Fruit Lambic Recipe - Elgin Sour Ale

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Elgin Sour Ale

by on
All Grain + Extract
22 Liter(s)
28 Liter(s)
60 min
90%
An Elderflower and Ginger Lambic style ale using collected yeast from own brewed Sour. First made 23rd Sept 2023.

This recipe was cloned from Elderflower Gose Ale.

Fermentables

50% - BYO American IPA kit from The Range
2.5
40
6
Mash
20% - Corn Sugar (Dextrose) - US
1
46
0
Late
20% - Ginger Syrup
1
15
5
Extract
10% - Elderflower Cordial
0.5
15
3
Mash

Hops

Fuggles
25
Pellet
Boil
30 min(s)
4.8
9.7

Yeast

Wild Brew Philly Sour Lachancea spp
83%

Other Stuff

Elderflower Cordial
170
ml
Bottle

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Scottish Mountain water used Boiled 5lts inc. Ginger cordial
2.
Kit made as instructed with boiling Eldeflower water and cold water to 21 lts
3.
Yeast, made from a starter with collected Yeast, added at 22C SG1.060
4.
Fermentation went mad!! Foaming out of the Air-Lock. Calmed down after 4 days.
5.
Racked to secondary after 7 days.
6.
Gravity on 11th October, 18 days after brewing SG1.020. Still slowly fermenting.
7.
SG on 23rd October still SG1.020. Put onto heat pad at 20C
8.
Still slowly fermenting - SG1.016 on 9th November
9.
Still slowly fermenting on 28th December!! Tested SG1.010
10.
Bottled on 30th December SG1.010. Primed with 170 mls elderflower cordial.

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Recipe Facts

Elgin Sour Ale
Fruit Lambic
  • 22.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 28.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.060 OG
  • 1.010 FG
  • 9.7 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.16 BG:GU
  • 6.3° SRM Color
  • 90% Efficiency
  • 6.4% ABV Alcohol
  • 199 per 12oz Calories
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