tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730986648517576592.post5584038793412564092..comments2023-12-07T00:32:56.474-08:00Comments on Black Alley Brewing: Bière(s) de Garde - (Le Trois Mandragores)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730986648517576592.post-51424044583704424842012-02-13T07:24:02.860-08:002012-02-13T07:24:02.860-08:00Oh yeah, I definitely tasted each of them to make ...Oh yeah, I definitely tasted each of them to make sure that none of the bugs were kicking off much ethyl acetate, but the thing is that these starters were young and really won't give a solid example of how the beer will turn out. I mainly was just checking to make sure there wasn't anything bad in the flavor to begin with.<br /><br />That said, the Cantillon dreg starter (about 3 weeks old) had a pretty mild lactic sourness and no acetic esters. The pedio starter was already insanely sour with a ton of lactic acid, but it also was heavy on the diacetyl. By it self, this would be a problem but with the addition of the brett, it should clean up over time. The ECY brett #9 slurry leaned more towards the fruity side, but I believe that was just because it was pretty young. As it mixes with the other bugs and develops over time, I've heard that the blend turns into a solid funk storm of leather and goat. Hopefully that funk will nicely balance out the acids produced by the pedio.Black Alley Brewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337960416356160924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730986648517576592.post-48695671362845898282012-01-30T16:03:36.960-08:002012-01-30T16:03:36.960-08:00Very cool project. And I agree with you on the spl...Very cool project. And I agree with you on the split batch of "normal" beer and sour beer. I have really come to believe that the type of wort is not nearly as important in sour beers as is the type of bugs and how/when they are added.<br /><br />I'm curious about your dregs you used. Did you taste any of the individual starters? And what did you think?Jeffrey Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01520169652639837640noreply@blogger.com