Lambic resources on the Net

Making Lambic

• The old lambic FAQ (text) or (HTML)
• The notes from Jim Liddil's 1996 AHA conference talk. A previous version of these notes forms the basis of this web site.
• The yeast FAQ
• Jim Liddil's lambic page has some links and pictures relating to lambic.
• The lambic digest is an email mailing list covering the making and tasting of lambic and other exotically fermented beers. Send the word "subscribe" in the body of an email to lambic-digest-request@realbeer.com to subscribe to the lambic digest. Please read the header of the digest to unsubscribe. If you must, you may email a human at lambic-digest-approval@realbeer.com
• You can search the lambic digest archives here.
• Lambic by Jean-Xavier Guinard
• Where the Wild Yeast Are -- lots of good technical info from a talk by Dr. Roger Mussche.
• Mike Sharps' Lambic digest post on Cantillion's brewing techniques.
• Todd Gierman's Anarchist's pLambic discusses a quick and dirty attempt at this style that bucks all the rules.

Commercial Lambic

• U.S. beer importers can help you find where to buy that special beer.
• Peter Crombecq's Benelux-beerguide. An incredible index to commercial brewing in the Benelux region.
• Die Bierjägerseite - The Beer Hunter Page. Where to go for good beer.
• Where to go for beer in Belgium.
• Peter's Geuze Page is nicely laid out with information on commercial lambics, legal issues, and more.
• 1.4.U sell a CDROM with lots of good Belgian beer info, although a lot of it can be found on the web, especially on Peter Crombecq's page (see above).
• The gueuze museum in Belgium
• A pronounciation guide for those hard-to-pronounce beer words.
• Belgian Beer Labels

Technical

• MSDN - Microbial Strain Data Network A Great Resource for the Yeast Monger.
• WWW Virtual Library yeast page. Research-oriented yeast information.
• NIH Yeast group More research-oriented yeast information.
• The Yeast Culture Kit Company has some technical info on yeast on their pages.
• A list of which bottle conditioned beers have live, useful yeast
• A compilation of info on commercially available yeast strains.

Suppliers

Other Beers

• The Beer Page, the best general homebrewing resource on the web.
• BURP Labs' guide to brewing and judging Belgian beers. Good recipes to get you going.
• Belgian Ale by Pierre Rajotte. Many Belgian styles are discussed including lambics.
• Tim Dawson's beer styles guidelines. Much better than the AHA guidelines.