Sour Ale Revival - Cherry Sour Ale - Brew Dudes

Mike makes a Cherry Sour Ale using a 6+ year old sour ale from the "cellar". He experiments with saving the beer by adding some fresh fruit character to it.
Mike wanted to emulate the way fruit is added to most kettle soured ale. Add a whopping amount of fruit puree to the beer and hope the sweetness balances out the sourness.
This was a golden sour ale that I let sit in glass carboy for at least the last 6 years. He finally decided to play around with it rather than dump it out.
He used two pounds of cherries that I thawed, smashed up and pureed to a pulp. He heated it to pasteurize and added some lactose to maybe help with mouthfeel and residual sweetness; and most kettle soured beers have a touch of lactose in them as well.
We think this experiment came out pretty good. I wouldn't pound down 2-3 pints of it, but a 10 ounce pour on a hot summer night might be quite nice.
CHEERS!
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[@GentleGiantFan]

"Cherry Forever" like from the old 80s film Porky's. Seems fitting for that old of a batch.

[@rhpsoregon]

Flemish Red and Oud Bruin are my 2 favorite beer styles. If it wasn't 6 years old, lactose would be a big NO-NO to add to a traditional fermented sour ale. I wonder if there are enough live critters to start working on the lactose.

[@troyleach5471]

I have wondered what that was... just a few weeks ago, I was like, what is in that jug... been there for a while lol... cheers my friends, see you next week

[@pattonmoore]

Very interesting experiment. Thanks for the video guys. Brew on!

[@burlinghomebrewing]

What are your plans with the second half of the carboy?

[@finspin4984]

My favorite brew dash dooods

[@BrewDudes]

Doing it for the dash! Cheers! -Mike

[@davidjennings1256]

‘ old cherry tart ‘?

[@mikekeller5202]

Which dude would win in a game of flip cup?

[@jean-raphaellavoie34]

Did you let it sit 6 years because you thought it might be bad?

[@BrewDudes]

I let it sit that long because I was lazy and not really sure what I wanted to do with it. It was part of an ongoing Solera style souring campaign I was doing and I have a ton of bottle sour beers. I just had to shut the process down to stop bottling so much beer. Finally decided to just play with it and see where it went; hence this video. Cheers! -Mike