Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Sour Beers

There exists, in a plane of reality not much different from our own, a type of beer called sour beers. These strange  and often repugnant brews have a quality most do not appreciate, which is the immense tartness and sour flavors that are present. Although it is an acquired flavor, there are many sour beers on the market that are flavored with a shit-ton of sugar or fruits.

 Lindemans Framboise is an example of this. This Belgian ale is a blended Lambic (which alone and unflavored is sour) that has raspberries added and blended with different vintages of Lambic to give it a more drinkable aspect.

Other examples of sours on the market are Duchesse de Bourgogne, Monk's Cafe Sour and Petrus Aged Pale.
These three are once again sweetened by some means or another and even still many beer drinkers avoid them.

A while back we brewed a Berliner-Weisse and had no idea what we were actually brewing. Lo and behold it was a German sour wheat. Strange and somewhat funky alone, add a fruit liqueur to it and you have got yourself a nice dessert beer.

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