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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Garage ProjectNo reviews$11.50
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Garage Project$11.50
Go on, treat yourself. Garage Project and Duck Island bring you Lemon Poppyseed Ice Cream Sour. Creamy lactose, oats, wheat, poppy seeds and lemon ...
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Deeds Brewingfrom $6.99
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Duncan's Brewing$12.50
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One Drop Brewing Co$20.50
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One Drop Brewing Co$19.50
A Double Fruited Imperial Sour with Blueberry and Jabuticaba - a creamy-blueberry type fruit that grows on the trunk of its trees trunk, deep withi...
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One Drop Brewing Co$19.50
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One Drop Brewing Co$24.50
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Hop Nationfrom $5.50
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Hop Nationfrom $9.99
Laden with fruit picked at the peak of ripeness, this dense, full-bodied kettle sour is an experience akin to gorging on handfuls of dark berries. ...
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Aslin Beer Co.$13.50
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Boatrocker Brewers & Distillersfrom $7.25
Mojo is all about fun, from the label design, to the beer itself. More than 200kg of sour cherries for every 2000L, with some cutom created cola ex...
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Hop Nation$15.99
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Cascade Brewing$36.99
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Cascade Brewing$37.99
Manhattan NW is a blend of sour quad and blond ales aged in bourbon and wine barrels with sour pie cherries and apricot noyaux. A tribute to the cl...
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Bellwoods Brewery$16.50
An everyday, juicy, drinkable sour with punchy hop aromatics and fruity foundational flavours. Low bitterness, light body, and pale yellow in colou...
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Collective Arts Brewing$10.99
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Collective Arts Brewing$11.99
This POG Sour is guava forward on the nose, packed with tropical flavour from all the fresh fruit we added! Adding in the fruit unfermented, create...
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One Drop Brewing Co$21.99
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One Drop Brewing Cofrom $7.99
A special release sour with a fresh and juicy dose of Australian red plums. A traditional Berliner Weisse base, heavy in malted wheat and barley, a...
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Deeds Brewingfrom $6.50
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Duncan's Brewing$13.50
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Jetty Roadfrom $6.99
Our pineapple sour is refreshingly tart, with a sweet and salty balance that only a perfectly balanced beer can provide. A lighter ale, it's a ligh...
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Garage Project$5.99
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Bright Breweryfrom $6.99
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Mr Banks Brewing Co$12.99
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Garage Project$39.99
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Rogue AlesNo reviewsfrom $7.50
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Deschutes Breweryfrom $8.50
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