One Last Lambic Hurrah Brewday

No time like the present to start building some reserve lambic for when it is time to take the first pull from the barrel. After all, starting now means I don’t have to brew at such a crazy, breakneck pace when it gets right down to it. Plus, I can always try other random crazy shit with this stuff if I feel so inclined. Which, might I add, I do.

203. One Last Lambic Hurrah

Mash:

8 lbs. Best Malz Pilsen

4 lbs. Best Malz Wheat

Mash @ 152° F for 60 minutes w/ 4 gallons RO water and 7 g. gypsum; collected 2 ½ gallons @ 1.068

Batch sparge @ 166° F for 20 minutes w/ 4 gallons RO water; collected 4 gallons @ 1.026

Topped off to 7 gallons, brought to a boil (70 minutes), & added:

w/60 to go: 1 oz. Choice debittered hops

w/10 to go: 5 g. Wyeast yeast nutrient

Chilled & racked onto Hanssen’s Gueuze yeast cake from 200. Barrel Project Lambic

Brewed: 3/17/2015

Blended: 1/14/2016: used to top-off 181b. ECY01 Bug Farm for bulk-aging; blended rest during Old Beer Blending Party (2/21/2016)

OG: 1.052

FG: 1.000