SOUR RED SOLERA

Sour Red Ale/Specialty Ale

Brewer: Matt Warren & Ryan Golden     

Competitions:  Fugetaboutit(2016)

Place: 1st - Specialty Beer (American Brett and Mixed Fermentation)

Batch Size: 5 gallons

Mash: 60 minutes at 157 ºF; batch sparge at 168 ºF

4 lb Castle Pilsner

4 lb Avangard Vienna

2 lb Weyermann Munich II

0.5 lb Castle Special B

0.5 lb Weyermann CaraMunich III

0.5 lb Castle Aromatic

0.5 lb Avangard Wheat Malt

Boil: 90 minutes

0.25 oz Hallertau - 60 Minutes

Yeast:

The Yeast Bay Mélange

The Yeast Bay Amalgamation

Various other lab pitches & dregs from 21 different beers

Fermentation:

Co-pitched at 68 ºF; Pull 1/3 total volume once a year & top off with a fresh batch; Age indefinitely

OG: 1.067     IBU: 4.3

FG: 1.008