re: Homebrewing Thread: Volume II

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I am always impressed by your beer souring and mixed fermentaitons so it's interesting that you are doing lagers now. I guess that's the beauty of beer, so many different styles to enjoy.

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Thanks. To be honest, i get kind of bored with mixed fermentation, outside of my lambics/gueuze project. Right now, it seems any new mixed culture beer i brew outside of the lambics, is more of a chore because it's not something i want to brew, but something i HAVE to brew in order to later blend. I guess it's probably the long turnover on those types, so i'm not as excited with those as i am with non-sour types. Also probably has something to do with the fact that i have too many sours in bottles right now, so i'm in no rush to add more. I'm trying to whittle down my sour fermenters to the gueuze project fermenters and 1 or 2 mixed ferm. I should probably play around more with fruiting or adding different herbs/spices just to change things up.

On the lager front, i've been diving deep into traditional german/czech style beers. The history, process, and final result has me hooked. Drinking a crystal clear pilsner or helles, made well, is hard to beat, IMO.