Sour Beer
Sour has an intentionally acidic, tart or sour taste. The most common sour beer styles are Belgian: lambics, gueuze and Flanders red ale.
At one time, all beers were sour to some degree. As pure yeast cultures were not available, the starter used from one batch to another usually contained some wild yeast and bacteria. Unlike modern brewing, which is done in a sterile environment to guard against the intrusion of wild yeast, sour beers are made by intentionally allowing wild yeast strains or bacteria into the brew. Traditionally, Belgian brewers allowed wild yeast to enter the brew naturally through the barrels or during the cooling of the wort in a Koelschip open to the outside air – an unpredictable process that many modern brewers avoid.
The most common agents used to intentionally sour beer are Lactobacillus, Brettanomyces and Pediococcus. Another method for achieving a tart flavor is adding fruit during the aging process to spur a secondary fermentation or contribute microbes present on the fruit's skin.
Because of the uncertainty involved in using wild yeast, the sour beer brewing process is extremely unpredictable. The beer takes months to ferment and can take years to mature.
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8 Wired Brewing Co.No reviewsfrom $15.00
A refreshing, light, hoppy, sour and very fruit salad tasting beer inspired by traditional Berliner Weisse ales but remixed with pineapple and haba...
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Bridge Road BrewersNo reviewsfrom $6.50
This light-bodied fruited sour beer, is brewed in the style of a traditional German gose. Its high mineral content balances out the acidity and ma...
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Gweilo BeerNo reviewsfrom $7.50
Rainbow Sherbet Sour takes you on an intriguing journey through sweet and sour. Raspberry puree, lemon zest and the kettle sour base combine to del...
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One Drop Brewing CoNo reviews$16.50
Swing Low is an absurd unit of a pastry sour fresh out of our pilot program. Brewed with date syrup and Lactose, we’ve then fermented low-and-slow ...
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Hop NationNo reviewsfrom $7.95
Plump ripe Raspberries and Oregon Key Lime meet in a malt base of Australian wheat and pale Pilsner - resulting in out of this world juicy acidity....
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3 RavensNo reviewsfrom $4.50
Strap in for the Taste of Space as Comet ACID lights up the 3 Ravens Sour System. Cosmically crafted in collaboration with the cosmologists at Come...
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Sailors GraveNo reviewsfrom $13.95
Celebrating 7 years of Sailors Grave 🎂 This regal dessert sour is velvet in a glass, full of luscious strawberries and creamy vanilla. Roll out th...
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Gueuzerie Tilquin$28.50
This beer was obtained by fermenting 240 gr of fresh rhubarb per litre of lambic. The rhubarb has been produced locally by the Ferme de la Bosse Ja...
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Gueuzerie Tilquin$55.99
This beer was obtained by fermenting 240 gr of fresh rhubarb per litre of lambic. The rhubarb has been produced locally by the Ferme de la Bosse Ja...
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One Drop Brewing CoNo reviews$16.00
In Too Deep is a new topped-up-to-the-brim kettle sour that's been given our full Fresh-Fruit Smoothie Treatment. Starting with a lactose and oat h...
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One Drop Brewing CoNo reviews$17.00
Pressure Drop is an absurd unit of a smoothie sour with a boatload of Aussie banana, strawberries, and blueberries rounded out with PNG Vanilla bea...
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Garage ProjectNo reviews$13.00
Go on, treat yourself. Garage Project and Duck Island bring you Ambrosia Ice Cream Sour. Creamy lactose, oats, wheat, sour cherries, raspberries, m...
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Boatrocker Brewers & DistillersNo reviewsfrom $9.75
Raspberry lovers, this one's for you. We've gone doubly delicious, jamming in fruit-loads of raspberries to ensure a big flavour with a well-balan...
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Hop NationNo reviewsfrom $7.50
Watermelon and cucumber, with a hint of mint, meet in a malt base of Australian White and Pale Pilsner, soured twice for extra tang. Cool as a cucu...
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Hop NationNo reviewsfrom $5.50
An explosion of tropical goodness, Pura Vida packs all the sweet summer fruit intensity + tangy acidity you've come to expect from a Hop Nation sou...
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Deeds BrewingNo reviewsfrom $7.25
EDITION: LIMITED Put a shell to your ear. What do you hear? I think it’s the sound of summer. This sour is as Toot Sweet as they come. Deliciously ...
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Bright BreweryNo reviewsfrom $6.50
White Peach and Vanilla Sour is light and crushable with plump peachy flavours taking centre stage and a hint of vanilla hiding in the bushels. Br...
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CoConspirators Brewing CompanyNo reviewsfrom $9.95
SAME OLD BOBBY, SAME OLD BEAT, CONTRADICTORY TO PERCEPTORIES, THIS PORTLY FELLER’S QUICK ON HIS FEET. A WELL CHEEKY LIL FIZZY BUZZ FOR THIS ‘ERE BI...
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Deeds BrewingNo reviewsfrom $9.50
Here is a passionfruit sour with vanilla and a sprinkling of lime zest! How did we get here? It started with a yearning for a Pornstar Martini beer...
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Duncan's BrewingNo reviews$11.50
Squeezing the last out of summer, we bring you a double release fiesta of sangria inspired sour beers. This sangria blanca sorbet sour is refreshin...
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Duncan's BrewingNo reviews$11.50
Squeezing the last out of summer, we bring you a double release fiesta of sangria inspired sour beers. bursting with red grapes, boysenberries, apr...
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Dollar Bill BrewingNo reviews$42.00
Sour and complex. Two year barrel-aged pseudo lambic rested on sour cherries. Hints of brettanomyces and deep lactic acidity intertwined with malic...
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Boatrocker Brewers & Distillers1 reviewfrom $6.95
We've laid down a lip-smacking base line of fresh raspberries and amped it up with a killer riff of rich chocolately tones. The result is a dark, ...
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One Drop Brewing Co$19.99
These rites affirm the sacred wheel of mix-ferment-consume, the sacredness of the humble grain, the natural connection to fruit of the earth, onene...
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Sailors Gravefrom $14.50
Triple fruited cream sour brewed with peaches, raspberries, vanilla, and lactose. An all-singing, all-dancing summer beer inspired by two iconic su...
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Garage Project$21.99
Natural wildflower fermentation. Freshly foraged cherry blossoms are immersed in a light golden wort, creating a spontaneous fermentation using onl...
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Garage Project$59.99
Single Barrel 205 Name: 1 to 1 Raspberry Ingredients: Barley Malt, Raw Barley, Raw Wheat, Aged Hops, Yeast, Water, Raspberries Date Filled: 30/...
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Boatrocker Brewers & Distillersfrom $9.99
We've doubled down on lip-puckering cherry sour satisfaction with Cherry Happiness. Buckets of real fruit flavour and just the right amount of more...
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Molly Rose Brewingfrom $6.50
Pineapple Sour - Using waste products from our friends at Market Juice, we were able to ferment this sour beer with a zing pineapple, kind of like ...
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Gueuzerie Tilquin$62.50
Beer of mixed fermentation, the Cassis Rullquin is made from the fermentation of 160 g of blackcurrants by liter in a blending of 7/8 of Rulles Bru...
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Gueuzerie Tilquin$62.50
Collaboration with L'Ermitage. SAISON LAMBIC FRUITS DES BOIS is the result of a collaboration with our friends at Nanobrasserie de l'Ermitage. Base...
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Molly Rose Brewing$9.50
We'll go to almost any length to make the best beer possible. We added fresh beetroot juice, raspberries, and a house blend of spices to our base s...
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Moo Brewfrom $6.50
This is the vaunted Moo Brew Anotherberry Sour—a tasty, fruity summer sour stuffed with raspberries, blackcurrants (to keep things interesting) and...
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