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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Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.$59.99
This is a vintage bottle of Brux. Brewed one time only in 2012, this dry, Belgian-style ale was born in the spirit of collaboration between Sierra ...
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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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One Drop Brewing Co$16.99
A topped up to the brim, fruit-filled kettle sour that's been given our full Milkshake Treatment®. Big tart creamy globs of lactose and oats smothe...
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One Drop Brewing Co$8.99
From the postcode of 2019, Botany local bevvie businesses, One Drop Brewing Co & Single O have put their heads & palates together to creat...
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One Drop Brewing Co$13.99
Collaboration with Cascade Brewing Beer and Friendship. What a combo. Made with our pals at Cascade Brewing in Portland, Oregon for the inaugural ...
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The Bruery$9.99
Frucht gets its complexity from a blend of Brettanomyces yeasts and Lactobacillus bacteria. We add Cucumber to give it a refreshing coolness, and a...
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Omnipollo$14.50
Blackberries, blueberries and a dash of lime crème brûlée sour ale brewed with berries, lactose sugar and lots of finely ground vanilla. The creami...
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Wildflower Brewing & Blending$28.99
Wattle Drops 2020 is a golden Australian Wild Ale fermented wholly by wild yeast and bacteria residing on freshly picked Wattle blossoms from ‘Cara...
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Wildflower Brewing & Blending$28.99
Amber is a well cellared, rounded, malt-accentuated Australian wild ale. Our traditional recipe calls for an extended boil which caramelises rustic...
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Wildflower Brewing & Blending$34.99
St Henry is an Australian Wild Ale made with apricots. It is named for Chris and Emily’s second son. Saint Henry II was a Holy Roman Emperor during...
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Bridge Road Brewersfrom $5.50
This light-bodied fruited sour, is brewed in the style of a traditional German gose. The classic flavour combo of raspberry and passionfruit make f...
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Omnipollo$13.50
Gooseberry and raspberry crème brûlée sour ale brewed with berries, lactose sugar and finely ground vanilla. Refreshingly tart, mildly acidic yet s...
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Edge Brewing Projectfrom $5.50
Just like the first two, we locally sourced a fresh, vibrant Aussie fruit and crammed in as much as possible. This beer undergoes a secondary ferme...
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The Rare BarrelOriginal price $27.50Current price $13.75
Cherries paired with golden sour beers stand the test of time, which is one reason why we wanted to blend Stone Age Love, our golden sour beer aged...
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Burley Oak Brewing Co.$17.99
Imagine this - an adult smoothie of juicy apricots, strawberries and fluffy marshmallows blended in a sour ale with the addition of lactose for som...
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One Drop Brewing Co$12.50
A tropical fruit kettle sour that's been given our full Milkshake Treatment®. Big fat creamy wads of lactose and oat milk smother our classic kettl...
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One Drop Brewing Co$17.50
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 and lactose the...
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One Drop Brewing Co$17.99
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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Future Mountain Brewing And Blending$33.99
Barrel-aged golden sour beer with Yarra Valley feijoas. From orchard to barrel on the same morning, these ripe feijoas were refermented on a select...
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Future Mountain Brewing And Blending$33.99
Barrel Aged Golden Sour Beer w/Spent Raspberries, Hibiscus & Shiraz LeesAfter racking beer off the raspberries from our Raspberry Golden Sour, ...
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Future Mountain Brewing And Blending$33.99
Barrel Aged Amber Beer with Blackberries.After spending 9 months in oak puncheons on our house culture this amber sour beer was transferred onto Ya...
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La Sirène Brewing$21.99
A super complex and refreshing natural wild ale that has been infused with hand-picked juicy plums from Sunland Fruit Orchards. The result is a ser...
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La Sirène Brewing$21.99
Supernaturally is a super complex & refreshing natural wild ale that has been in the works for almost 3 years. Fresh Peaches and raspberries fr...
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