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Sour Beer

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.

  • 3 Ravens Acid Sour Ale 375ml Can
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    3 Ravens
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    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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  • Hope FKA Mango Sour 375ml Can
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    Hope Brewery
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    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 KP's Mango Berliner Weisse 500ml
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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 Out Of The Woods 375ml
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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 Bretta Weisse 375ml
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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 West Odnar 375ml
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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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  • Duncan's Blueberry Ripple Ice Cream Sour 440ml Can
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    Duncan's Brewing
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    Ice cream sour turned up to 11! Lashings of Blueberry and creamy dreamy lactose.

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  • Bridge Road Nitro Imperial Blueberry Berlinner Weisse 355ml Can
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    Bridge Road Brewers
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    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 Mayday Hills Hoppy Sour 330ml
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    Bridge Road Brewers
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    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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  • Quiet Deeds Milkbar Series #3 Imperial Cream Sour 440ml Can
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    Deeds Brewing
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    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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  • Tilquin Oude Cassis à l'Ancienne (2018-2019) 750ml
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    Gueuzerie Tilquin
    $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 Gueuze Cuvee Rene 750ml
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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 Vitis Noble 750ml
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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 Harvest Graff 500ml
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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 Chene des Fous 500ml
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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 Pear Mary 500ml
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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 Framblanc 500ml
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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 Primordial Noir 500ml
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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 Cuvee du Jongleur 500ml
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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 Vlad the Imp Aler 500ml
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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 Bourbonic Plague 500ml
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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 One Way 750ml
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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 Noyaux 750ml
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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 Rose City 750ml
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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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