start with something similar to a saison, pils malt and some raw wheat. I have even heard of using wheat flour in the boil. the idea being to get lots of unconverted starch in there for the non-yeast buggies to have available. The other aspect is old mistreated hops. I think the main idea behind useing old hops is to get as much of the anti bacterial, preservative qualities of the hop with as little hop flavour and aroma. so you might be able to fake it with a fairly neutral hop with only a small 60 minute addition.
Check out the Mad Fermentationist’s blog… great reading there about sours.