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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Duncan's Brewing$11.50
Duncan's Passionfruit & Lime Ice Cream Sour shows just how versatile beer can be! Get ready to bend your mind and your taste buds as you smash ...
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3 Ravensfrom $4.00
A bright, tropical and �squelchy� sour beer brewed with summer in mind. It has pronounced fruit flavours from very unique yeast and bacteria, which...
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Parish Brewing Co.$11.99
The heat and sweat are creeping up but luckily Grenache grapes and Raspberries are an absolute summer-crusher. Zzzippy and lush with notes of raspb...
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Parish Brewing Co.$11.50
Rich, dark wine grapes with bright fruit tones overlap with complex black currant, and a sweet sour base. Intense and flavorful, this juicy sour ha...
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Two Birdsfrom $6.50
The Tropical Sour of our Brew Tang Can series. We've been working on perfecting a sour for a time now and this juicy number is it. Fruit Tang Can h...
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Urbanaut Brewing Co$10.99
Beer Blender Rhubarb Saison 6.7% x Apple Crumble Sour 4% - 2 x 250ml Cans (Contains Lactose) Rhubarb Saison: Fresh and Juicy with a playful hint of...
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Chur (Behemoth) Brewing Co$11.99
This beer was inspired by Team Behemoth’s desire to mix things up over lockdown. In this edition of the margarita style gose, they’ve added a bunch...
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Boatrocker Brewers & Distillers$16.99
Since 2013 we have been working with wild yeasts and barrels to develop own unique culture that provides complexity, funk and most importantly - de...
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La Sirène Brewing$26.99
Barrel No. 023 is a non-carbonated still ale that was so unique we didn't want to do anything with it other than getting it into a bottle. Textural...
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La Sirène Brewing$26.99
Barrel No. 014 housed our Farmhouse Red for more than three years and displays wonderful acidity & wild ale characters. This rustic amber ale i...
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La Sirène Brewing$26.99
Barrel No. 142 is part of the Beer With Jeff collaboration we did with Jester King when they visited our brewery in 2018. This barrel displayed so ...
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Deeds Brewingfrom $14.99
What's a Birthday without a cake? And what's a better cake than a Pavlova? Staying true to our desire to innovate and create, we present the perfec...
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Hargreaves Hill$12.50
Number Two is a 7% mango swirl, this is an exploration in combining flavours from malt, spices and mango into a creamy dessert inspired beer. A smo...
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Mornington Peninsula Brewery$29.99
Barrel-Aged Sour Red Ale on Cherries. After 24 months aging in Pinot Noir Barrels, Quarantine Sour Red aged a further 12 months on a mix of local...
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Urbanaut Brewing Co$10.99
Beer Blender Salted Caramel IPA x Baked Pear Sour 6% - 2 x 250ml Cans (Contains Lactose). Our latest release in the Beer Blender series! Salted Car...
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3 Ravens$23.99
Dry hopped barrel aged and blended mixed-culture farmhouse ale. A bitter and aromatic farmhouse ale brewed in collaboration with the legends at Woo...
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Little Bang Brewing Cofrom $5.99
A classic kettle sour pucker love with a bunch of ripe juicy blackberries. Also you get to say Schwang, a lot: A hard earned thirst needs an ice co...
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Hope Breweryfrom $7.99
Send your tastebuds wild with this new world sour beer. A delightful combination of sour beer and grapefruits that is a super refreshing, imperial,...
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Hope Breweryfrom $5.50
First brewed in 2018 for FKA Festival, a beer perfect for bringing fresh vibes to the Hunter Valley each October at Hope Estate! This sour packs in...
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Boatrocker Brewers & Distillers$22.99
And now for something completely different. We had a gorgeous barrel aged Brett Berliner Weisse sitting in barrel, and 100kg of amazing Kensington ...
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Garage Project$18.99
Out of the Woods - inspired by and infused with the New Zealand forest. A complex malt base accentuated with totara, rimu, and manuka, fermented in...
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Firestone Walker$27.99
Imagine yourself in Berlin’s Tiergarten enjoying this refreshing Berliner Weisse inspired beer on a warm summer’s day. Bretta Weisse honors the tra...
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Firestone Walker$23.99
Collaboration with Liefmans An unmistakable family of aromas are present; toasted brown sugar and soft textures of red fruit characteristic of the...
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Bridge Road Brewersfrom $7.50
Here we take a tart Berliner Weisse base and dump in a mountain of fresh blueberries, which give this beer it’s majestic colour. Don’t forget to dr...
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Bridge Road Brewersfrom $7.99
This golden farmhouse ale is fermented in our American Oak Foeder before being transferred to stainless for a generous dry hop from local legends G...
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Deeds Brewingfrom $13.99
A dessert inspired sour ale brimming with nostalgia, our Milk Bar series pays homage to the family owned corner stores throughout Australia. Our Im...
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Gueuzerie TilquinNo reviews$49.99
The 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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Lindemans$29.99
Gueuze Cuvee Rene is one of the jewels of our brewery. With its golden colour, its sparkle and its beautiful sherry aromas, this is the queen of gu...
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Cascade Brewing$34.99
Vitis Noble, meaning noble vine, features sour wheat and blond ales aged in oaks barrels for up to 16 months with Willamette Valley grown chardonna...
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Cascade Brewing$33.99
To celebrate the harvest season, we are excited to offer our interpretation of “graff,” a relatively obscure beer-cider hyrbrid. Harvest Graff is a...
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Cascade Brewing$33.99
Made in collaboration with our friends at Burial Beer Company in Asheville, NC, Chêne des Fous (shen de-FOO), meaning “Oak of the Fools,” is a blen...
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Cascade Brewing$32.99
Pear Mary is a blend of sour blond ales aged in oak wine barrels then fermented with juice from Northwest-grown pears and infused with fresh rosema...
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Cascade Brewing$36.99
Framblanc is a blend of sour blond ales aged for up to 14 months in oak wine barrels with more than 3,500 pounds of white raspberries. Fresh aromas...
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Cascade Brewing$37.99
Primordial Noir is a blend of imperial red ales aged in bourbon and wine barrels for up to two years with Northwest-grown Bing cherries and spices....
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Cascade Brewing$36.99
A careful blending of select barrels of Flanders Reds and soured Belgian Triples aged in oak for up to 18 months. Then blended with fresh 25° Plat...
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Cascade Brewing$37.99
Behold the return of Vlad the Imp Aler, one of the most iconic projects in our 20-year history of brewing and blending sour beer. A combination of ...
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Cascade Brewing$38.99
An outbreak of “the Plague” is upon us with this 2017 release! Bourbonic Plague features sour imperial porters aged in Bourbon and wine barrels for...
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Cascade Brewing$34.99
Based on a collaboration recipe originally designed with our friends at Bruery Terreux®, the 2017 One Way Or Another combines whole, Northwest-grow...
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Cascade Brewing$34.99
This NW style sour ale consists of various blond ales that were barrel aged up to 12 months, then additionally aged for eight to 12 months on raspb...
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Cascade Brewing$34.99
Celebrating Portland’s reputation as the City of Roses, we are pleased to offer Rose City Sour, a blend of wheat and blond ales aged in oak wine ba...
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