From the moment New Belgium’s La Folie touched my lips back in 2010 I was hooked. It may have tasted like liquified Shock tarts that first time, but ever since I’ve been hooked on sour beers. As we’ve said in our beginner’s guide to GABF earlier today it’s better to follow a game plan and for this year I’ll be aiming for the cream of the sour crop of beers. If you’re like me, be sure to track down these pucker inducing pours, a mix of proven sours and ones we’re excited to try.

Allagash

• Midnight Brett- American Brett Beer
• Coolship Resurgam- Belgian Style Gueuze Lambic

Almanac

• Cerise Sour Blond
• Dogpatch Strawberry
• Farmer’s Reserve Citrus
• Golden Gate Gose
• Heirloom Pumpkin

Anderson Valley

• Anderson Valley Gose

Aspen Brewing Company

• Sour Brett Golden Ale

Avery Brewing

• Obscuro & Nimbosus
• Opuntia
• Lilikoi Kepolo

Backcountry Brewery

• Li’l Tart Berliner Weisse

Bear Republic

• Tartare Peche

Black Bottle Brewing

• The Last Unicorn- Raspberry Tart Cherry Lambic (Limited)
• American Graffiti- American Sour (Limited)

Black Diamond Brewery

• Special Sour

Boulevard

• Saison-Brett

Brasserie Saint James

• Plum Lambic
• Sophia D’Oren- Belgian Blonde base aged in Napa Valley Wine Barrels with Plums
• White Downs- Sour farmhouse saison  brewed w/ Nevada white sage and butternut squash in the mash. Aged in a mixture of red wine barrels
• 100% Brett Saison
• 1904 – another 100% brett fermented ale w/ golden ale base, named after the year Brettanomyces was discovered

Breakside Brewery

• Breakside Passionfruit Sour Ale

Brooklyn Brewery

• Brooklyn Cuvée Noire

Bull & Bush

• Cuvee De Notch

Dry Dock Brewing

• Sour Apricot (Limited)

Front Street Brewery (NC)

• Muscadine Saison- Cascade saison aged in red wine barrels w/ local muscadine grapes

Great Divide

• American Sour
• Berliner Weisse

Grimm Brothers

• The Baron- Berliner Weiss

New Holland

• Incorrigible- White Sour Ale
• Blue Sunday – Blended Sour Ale

New Belgium

• Le Terroir
• La Folie
• NBB Loves Leopold

Real Ale Brewing Company

• 19th Anniversary Gose
• Imperium- Wild IPA

Saint Arnold Brewing

• BB2 Brett

Strange Craft Beer Company

• Cherry Kriek- Like cherry pie in a glass. A cherry cherry lover’s dream come true. Won a 2014 Gold Medal at the World Beer Cup

Sun King Brewery

• Kung Pow Brett

Transient Artisan Ales

• Obelu Brett saison
• Presque Flemish red
• Bêtise American sour brown/Oude bruin
• Wayward 100% Brett pale ale
• Salarium Gose

Trinity Brewing Company

• 365 Day Sour

Two Roads Brewing

• Urban Funk Wild Ale

Uinta Brewing

• 21st Birthday Suit Sour Farmhouse Ale
• Peach Sour

Weyerbacher

• Tarte Nouveau – Lactobacillus kettle-soured tart beer
• Riserva 2014- Riserva is an American Wild Ale fermented on red raspberries and aged in oak barrels.

Wicked Weed

• Serenity 100% Brett Saison
• Oblivion Sour Red