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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Brouwerij Hof ten Dormaal$14.99
Our kriek is an original Belgian Farmhouse ale, brewed traditionally with real sour cherries and other ingredients from our family farm. This beer ...
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Humble Forager$17.50
Inspired by a fruity almond crumble cake. West Coast plums, Oregon blueberries, California lemons layer juicy berry sweet tart flavours, backed by ...
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Garage Project$16.99
Three, it’s the magic number. OTP - a special series of sours, each batch combining a trio of unusual ingredients based on the perfect principle of...
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Garage Project$16.99
Three, it’s the magic number. OTP - a special series of sours, each batch combining a trio of unusual ingredients based on the perfect principle of...
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One Drop Brewing Co$19.99
Double Take - Double Blueberry Imperial Sour You are holding in your hand a can containing no less than 264 individual blueberries blended into our...
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HaandBryggeriet$27.99
When does a joke become a dad joke? When it becomes apparent...We brewed Dad Jokes from Norway with our dear friend Charles Magne from Norway Brewi...
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HaandBryggeriet$13.50
Inspired by the famous Mexican cocktail and a traditional German gose, our Margarita sour ale is a thirst quenching sipper brewed with salt, orange...
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3 Fonteinen$19.99
Bottling date: 31/01/2019This particular Oude Geuze has been blended with lambics from 6 different barrels and originating from 7 different brews. ...
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One Drop Brewing Co$16.50
Here we showcase our kettle sour base with an acetic blend for a nostalgic trip to the Corner Store.By adding fresh orange juice & puree, with ...
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One Drop Brewing Co$15.50
A special release sour with a fresh and juicy dose of Blood Orange juice and Lychee puree.An Imperial Berliner Weisse base, heavy in malted wheat a...
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Bonehead Brewingfrom $6.50
A beautiful dry gose, with a refreshing tart start and sour notes dancing on the tongue. Smoothed out with a salty middle, and finished with strong...
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3 Fonteinen$50.99
3 Fonteinen (Oude) Kriekenlambik is the result of macerating hand-picked whole sour cherries on young lambic for at least four months, in a proport...
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Omnipollo$19.50
Following the classic Bianca Mango Lassi Gose with it’s clean flavour of freshly squeezed ripe mangos we found really fragrant, flavourful tangerin...
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Omnipollo$27.99
Two of our beers once again collaborated and made another high voltage number. We sourced really expressive strawberries with aroma and flavour rem...
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Blue Owl Brewingfrom $6.99
Sour Mexican lager w/ lime and salt. As those warmer Austin days approach, the annual search for the perfect patio beer begins and with it our ...
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Ocean Reachfrom $5.99
We dove into Ocean Reach and collected seawater to contribute to this Gose. The fruit of blackcurrants has a strong, tart flavour adding to the sou...
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The Bruery$26.99
Bourbon barrel-aged sour imperial stout with cherry, cacao nibs, cocoa powder, and Madagascar vanilla beansCrack into this treat, and you’ll get oo...
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Blackman's Breweryfrom $5.99
A funky light cherry sour beer, cherries bring a sweet overtone with mid sourness balancing out an easy drinking sour. Process: A sour fermented i...
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3 Ravens$27.50
Invoking the traditions of Belgian brewing, our latest Wild Ravens release was brewed in the spirit of Flemish Red Ales. Our brewers very care...
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Alvinne$15.50
Farmhouse sour is a farmhouse tripel fermented with both Brettanomyces, a saison yeast and Morpheus yeast. This one is macerated with quince again,...
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Alvinne$10.50
Flemish Sour Ale, kind of an Imperial Oud Bruin. Fermented with our own wild house yeast strain 'Morpheus'. This beer is the base beer for the Barr...
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Alvinne$10.50
Flemish Sour Ale fermented with our own wild house yeast strain 'Morpheus'. We've been brewing the barrel aged version of this beer, Wild West, fo...
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Bodriggy Brewing Co.from $6.99
Huge hits of tropical Queensland mangos pairs with silky, Victorian strawberries from our own backyard. Heaps of lactose then blends in to create a...
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Mortalis Brewing Company$22.99
This fruited sour has both candy and fruit packed into the can. Concord grape, strawberry, lemon, and cherry puree were blended with candy nerds fo...
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Mortalis Brewing Company$23.99
This fruited sour blends key lime, raspberry, and sweet cherries together to form just one of this monster’s many heads. Keep your eyes peeled for ...
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Hop Nationfrom $8.50
We teamed up with Melbourne-bornChappy's Snacks to bring you this limited edition version of The Punch. We added 100 locally-grown roasted habanero...
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Wayward Brewing Cofrom $6.99
In honour of the world's pineapple capital, Costa Rica. Piña Agria is Spanish for 'Pineapple Sour'. A seductively sippable sour ale bursting with s...
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Kasteel Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouckfrom $9.99
Bacchus Nitro Cherry Beer is brewed using Bacchus Flemish Old Brown as a base. It offers a beautiful balance between the aromas of ripe cherries an...
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Tallboy & MooseNo reviewsfrom $6.99
Peaches n' Cream Sour - Our Fresca series is a killer balance between sweet and sour. We've taken a kettle soured base with lactose added, and re-f...
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