Sean White, cofounder of Athens, Ohio’s Little Fish, is dedicated to blended tradition bitter beer. It’s not the one factor that they brew, however it’s a part of the soul of the brewery and a founding pillar that they’ve continued to develop (and enhance) over the previous eight years. Over these years, they’ve been acknowledged plenty of occasions for the beers from this program—gold and bronze World Beer Cup medals in 2016 and 2018, silver and gold GABF medals in 2020 and 2022—however in the event you ask White, he’ll inform you that they’re nonetheless figuring it out. They haven’t settled, and so they’re nonetheless studying.
On this episode, White discusses how they brew these compelling beers, from timing ingredient additions to parameters round their spontaneous beer program. Alongside the best way, he discusses:
- sustaining a number of cultures through solera and brink
- minimizing beer waste to advertise sustainability by lowering failure
- balancing acidity in award-winning beers
- neutralizing aged hops to handle funky taste elements
- sourcing and processing native fruit
- fruiting within the barrel
- bottle conditioning with an acid shock starter to cut back yeast stress
- topping up barrels to forestall the event of off flavors
- not consuming beer for the previous eight months, whereas nonetheless brewing it
And extra.
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