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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Gueuzerie Tilquin$45.99
During the 20|21 season, we mixed a new fruit beer - Mirabelle Tilquin à l'ancienne 7.0 percent alc., which is prepared by fermenting 240g of Mirab...
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Gueuzerie Tilquin$74.99
The Old Pinot Gris Tilquin is a spontaneous fermentation beer made by fermenting 280 g. of Pinot Gris grapes for every litre of lambic. This beer i...
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Gueuzerie Tilquin$74.99
The Old Pinot Gris Tilquin is a spontaneous fermentation beer made from fermenting 280 g. of Pinot Noir grapes for every litre of lambic. This beer...
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Moon Dogfrom $5.99
With this latest installment, our Magnificent Mullet fruited sours series grows even more magnificent! Jom Pom Jovi Pomegranate Tart Ale is brimmin...
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71 Brewing$17.50
Our hazy sour beer has been loaded with locally sourced blackcurrants, apple juice, spices, and a hint of vanilla to produce a delectable mix of sw...
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Wildflower Brewing & Blending$36.99
St. Thomas was created in 2022 by blending 748 kg of fresh, whole, tree-ripened, stemmed, and destemmed Morello sour cherries from Thornbrook Orcha...
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Hawkers Beerfrom $11.50
Open the mash tun when life brings you blackberries (except we got them from a supplier and also we asked for them). In this case, opportunity has ...
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Mr Banks Brewing Co$15.99
Inspired by the humble yet delectable Banoffee pie, one of our favourite childhood sweets, but with a small tweak. With banana, cranberry, cinnamon...
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Wayward Brewing Cofrom $6.99
We decided to kick things up this year with a brand new release to match with our Blue Blast Berry Sourade, which received the GABS 2021 People's C...
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Ocean Reachfrom $12.99
This imperial smoothie sour is definitely a s-cream-mar! Topped with vanilla bean and oats and filled with strawberries, cream, and toasted marshma...
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Duncan's Brewingfrom $11.99
Loaded with strawberries, marshmallows, a dash of chocolate & lactose. This dessert style sour beer is inspired by the ambrosia dessert - A kit...
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Hop Nationfrom $12.99
Bright, vibrant, tropical, sweet and tart - part four of our Zombie Pop series has arrived to fuel your fight against the hordes of flesh-eaters. A...
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Hop Nation$17.99
This Lapin celebrates the 2021 cherry harvest.We took our foedre-aged sour blonde ale and re-fermented it on organic Victorian Lapin cherries for t...
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Bonehead Brewingfrom $8.99
A creamy, mixed culture sour stacked full of berries, marshmallow fluff and a splash of vanilla. Big, bold and beautiful, expect this purple beauty...
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Bridge Road Brewers$34.99
Mayday Hills is our barrel and farmhouse beer project.This complex ale was Foeder-aged on a melange of freshly-picked Loch Ness, Bramble and Waldo ...
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Bridge Road Brewersfrom $5.50
This light-bodied fruited sour is brewed in the style of a traditional German gose. A pink raspberry zing meets some silky peach magic in this matc...
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Collective Arts Brewingfrom $11.99
There's nothing wrong with a little dessert! Our latest small-batch sour is called Cherry Pie - take one sip and you'll see exactly why. We used a ...
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Collective Arts Brewingfrom $10.99
This dark and tart Gose uses our award winning Prophets & Nomads brew as the base, the pour is a cloudy shade of midnight. This beer is refresh...
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Deeds BrewingNo reviewsOriginal price $40.00Current price $24.00
A three barrel blend of mixed culture beer that was aged in French oak for 12 months, and then macerated on blueberries for 7 months at a rate of 5...
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Garage Project$17.50
Created in collaboration with our near neighbours twenty-seven names, to celebrate the launch of their new clothing range it is what it is. Inspire...
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Garage Projectfrom $11.50
Any colour you like… a series of intensely colourful fruited sours taking inspiration from Resene’s catalogue of chromatic creations. This time aro...
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Urbanaut Brewing Co$12.50
The next release in our BEER BLENDER series - paired with the Strawberry Pavlova Sour. A crisp watermelon sour garnished with fresh lime and mint i...
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Dollar Bill Brewing$46.99
2022 Gold Teeth. A blend of spontaneously and wild fermented barrel aged ale, rested on bio-dynamic yellow Clingstone peaches. Elements of white ch...
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Humble Forager$17.50
Inspired by a fruity almond crumble cake. West Coast plums, Oregon blueberries, California lemons layer juicy berry sweet tart flavours, backed by ...
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Garage Project$16.99
Three, it’s the magic number. OTP - a special series of sours, each batch combining a trio of unusual ingredients based on the perfect principle of...
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Garage Project$16.99
Three, it’s the magic number. OTP - a special series of sours, each batch combining a trio of unusual ingredients based on the perfect principle of...
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One Drop Brewing Co$19.99
Double Take - Double Blueberry Imperial Sour You are holding in your hand a can containing no less than 264 individual blueberries blended into our...
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