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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Jackie O's$33.99This is a beautiful beer created to celebrate a great music festival that happens in Nelsonville OH right outside of the town of Athens. Nelsonvill...
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Cascade Brewing$41.99This Northwest Style Sour Ale is a blend of soured Triple, Blonde Quad and Golden ales that have been refermented with the fresh pressed juice of w...
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Cascade Brewing$38.99This live barrel of NW style sour red ale was initially aged for six months in French oak wine barrels, then additionally aged on elderberries. Sha...
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Cascade Brewing$39.99This NW style sour ale blends wheat & blond ales that were oak aged in barrels for 6 mths, then additionally aged 4 mths on fresh blueberries. ...
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Alesong Brewing & Blending$39.99Robed in bright vermillion and with an aroma reminiscent of fresh cherry pie, our Kriek is a humble nod to Belgian Lambic brewers who craf...
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New Belgium$18.99Single Foeder Golden Sour Ale Aged In Apple Flavoured Whiskey Barrels. Soured Felix base aged in Leopold Brothers Apple Whiskey barrels, a golden c...
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Almanac Beer Company$23.99Raspberry Sunshine is like drinking a bowl of farm fresh raspberries. Refreshingly tart with a rich and jammy aroma, this brettanomyces-fermented f...
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Anchorage$27.99Black sour fermented in French oak foudres with a Belgian yeast, aged one year in pinot noir and whisky barrels with lacto pedio and brett. Finishe...
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Anderson Valleyfrom $6.50Gose brewed with bright bing cherry extract.!
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Almanac Beer Company$23.99Strawberry & Basil is a barrel-aged farmhouse ale born of the Santa Cruz Coast. This wild ale is built on a mountain of fresh seaside strawberr...
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Hermitage$35.99Sour wild ale aged in our foeder with wild yeasts. By only removing a fraction of a foeder�s contents, each release keeps our Solera projects ali...
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Almanac Beer Company$23.99Sour blonde ale aged in oak with raspberries, blueberries and cherries. Foudre Punch is a party and all of our favorite fruits are invited. After m...
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Almanac Beer Company$23.99Tropical Galaxy is a cosmic elixir of lush equatorial flavors. We blended pineapple, mango, lime and coconut together in oak foedres with our farmh...
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Jolly Pumpkin$32.99Keiki No More is a saison base that was then refermented with raspberry, lime, and lime peel. This is a very special beer, brewed in celebration of...
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New Belgium$19.99Le Terroir is a French term meaning �Of the Earth.� Used to reference the environmental conditional that affect the brew, we like to think about th...
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Evil Twin Brewing$9.99Our first ever collaboration brewed with Jeppe from Evil Twin. Two Evil twist on gose with ingredients sourced from Iceland including Icelandic mos...
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Evil Twin Brewing$12.99Berliner style weisse ale with rhubarb and vanilla added
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Almanac Beer Company$22.99Cherry Berry Sour is a summer fruit platter fresh from the barrel. We combined some of our favorite summer fruit together to make this delicious fr...
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Crooked Stave$8.50Wild Ale Fermented in Oak on Second-Use Raspberries and Blueberries Primary fermented with our mixed culture of wild yeast, Sour Rosé undergoes fer...
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Crooked Stave$44.99Provision sour ale aged in oak barrels with Colorado Montmorency cherries.
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Crooked Stave$44.99Provision Sour Ale aged in oak barrels with Washington Raspberries.
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