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I know I heard this on the BN cuz it's the only beer radio I listen to. It was either The Session or Can You Brew It?

A brewer talked about starting a Belgian out cold with Lager yeast and then raising the temp while adding Belgian yeast. I thought it might have been Ithica but I just listened to that entire show and it wasn't the one.

Anybody remember what I'm talking about / which show? Or was I drunk?

I thought it was the The Session - Schmaltz Brewing show. Jeremy touched briefly on it, but didn't have too many details. It was the last show of 2010.

Cheers,
The Fool

I've never done this exactly but on several occasions I have had good luck with fermenting out half a batch with lager yeast and half with belgian. When done and kegged I blend in a good bit of the lager into the belgian. It smooths out the esters/phenols and makes for a very interesting blend. The best result I had was a Munich Dunkel (833) with 1/3 of it being fermented with Wyeast 1214. Came out similar to New Belgian 1554 black ale.

I think I remember someone talking about a sour collaboration they did with Stone? I think they said they used Sone's lager yeast for primary fermentation.

Oh boy, the Schmaltz show was looonnngg - but one of the funniest I ever heard. Guess I'll have to listen to it again.

Quin wrote:I think I remember someone talking about a sour collaboration they did with Stone? I think they said they used Sone's lager yeast for primary fermentation.

may have been the Cambridge Brewing show.