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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Geuzestekerij De Cam$44.99De Cam Framboise Lambiek has a hazy red/copper colour with absolutely no head. Sour aroma with raspberries, cherries, barnyard, funk, acetone and s...
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Geuzestekerij De Cam$37.99Wild Blueberries, harvested in the Ardennes forests. Blueberry grows wild in the Ardennes forests. The region of Vielsalm is famous for its rich ha...
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Brouwerij Boon$15.99This Schaarbeekse cherry is a variety tart-acidic cherry which was unique to the Lambic Region that was always used for Kriek. The supply decrease...
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Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinstefrom $9.00Kriek Max is brewed with beer of spontaneous fermentation (lambic). The perfect combination of 25% natural cherry juices and the lambic, gives the ...
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Lindemansfrom $5.99A clean natural tasting brew with undertones of fresh raspberries and a wonderful aroma.
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Hanssens Artisanaal$53.99Fresh sour cherries macerated in young lambic in oak barrels with fermentation in the bottle.
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Lindemans$23.99As its name suggests, Pecheresse is a lambic beer enriched with peach juice. A young lambic that is at least one year old, in which 30% filtrate o...
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3 Fonteinen$34.993 Fonteinen “Intens Rood” (Intense Red) is the result of macerating hand-picked whole sour cherries on lambic for at least six months, in a prop...
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3 Fonteinen$81.993 Fonteinen Hommage is the result of macerating hand-picked whole sour cherries and raspberries on young lambic for at least four months, in a prop...
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3 Fonteinen$94.99For this specific raspberry we used summer raspberries. We kept the maceration short to allow the fruitiness, fruit acids and soft lambic to merge ...
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3 Fonteinen$71.99This specific (Oude Kriek) Robijn has macerated a tad more than 8 months. Final fruit intensity is 333 grams of sour cherries per litre of Ro...
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3 Fonteinen$48.99Hommage BIO Frambozen/Raspberries consists of 1 & 2 year-old lambic and has a final fruit intensity of 40% 76% of BIO-organic raspberries &a...
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Les Trois Mousquetaires$33.99his Belgian inspired beer is fermented and aged in oak barrels with wild yeast and tart cherry.
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Brouwerij De Troch$19.99Reintroduced in 2015 it's the first Oude Kriek the brewery has produced since the 1980's. Made with lambic brewed in March 2014, and blended with 3...
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Gueuzerie Tilquin$49.99The Cassis Tilquin a'lancienne (6.3% alc/vol) is a spontaneous fermentation beer obtained from the fermentation of frozen blackcurrants in young la...
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Mikkeller$39.99Sour Ale brewed with stacks of Raspberry and then aged in Oak Barrels.
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Lindemansfrom $5.99A sparking cherry flavoured brew which is smooth and refreshing. Also sold as Foudroyante Kriek.Ingredients: Malt, wheat, 25% cherry juice, fructos...
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Lindemansfrom $5.99A golden peach lambic with a sparkling appearance and fruity taste.
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3 Fonteinen$55.993 Fonteinen Framboos Oogst�is obtained by the maceration of hand-picked raspberries on young traditional lambic, for at least four months, in a rat...
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Brouwerij De Troch$10.99This is the sweetened version of Chapeau Kriek. In 2007 a new version was released, which can come with the same label as Chapeau Kriek, but which ...
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Bridge Road Brewersfrom $9.50The Creek is Bridge Road's take on a traditional Belgian Lambic beer style 'Kriek'. The rich red colour and sweeter cherry flavour of this beer is ...
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Gueuzerie Tilquin$56.99Beer of spontaneous fermentation, the Oude Pinot Noir Tilquin � l'ancienne is made from the fermentation of 260 gr of Pinot Noir grapes by liter of...
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3 Fonteinen$42.99First ever Hommage on small bottles.3 Fonteinen Hommage is the result of macerating hand-picked whole sour cherries and raspberries on young lambic...
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Mikkeller$32.99In the Spontan series we present SpontanDoubleCassis � this time, forming an alliance with Cassis. that were generously added underway the brewing ...
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