Brewing Lambic: Difference between revisions

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 The specific gravity of the final blend must be high enough to ensure that bottle refermentation occurs.
-===Pasteurization===
+==Pasteurization==
-At this phase, some lambic brewers choose to pasteurize their product prior to the completion of secondary fermentation.  This allows for a sweeter product, retaining the lambic or gueuzes residual sugars and sweet fruit flavors in the case of a fruited lambic.  It also eliminates refermentation in the bottle and minimizes other changes to the beer, allowing industrial lambic producers to ensure a more consistent product that does not continue to develop.
+At this point, some lambic brewers choose to pasteurize their product prior to the completion of secondary fermentation.  This allows for a sweeter product, retaining the lambic or gueuzes residual sugars and sweet fruit flavors in the case of a fruited lambic.  It also eliminates refermentation in the bottle and minimizes other changes to the beer, allowing industrial lambic producers to ensure a more consistent product that does not continue to develop.
 ==Bottling==