Solera Series Part 1 - Starting a Solera

The first video in a series on managing a beer solera in your home brewery. In this video we discuss what a solera is, how you operate a solera, and go over a series of important factors you need to consider before starting a new solera. Timestamps of for each piece of relevant information, and links to additional resources, can be found below: 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - What is a Solera? 1:30 - Example Solera 2:40 - Adjusting Solera Timing 3:11 - Decision #1 - Choosing a Beer Style 3:47 - Decision #2 - Developing a Vision 5:28 - Decision #3 - Choosing a Convergent Age 7:20 - Decision #4 - Designing the Brewing Schedule 9:02 - Plans Change...But Your Solera Can Adapt 10:25 - Decision #5 - Fermenter Choice 11:36 - Decision #6 - Managing Fermentation & Microoxygenation 13:33 - Decision #7 - Fermentation Temperature 14:08 - Decision #8A - Recipe Formulation (clean beers) 15:27 - Decision #8B - Recipe Formulation (sour beers) 16:25 - Example Sour Solera Recipe 16:54 - Mashing Approaches for a Sour Beer Solera 18:00 - Choosing a Sour Beer Solera Culture 19:51 - Hopping Rates for Sou Beer Soleras 20:39 - Brewday & Outro Links to the planning graphic and table can be found in the corresponding post over at my blog: https://suigenerisbrewing.com/index.p... Lastly, apologies for the occasional out-of-focus section. I think the camera was trying to focus on the glare off the white board, instead of on the glare off my forehead.