The Lager Diaries is a monthly series of interviews in which we celebrate the people behind the scenes who allow Jack’s Abby to be the best it can be. This month we hear from brewer Matt Cohen, the mastermind behind the brewery’s Sour Barrel Program. Below- Matt talks brew school, his favorite Sour Barrel beers,…
Jack and Mike (AKA Lashes) field questions about our Berliner Lager!
Pucker up, lager lovers–the summer of sour beer is upon us! Back in the earliest days of brewing, many if not most beers had an element of sourness to them due to uncontrollable fermentation processes. Beer was often fermented in large open-air vats and the microorganism that produces alcohol was accompanied by others that produced…
We currently have four different beers that we are souring in barrels at the brewery, most of which have several variants. This week we added fruit to barrels of our Berliner Lager and thought that now was a good time for a status report on sour program. Berliner Lager – In July we filled…
