{"id":7720,"date":"2013-08-26T11:36:01","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T15:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2013-08-26T11:36:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T15:36:01","slug":"homebrewing-a-few-more-sours-coming-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/08\/26\/homebrewing-a-few-more-sours-coming-up\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Homebrewing: A few more &#8216;sours&#8217; coming up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9483,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/9522671807&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251105075508\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/9522671807&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/9522671807&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-26 01:50:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-05 21:12:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-09 04:07:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-22 09:19:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-25 19:00:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-29 08:35:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-06 02:55:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-27 01:21:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 18:29:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 09:25:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 09:25:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9484,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ratebeer.com\\\/beer\\\/russian-river-consecration\\\/94349&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9485,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/morebeer.com\\\/products\\\/kit-allgrain-russian-rivers-consecration.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20151127173213\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.morebeer.com:80\\\/products\\\/kit-allgrain-russian-rivers-consecration.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/morebeer.com\\\/products\\\/kit-allgrain-russian-rivers-consecration.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-26 01:50:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-05 21:12:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-09 04:07:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-22 09:19:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-25 19:00:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-29 08:35:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-06 02:55:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 09:25:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 09:25:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9486,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ratebeer.com\\\/beer\\\/the-bruery-tart-of-darkness\\\/145153&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220921205529\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.ratebeer.com\\\/beer\\\/the-bruery-tart-of-darkness\\\/145153\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-05 07:51:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-26 01:50:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-03 01:05:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-07 08:47:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-17 13:46:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-22 09:19:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-25 19:00:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-29 08:35:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-06 02:55:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 09:25:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 09:25:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Fermenting Brett B Pale Ales - Carboy - Homebrew&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/9522671807\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Fermenting Brett B Pale Ales - Carboy - Homebrew\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7455\/9522671807_663681dc8d_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On August 8th, I brewed 2 beers. The first was an evolution of my Brett B pale ale. Batch 1 was just straight 2-row and Motueka hops coming in around 3.5%. It fermented quickly and was dry hopped before kegging. That beer has since kicked so I wanted to brew it again but this time I did some changes to the recipe and used Citra. Fermentation has slowed a bit and the krausen has dropped so I&#8217;ll be dry hopping it today and will be kegging it at the 4 week mark. It probably could go longer but I won&#8217;t really know until today&#8217;s gravity reading. The Belgian Wit will be kegged at week 4 as well but it&#8217;s pretty much done and tasting really nice.<\/p>\n<p>=====<\/p>\n<p>This week, some more grain arrives for a few new projects. One of these projects are kits and one is a re-brew.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Up First: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratebeer.com\/beer\/russian-river-consecration\/94349\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Consecration Clone<\/a>. This is the<a href=\"http:\/\/morebeer.com\/products\/kit-allgrain-russian-rivers-consecration.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> kit from MoreBeer<\/a> and while I think kits are pretty dumb, this one is a fairly good deal considering the contents which includes Dried Currants and oak that was taken from a previously used Consecration barrel that should have a few bugs intact. This will take at least 6 months but I should let it go up to a year before drinking. For that reason, this carboy will pretty much live way back under the stairs in my cellar so it&#8217;s not in the way. I&#8217;ll just ignore it until it&#8217;s ready. This will be the longest fermentation I&#8217;ve done so far with 2nd longest being my first Berliner Weisse which too 3 months.<\/p>\n<p>Second: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratebeer.com\/beer\/the-bruery-tart-of-darkness\/145153\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tart of Darkness Clone<\/a>. I like ToD a lot and ordered 2 bottles from Bruery earlier this summer. This is quite good fresh and the commercial version is a stout soured with all kinds of wild yeast and fermented in Black Tuesday barrels. Fermentation estimate was at least 12 months. So this will be a similar beer but not exactly. \u00a0So I&#8217;ll probably be drinking this one next Fall.<\/p>\n<p>Another beer being brewed is a re-brew of my Imperial stout that was done last Thanksgiving. We just drank my last bottle of this and it&#8217;s tasting great. This was a time and cost expensive beer to make but the results were absolutely worth it. The first batch was almost 25 pounds of grain coming in around 12% and then 12oz of Blanton&#8217;s were added, 3 vanilla beans and 2 french oak spirals. It conditioned for 6 months before I tapped it in July. 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