CCB Sour Guava Grove

yes

 

Is the government shutdown affecting the bottling/release?

 

Stupid government always trying to mess with my beer...

 

any news on when this will be bottled?

 

nope

 

On the subject of CCB sours, I did spot this on the brewery tour yesterday and was given a sample from the tank. Good funkiness and looked like a cup of chocolate milk. So tasty...

CCB Oud Bruin, sign me up.... Hope this sees bottles...

 

Will be up there Friday. Hope they have some nice surprises for me!

 

I need to start doing tours again.

 

Now I am not an expert by any means but from personal experience a post boil pH of 3.2 is extremely low. This beer must be pre-acidified (I imagine by the same method as sour Guava Grove which the best I can figure is a pre-fermentation lactic acid fermentation with Lactobacillus followed by boil, cooling, and yeast addition). This is going to be interesting. I have heard of this method for Berlinners but with my admittedly limited knowledge I am not sure of any other breweries making sours this way. Anyone know of any? I wonder how this will compare with other Oud Bruins.

 

So has anyone tried the newest batch that they bottled? I hear it's not really sour like the first batch, and it's just lightly tart. I'm wondering if this is similar to the light tartness you get with Don Gavino's. I was hoping for that mouth puckering sour like the first batch. Any insight is greatly appreciated!

 

Andreias texted me yesterday saying how great a deal this beer was at 9.00 per 750 and how awesome it tastes so i am not sure. it sounded to me like it was the same mouth puckering sour that was on draft.

 

I haven't actually tried this batch yet, I was referring to the original as far as taste, I hope its still as sour

 

ahh okay! thanks for the clarification

 

it's definitely sour.

 

Yes, they made it sour in honor of gunhavers attitude.

 

It is sour. It tastes very much like the first batch.

 

doesnt taste like the same beer. less sour, more tart, more sweet, a little thicker.

im still enjoying it though

 

I think this is the best batch so far. Lots more guava, a tiny less sour, you get a lot of the fruit in it. Delicious!

 

Selling fast! I am just super enthused on a CCB bomber of this goodness under $10! Kudos CCB.

 

Gunhaver, will this still see statewide distro? If so, any idea when?