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  • 1.  No foam on sour fruit beers

    Posted 20 days ago
    Hi all. 
    I do know that I've seen some post here on this subject but cannot find them or maybe we have new research on the subject. 
    I see a lot of sour fruit beers on the market that do not have any lasting foam. 
    Ours are also poor. 
    I know that is it because of the lack of dextrin's that creates surface tensions, but does anyone has found the secret sauce that overpasses this issue?
    Cheers. 

    DOMINIC CHARBONNEAU

    VP PRODUCTION & BRASSEUR EN CHEF

     

    C 514-267-3369

    3755, RUE PICARD, PORTE 2

    SAINT-HYACINTHE (QUÉBEC) J2S 1H3




  • 2.  RE: No foam on sour fruit beers

    Posted 19 days ago
    Are you doing kettle sours?  

    Jason Brenden
    Head Brewer and Director of Operations 
    Bridger Brewing
    218-256-1132





  • 3.  RE: No foam on sour fruit beers

    Posted 19 days ago

    Hey Jason.

    We are putting lacto in the fermenter and souring 24h, after we add yeast.

    But in another product, we do kettle sour.

    Same result.

    Do you have any different results?

     

     

    DOMINIC CHARBONNEAU

    VP PRODUCTION & BRASSEUR EN CHEF

     

    C 514-267-3369

    3755, RUE PICARD, PORTE 2

    SAINT-HYACINTHE (QUÉBEC) J2S 1H3

     




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  • 4.  RE: No foam on sour fruit beers

    Posted 18 days ago
    We do standard kettle sour practices on our end and lowering the ph to about 4.4-4.5 before pitching lacto makes a world of difference for foam if you aren't already doing that.

    Jason Brenden
    Head Brewer and Director of Operations 
    Bridger Brewing
    218-256-1132



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  • 5.  RE: No foam on sour fruit beers

    Posted 19 days ago

    Hi Dominic,

     

    That is a frequent problem. Generally speaking the addition of 3-5 ppm of Tetra Iso Extract can do a lot for beer foam, even in low pH beers. The difficulty is that it can be a bit of a balancing act with the addition of extra bitterness to what are generally very low BU beers. For some it seems to work fine, for others, it pushes the flavor/perceived bitterness out of balance. About the only way to find out is to run some trials. Let me know if you want more info, there are a few tricks that it's good to be aware of in order to effectively dose with tetra

     

    Kind Regards,

    Steve

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