Florida Weisse

[Portreath]

Just opened a 330ml tin of the above brew, a hazy raspberry sour. New had a sour beer before, or have I ever had a raspberry beer before. I'll I can say it that I'll never try a sour beer again, it's rank, or a raspberry beer again, that's just wrong too. Above all, I will never again put a sour raspberry beer in one one of my brew jugs ever. The combination of sour and raspberry is truly revolting.

 

[dad_of_jon]

A sour beer can be quite close to a tart cider. I enjoy both I've not had Florida Weisse so cant say if it is a bad example or if its just not your thing.

 

[The Baron]

Love sours and gose. What do you normally drink then?

 

[MickDundee]

A sour beer can be quite close to a tart cider. I enjoy both I've not had Florida Weisse so cant say if it is a bad example or if its just not your thing.

I’ve had it before. It’s quite nice, fairly “safe”, I would have thought it was a good “starter” beer for people wanting to get into sours without being particularly adventurous.

 

[Clint]

Sours are definitely on my "try more" list...
I've only tried a few..one a cherry sour I had in a pub in Conwy which was the first I've tried and was very nice. The others have been from the supermarket...Adnams cucamelon which I quite like and the raspberry one from BrewDog which is alcohol free!

 

[prog99]

Sours are definitely on my "try more" list...
I've only tried a few..one a cherry sour I had in a pub in Conwy which was the first I've tried and was very nice. The others have been from the supermarket...Adnams cucamelon which I quite like and the raspberry one from BrewDog which is alcohol free!

The brew dog one is good but a bit pricy even with efp discount. A brewery local to me (campervan) also specialise in this style but I doubt you’ll find them in darkest wales.

 

[Drunkula]

I had a lambic a few weeks ago and thought, oh, they've turned gone-off beer into a style - that's some mighty fine spinning.

 

[-Bezza-]

Just to chip in that I once had a "Miami Weiss", brewed in Miami, FL. Brilliant name for a beer. Just a standard weissbier rather than a sour.

 

[MickDundee]

Just to chip in that I once had a "Miami Weiss", brewed in Miami, FL. Brilliant name for a beer. Just a standard weissbier rather than a sour.

I believe “Florida Weiss” is a makey-up type name for a fruit Berlinerweiss.

 

[Clint]

Just like Boddingtons is a makey up name for bitter.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I have a sneaky suspicion you are not a Boddys fan Clint.

 

[strange-steve]

I had a lambic a few weeks ago and thought, oh, they've turned gone-off beer into a style - that's some mighty fine spinning.

Which lambic did you have?

 

[stz]

If you put enough raspberries in any beer it'll end up at least tangy. brb, just checking the temperature control on two *cough* weisse beers which are currently undergoing souring. One is getting passion fruit puree at 75g/L and motueka at 4g/L and the other is getting apricot at 150g/L and amarillo at 4g/L. Starting gravity of 34, intended abv of 3.6%. Only uncertainty at this point is if I want to pitch brett brux vrai, us05 or both for the ferment. Worried the brux will ruin them as the intent is light, summer thirst quenching, read a bit about 'mousey'

 

[Drunkula]

Which lambic did you have?

I can't remember - it was at a wee gathering I was at and somebody bought 2 bottles, tried one, declared it filth and then on a fridge run decided I was the one who'd be having the other.

From what I can remember it wasn't terrible but not what I'd call a beer and more like a blackberry beer I did that got infected and turned into this uber-gusher but then had this not-repulsive sour taste that I absoutely could see being reclassified into a style. There was nothing left of any malt flavour so that's why I sort of classed it as not a beer any more because it seemed like you could make the same thing with sugar.

 

[strange-steve]

Well at least you give it a go. I can understand why they wouldn't be to everyone's taste, it's a bit of a shock to the senses on first try.