Sour Beer reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 200 Reddit reviews across 28 subreddits and 38 posts to rank the best Sour Beer brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/beer, r/CraftBeer, r/minnesotabeer, r/Rochester, r/kelowna. Top-rated brands include Urban Artifact (4.9/5), Cantillon (5.0/5), Upland (4.8/5).
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Reviews200
Subreddits28
Posts38
Brands84
Products44
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#1
Urban Artifact
4.9
(8)
"Might be worth the trip."
"Urban Artifact in Cincinnati makes some of the best sours in the country."
"Urban Artifact has hands down the best sours."
"Urban Artifact makes the best sours I’ve ever had."
"Urban Artifact in Cincinnati has my favorite selection of Sours."
"Urban Artifact has some of the best fruited sours in the state."
"Yep best sours consistently"
"Urban Artifact in Cincinnati, OH for fruited sours."
#2
Cantillon
5.0
(6)
"Cantillon Kriek."
"Fou Foune from Cantillon"
"The aroma coming out of the bottle was incredible even before we drank it."
"Hopleaf for sure. They have bottles of Cantillon, 3 Fonteinen, Hansen's, etc."
"The Kriek and the Frambosen are fantastic."
"Anything from Cantillon. The Kriek and the Frambosen are fantastic."
#3
Upland
4.8
(6)
"Brewery wise, really your best bet is Upland."
"Upland is the only necessary answer. If you ever have a free weekend to visit Bloomington, I highly recommend their restaurant and their sour bar next door."
"Upland is nationally recognized as having some of the best sours in the country."
"Upland, far and away, has the most heralded and revered sours of any brewery in the state."
"Upland is the place to go. They have half a dozen on tap at any given time."
"Gotta go with the Paw Paw Sour at Upland."
#4
Barrique
5.0
(5)
"Barrique do it best."
"Barrique for traditional sours"
"Barrique and Yazoo are the two who do it most legit, with wooden foeders and cask aging."
"Barrique is the best overall but they don't do too many sours."
"Barrique"
#5
Mortalis
4.8
(5)
"Mortalis and fifth frame. Those two I always see come up on r/craftbeer, specifically people getting them shipped internationally from participating sites. They are highly rated."
"Mortalis is really something. A local gem for sure."
"Mortalis is the go to local spot for sours according to most "beer snobs." They own the Richmond (off of East Main), so it’s a great place to check out a wide variety of them."
"Mortalis does some really good sours as well."
"Mortalis for smoothie sours."
#6
Off Color
4.6
(5)
"Off Color will generally be the best at this."
"Off color. Hands down."
"My favorite Chicago brewery is Off Color - not necessarily sours but their beers often have a similar flavor profile and they do lots of wild ales and stuff like that."
"Off Color, or go to Beer Temple and Hopleaf, they have great selections."
"Off color for sure!"
#7
Antiques on High
4.0
(5)
"Makes some wicked sours."
"Antiques on High brews a variety of sours with delicious flavor profiles!"
"Antiques on High is your best bet."
"Antiques on High has a lot of sours"
"The selection at antiques on high is majority sours. Can’t speak for how good they are, I’m not really a sour fan."
#8
Branch & Bone
5.0
(4)
"My local go to is always gonna be Branch and Bone."
"100%."
"Branch & Bone in Dayton has wonderful sours!"
#9
Wild Ambition
5.0
(4)
"Wild Ambition often gets overlooked but they make the best sours by far."
"Cadaver Synod this weekend that was hiding in the back, my favourite cherry based sour I've ever had."
"Wild Ambition does mixed fermentation sours, most of which are barrel-aged."
"Wild Ambition, hands down best sours in all Kelowna."
#10
Russian River Brewing Company
5.0
(4)
"Sanctification is my personal favorite so far but I still have a lot to try. That beer is top notch though"
"Russian River is the best!"
"Love this beer - one of my all time favorites!"
"Russian River does not miss with their sours and barrel aged beers"
#11
3 Fonteinen
4.8
(4)
"Unless Cantillon makes another drop soon, 3 Fonteinen is the best we have access to."
"Go overpay on a few magnums of drie fonteinen at Savor Growl and drink them at home. The prices suck but at least you'll be drinking real Gueuze and Lambic."
"It's the best sour I've ever had."
"Southside Cellar usually has some 3 Fonteinen."
#12
Rare Barrel
4.5
(4)
"For great classic sours, check out Rare Barrel in Berkeley and Almanac Brewing in Alameda."
"Rare Barrel in Berkeley has some excellent choices."
"Rare Barrel."
"I’ve found it’s easiest to just buy direct (Rare Barrel, Almanac, Modern Times)."
#13
Indeed
4.5
(4)
"The Cherry Wooden Soul is super good. One of my faves and I don't normally love Indeed's line up."
"Indeed's barrel sours (the bottles at the taproom, NOT the kettles they distribute) have always been some of the best."
"The Indeed taproom has some good ones as well."
"Has a great sour on right now."
#14
Brindlehaus
4.5
(4)
"We’re on the final keg of black raspberry waffle cone now, also on tap is a boysenberry tart sour."
"Brindle haus in spencerport! Totally worth the drive, their sours are creative and super delicious. My favorites are the waffle cone sours and sometimes they'll have some kind of pie sour."
"Brindlehaus is a very underrated spot for their sours."
"Another vote for Brindlehaus in Spencerport."
#15
Wild Mind
4.0
(4)
"I don't drink a ton of sours these days, but Wild Mind, Elm Creek, and Fair State would be my first picks."
"For the Twin Cities: Wild Mind Ales, Venn Brewing, Modist, Pryes, Fair State Cooperative, 9 Mile Brewing"
"Wild Mind."
"Wild Mind specializes in, well, wild ales."
#16
Boatrocker
4.0
(4)
"Widely available sours might be: Boatrocker Miss Pinky"
"Boatrockers Miss Pinky"
"Boatrocker Miss Pinky for quick sour."
"Miss Pinky from Boatrocker and the Passionfruit sour from Bad Shepherd"
#17
Venn Brewing
4.0
(4)
"For the Twin Cities: Wild Mind Ales, Venn Brewing, Modist, Pryes, Fair State Cooperative, 9 Mile Brewing"
"Venn, Humble Forager, The Brewing Projekt (Eau Claire)"
"Venn Cosmosis is definitely the most drinkable."
"Venn Brewing"
#18
BNA
4.0
(4)
"Purple rain - BNA"
"Blue berry cheese cake sour - BNA"
"BNA's Purple Rain comes to mind."
"BNA Purple Rain"
#19
Gravity Bound
5.0
(3)
"Gravity bound usually has an interesting sour on tap."
"The current Gravity Bound sour is absolutely delicious!"
"I second Gravity Bound! They brew different sours fairly often."
#20
Youngblood
5.0
(3)
"Such a "hidden?" gem in the beer world of Sours. We've made whole trips to Madison just so we can go to YoungBlood"
"The real king of sours imo."
"Has a bunch of fantastic sours."
#21
Crooked Tooth
5.0
(3)
"Absolutely a class above imo when it comes to sours."
"Second the rec for Crooked Tooth or 1912 for sours."
"Great sours"
#22
Almanac
5.0
(3)
"Almanac out of SF makes some of my favorite sours."
"\+1 to almanac. it's alameda, sure, but god damn they have some great sours."
"Almanac is where its at"
#23
Rare Candy
4.7
(3)
"Just tried the Rare Candy the other day. Soo good!!!"
"Ooo rare candy from elm creek brewing. They rotate some sours but they actually make a good one."
"I'd also throw in Rare Candy from Elm Creek for an honorary second."
#24
Victory
4.7
(3)
"Victory Sour Monkey is to date the best sour I’ve had."
"Victory Sour Monkey"
"Victory Sour Monkey aint bad"
#25
Jackie O's
4.7
(3)
"I love Jackie O’s sours."
"Jackie O's! They make the best sours, imo."
"Jackie Os downtown has a selection."
#26
Rising Storm
4.7
(3)
"Rising storm (the one near avon) has some good sours. The key lime pie one is super good."
"Rising Storm in Penfield. Some of the best."
"Rising storm or K2 for fruited berliners."
#27
Fifth Frame
4.7
(3)
"Any Fifth Frame sour - expensive but worth every penny!!"
"Fifth Frame’s Bath Bombs."
"Fifth frame fruited sour"
#28
Arkane Aleworks
4.3
(3)
"Arkane Aleworks is the best sour beer place in Florida."
"Arkane, Hidden Spring Ale Works, Green Bench/Webb’s City, Rapp, and sometimes Angry Chair all have some awesome sour style beers."
"Actually sour beers are really common in the area for breweries to make. Hidden Springs, Green Bench, Arkane etc"
#29
Une Annee
4.3
(3)
"Go to beer peddlers and grab any Une Annee. It will make you pucker."
"Une Ane is good from what I recall."
"Une Annee has loads of (very sour) sours."
#30
Lindemans
4.0
(3)
"Lindeman’s Framboise."
"Lindemans Framboise is a little bit sour but mostly sweet."
"Lindemans was always my go-to brand back in the day when I drank more of them - mixing their framboise (raspberry lambic) with Young's Double Chocolate Stout basically makes a boozy chocolate raspberry drink."
#31
Alpha Brewing
3.7
(3)
"Alpha brewing on Morganford rd. is all sours."
"Alpha is great."
"Alpha Brewing usually has a decent selection of sours."
#32
Stomping Ground
5.0
(2)
"Widely available sours might be: Stomping Ground Passionfruit Smash"
"I’m a big fan of Stomping Grounds Passionfruit Smash sour."
#33
Russian River
5.0
(2)
"Supplication was the most surprisingly awesome beer I had when I visited Russian River."
"Russian River Consecration and Supplication."
#34
Prairie
5.0
(2)
"Absolutely delicious for someone who appreciates sours."
"You best bet will probably be Prairie."
#35
Hudson Valley Brewery
5.0
(2)
"Hudson Valley Brewery in NY. Never liked sours until I tried theirs."
"Finest sours around the area."
#36
Pretentious Barrel House
5.0
(2)
"Every sour at pretentious barrel House in Columbus Ohio is on the same level."
"Recommending Pretentious Barrel House, best local sour beers."
#37
Oliphant
5.0
(2)
"Outside of the Twin Cities || Minnesota-adjacent: Oliphant (Somerset, WI)"
"It’s a bit of a trip out of the cities, but Oliphant in Somerset, WI. The sours are amazing"
#38
Drekker
5.0
(2)
"Outside of the Twin Cities || Minnesota-adjacent: Drekker (Fargo, ND)"
"If you want really unique and fun sours Drekker in Fargo makes some unreal sours."
#39
Bellwoods Brewery
5.0
(2)
"Jelly King and Nectarous are both my faves."
"Bellwoods brewery's Jelly King is delicious and sold at wine & beyond"
#40
Whiner
5.0
(2)
"Whiner’s Le Tub is my favorite sour beer."
"Whiner makes my favorite barrel-aged sours in the city. Their flagship beer Le Tub is available all over in liquor stores."
#41
OEC Brewing
4.5
(2)
"If you're anywhere near CT, you MUST make a pilgrimage to OEC and buy everything they have."
"OEC has a lot of sour beers. It’s pretty much their thing."
#42
Triton
4.5
(2)
"Seconded for triton, they’ve been making sours/gose for almost a decade and every summer they’ll have scores of them."
"I'm not a big beer drinker but Triton has some delicious stuff!"
#43
Destihl
4.5
(2)
"Destihl in a lot of liquor stores and their Wild Sour series is pretty good...their Syncopathic is fuckin great"
"I'm also a huge fan of Destihl's Wild Sour series of beers."
#44
NOLA
4.0
(2)
"NOLA has 22oz bottles of sour beers. Theyre all pretty good."
"Nola makes good sours."
#45
Fair State
4.0
(2)
"Fair State always has good sours"
"For the Twin Cities: Wild Mind Ales, Venn Brewing, Modist, Pryes, Fair State Cooperative, 9 Mile Brewing"
#46
Mashcraft
4.0
(2)
"I think Mashcraft has some of the most unique sours that they rotate through."
"Based on my Untappd history I have consumed sours at MashCraft, Centerpoint, Black Acre, Upland, 18th St."
#47
Dovetail
4.0
(2)
"Check out Dovetail's spontaneously fermented beers."
"Same with Dovetail, but to a lesser extent."
#48
Southern Grist
4.0
(2)
"Southern grist for fun, fruity ones."
"Southern Grist."
#49
Steel Bender
4.0
(2)
"Steel Bender and Bow and Arrow are the two breweries in town most known for their sours."
"I've really enjoyed Steel Bender's sours."
#50
Melvin Brewing
4.0
(2)
"I like the sours they have at Melvin Brewery I Eureka."
"Melvin Brewing in Eureka has a big selection of sours."
#51
Friar Tuck's
4.0
(2)
"Friar tucks on Watson has a great selection of sours."
"Friar Tuck's and Total Wine are my go-tos if I want a huge selection."
#52
Anderson Valley
4.0
(2)
"Anderson Valley Gose, but especially their Blood Orange Gose. It is very sessionable."
"AV Blood Orange Gose"
#53
Aether
4.0
(2)
"Now that I’m in Brisbane I also like the Aether blackberry and Seven Mile Mango sours."
"Aether, Currumbin Valley, One Drop and Little Bang make some good ones"
#54
BrewDog
4.0
(2)
"Brewdog makes elvis juice, probably my favorite columbus sour."
"The Brew Dog in Canal is a gem—they brew some of their own, but they typically have guest cans on rotation that are great."
#55
Pinnacle
4.0
(2)
"Pinnacle has 2 sours on tap right now, Key Lime Sherbert Sour and Champagne Shower Sour. The Champagne is more of an authentic sour, though they are both good."
"Pinnacle has 2 sours on tap right now, Key Lime Sherbert Sour and Champagne Shower Sour. The Champagne is more of an authentic sour, though they are both good."
#56
Phillips
5.0
(1)
"I'm a real big fan of the Stone fruit dino sour from Philips"
#57
Barn Owl
5.0
(1)
"Barn Owl Mission Kriek"
#58
Brooklyn
5.0
(1)
"Brooklyn Bel Air Sour is incredible."
#59
Rustic Reel
5.0
(1)
"It’s the sour that made me like sours, and remains my favourite. Rustic Reel’s raspberry hibiscus sour is a close second."
#60
Summer Sol
5.0
(1)
"Summer Sol at olde mother is amazing."
#61
Four Winds
5.0
(1)
"Four Winds Nectarous or bust, nothing local compares"
#62
Dangerous Ales
5.0
(1)
"Dangerous Ales Killer Raspberry is a core sour, Canberra region (Milton) and available locally. Fantastic beer."
#63
Copper Brewing
5.0
(1)
"Copper brewing - black current sour. (My personal favourite beer)"
#64
Hermit Thrust
4.0
(1)
"Hermit Thrust! They’re in VT"
#65
Funk Factory
4.0
(1)
"Find a way to get your hands on some Funk Factory out of Madison, WI."
#66
Southern Barrel
4.0
(1)
"Southern Barrel Berry Bramble Berlinerweiss"
#67
Destihl Brewery
4.0
(1)
"Destihl Brewery has got some great ones."
#68
Central Standard Brewing
4.0
(1)
"Try the bottles at Central Standard Brewing if you ever make it to Wichita, KS."
#69
New Park
4.0
(1)
"New park has some great blender series."
#70
Hopfly Brewing
4.0
(1)
"I love Hopfly brewing Dweebs Blender - I’m lactose intolerant so limited on sours but their blenders have been my go to"
#71
Melon DeGeneres
4.0
(1)
"Melon DeGeneres got me onto their sours and they’ve been pretty good."
#72
Spotty Dog
4.0
(1)
"Spotty Dog"
#73
Brix City
4.0
(1)
"Brix city blueberry sour w/cacao nibs"
#74
Urban South
4.0
(1)
"Urban South has several nice sours."
#75
Wild Heaven
4.0
(1)
"Wild Heaven in Atlanta has done some great sours."
#76
Mile Wide
4.0
(1)
"My favorite is Boomsickle from Mile Wide in Louisville, KY"
#77
Ex Novo
4.0
(1)
"Going Postal (if they ever have it again) at Ex Novo in Portland, OR. Very sour."
#78
Crooked Stave
4.0
(1)
"Most things by Crooked Stave are super yummy"
#79
Red Poppy
4.0
(1)
"Red Poppy is my vote too. Great beer."
#80
Humble Forager
4.0
(1)
"The Coastal Sunrise series from Humble Forager is fantastic."
#81
K2 Brewing
4.0
(1)
"K2 Brewing has some interesting sours."
#82
Bottle Logic
4.0
(1)
"Anything from bottle logic"
#83
3 Ravens
4.0
(1)
"3 Ravens - Acid Original Sour or Passionfruit Creamsicle"
#84
Allagash
4.0
(1)
"Allagash Coolship Red or Little Sal. East Rock Meyer Lemon Gose."
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