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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Bellwoods Brewery$37.50
At its roots it's a rich, dark ale, but the time it spends in barrels with brett and bacteria harmonizes the ingredients, yielding bright levels of...
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One Drop Brewing Co$14.99
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Bonehead BrewingNo reviewsfrom $6.99
Vintage 2022 Who doesn’t love a celebration, or at least a good excuse to party? This is our Celebration Sour – Elation and it’s been brewed exactl...
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Molly Rose Brewingfrom $6.99
A masterful blend barrel fermented beer with fresh citrus and a ripper coffee from Baroida Estate in Kainantu Region of Papua New Guinea roasted by...
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Collective Arts Brewing$31.99
This Imperial Sour Stout, made in collaboration with Cascade Brewing – one of the most renown wild fermentation and barrel ageing brewers ...
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Wolf Of The Willows$19.99
A decadent whisky barrel aged and fruited nitro cream ale. Taking inspiration from the classic whisky sour cocktail, expect sour lemon up front wit...
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One Drop Brewing Co$19.50
This here is a topped-up-to-the-brim kettle sour that's been given our full Fresh-Fruit Smoothie Treatment™. If you love fruit, beer, good times an...
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Little Bang Brewing Cofrom $6.50
Developed using the newly isolated Philly Sour yeast strain, this dry, complex sour beautifully presents the fruity, grassy characters of Amarillo ...
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Blackman's Breweryfrom $5.99
Naturally acidified kettle sour, fermented with lager yeast on French oak, seawater, dry hopped with Mosaic and Simcoe. A pale, refreshing sour be...
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Bonehead Brewingfrom $7.99
This tasty sour is pumped full of mandarina bavaria, citra and mosiac hops. It's a mixed culture sour, with big juicy vibes and scintillating sourn...
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Belching Beaver Breweryfrom $10.50
Dry hopped barrel-aged sour. This tart and funky sour, aged in foeders for 9 months then dry hopped with Strata and Citra hops to give it a zesty l...
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Holgate Brewhouse$14.99
This is a purely yeast driven beer with no late kettle or dry hopping. The simple malt bill has created a hazy, burnished gold beer that is redolen...
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Dainton Family Breweryfrom $10.50
Little Cam Turner, with his kettle and burner, brewing with hops, malt and rye; He thought it’d be fun, to add spices and plums, and brew himself u...
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Brooklyn Breweryfrom $4.99
Brooklyn Bel Air Sour is full of surprises. Our sour ale starts up with bright notes of tropical fruit yet finishes crisp and gently tart. It's a t...
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Dainton Family Breweryfrom $5.99
Beet & Berry Kettle Sour. Don't turn away, don't stop looking at me, I am a sour beer, I hope that you get me. Hey, what are you looking at? I...
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