Lost and Grounded Brewers is a brewery in Bristol, UK, established in July 2016. We are particularly fascinated by the precision of German brewing and the idiosyncratic nature of Belgian beers, and we chose the brewhouse of our dreams that could help us make these wonders of fermentation. Lost and Grounded have a 25HL brewhouse from Krones located in Freising, Germany. Freising is also the home of the famous Weihenstephan, so if ever in the area stop in for a magnificent Helles or Weissbier. A special feature of their brewhouse is the inclusion of a traditional lactic acid propagation plant. The plant is used to naturally produce “sour” wort with a special strain of lactic acid bacteria, originally isolated from the husk of malt; this sour wort is in turn used to naturally adjust the pH across the brewing process. This is a totally natural way to brew and is the traditional way for German brewers to work in their brewhouse, producing smooth, rounded and delicate beers. They then apply this method of brewing to all they make (German, Belgian and all else!), which gives an added flexibility when fine tuning the palate of all their beers.