seth8530
The Atomic Wine Maker
Hey all! After doing tasting of some very good sour beers in the Oregon area I have decided to relent and and make a DRY sour mead. The only thing is, I am not sure whether I want to use brett or lambic bacteria or any combination of the two...
I have checked out wyeast lambic strain catagory
http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_yeaststrain.cfm
and White labs
http://www.whitelabs.com/wine/pro/listings?style=5
but I have not really found any other groups that also sell brett/lambic bacteria and yeast. If someone could find some more strains that would be great!
What I am planning on doing is making a 20 gallon batch of mead. I plan on doing half of the batch under cold ferment conditions with normal yeast to make a relatively high dry ABV mead.
At the same time I will also be fermenting the brett/lambic portion of the mead which will likely have a lower ABV than the cold fermented yeast batch since I need to ensure that I stay within the brett/lambics ABV range so that it will go dry.
Then, once these guys age out for a year or so I plan on blending them together to get the desired character that I want.
Input would be greatly appreciated! If anyone knows of any high ABV lambic strains they would be a life saver!
I have checked out wyeast lambic strain catagory
http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_yeaststrain.cfm
and White labs
http://www.whitelabs.com/wine/pro/listings?style=5
but I have not really found any other groups that also sell brett/lambic bacteria and yeast. If someone could find some more strains that would be great!
What I am planning on doing is making a 20 gallon batch of mead. I plan on doing half of the batch under cold ferment conditions with normal yeast to make a relatively high dry ABV mead.
At the same time I will also be fermenting the brett/lambic portion of the mead which will likely have a lower ABV than the cold fermented yeast batch since I need to ensure that I stay within the brett/lambics ABV range so that it will go dry.
Then, once these guys age out for a year or so I plan on blending them together to get the desired character that I want.
Input would be greatly appreciated! If anyone knows of any high ABV lambic strains they would be a life saver!