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Sour Beer
Our Sour Beer recipes range from extremely complex traditionally aged Belgian and German wild/sour styles to modern quick or kettle soured beers that are tart and thirst-quenching.
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Article
Recreating 3,000-Year-Old Beer
After 3,000-year-old yeast was cultured from ancient ceramic vessels, a homebrewer starts a journey that combines history, archaeology, and
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Recipe
Sinai Sour
A recreation of an ancient Egyptian beer someone living three millennia ago might have recognized as beer.
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Mr. Wizard
Souring Sources
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Recipe
Funky Blondy Mixed Fermentation Sour
Brewed by students from the University of Limpopo, this blonde sour beer was awarded bronze in the Intervarsitybrew competition’s sour bee
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Recipe
Russian River Brewing Co.’s Consecration Clone
Consecration is a dark ale that is initially fermented with Belgian Abbey Ale yeast. After the beer is done fermenting and all the primary y
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Video
Quick Sour Beer Techniques
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Workshop
pH vs. TA in Sour Beers
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Recipe
Revolution Brewing Co.’s Freedom of Speach Clone
Revolution’s Freedom Series of fruited sour beers brings together the tartness of a lower-ABV kettle sour beer with a wide range of fruit
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Article
Catharina Sour
Catharina sour — the fruited sour beer style that originated in Brazil — has continued to evolve and catch the attention of brewers acro
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Recipe
Catharina Sour with Cupuaçu and Pitaya
Cupuaçu (Theobroma grandilorum) is a Brazilian fruit with a flavor like banana, pear, pineapple, and chocolate that you may be able to sour
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Recipe
Cervejaria UNIKA’s Wild Guava Clone
Araçá is a Brazilian fruit with a flavor like guava and apple; guava is an acceptable substitute. Maracujá is passion fruit. The recipe u
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Article
Traditional German Sours
Go into a brewery or craft beer bar with a decent tap list and there’s a pretty good chance you’ll find a fruited Berliner weisse or Gos