Almost a year ago I brewed a double batch of Blonde Ale to test my fermenters to insure that I had rid myself of the infection that had hit my brewhouse. After finding that one fermenter was clean and the other was actually the original source of my infections, I decided to sour all but 18 12oz bottles of the whole 9 gallons. As time passed I wanted to take the 2 batches of soured Blonde in 2 different directions. One received Mangoes, the other got fresh Blackberries from the backyard. It is nearly time to bottle them as they have developed quite nicely. The Mango version has a subtle tropical fruit note that I wanted to play up so I decided to dry hop this version. It received 2oz of Falconer's Flight blend (lots of pineapple), 0.5oz Calypso (apple and pear) and 1oz of Galaxy (citrus and big passion fruit). My hope is to play up much of the tropical and fruity aspects of this beer and make it a hop lover's dream. For the Blackberry version there is a light jammy taste which is what I wanted, and I added more French Oak for the last week to give it a little more punch and separate it from the Mango a bit more since that version has no noticable oak at all, and I think it would play nicely with the Blackberry.
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