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Top 61 Sour Beers

Popular sour beers include Berliner weisse, gose, Flanders red ale, oud bruin and lambic. Enjoy The Beer Connoisseur's highest-rated sour beers of all-time as independently reviewed by expert beer judges for the publication's Official Review!

Top 61 Sour Beers

 

#14

pFriem Oude Kriek pFriem Family Brewers

96
by Rick Franckhauser
pFriem Oude Kriek
pFriem Family Brewers

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#13

Cursed Kettles Upland Brewing Co. & Prairie Artisan Ales

96
by Sean Coughlin
Cursed Kettles
Upland Brewing Co. & Prairie Artisan Ales

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#12

Oak Barrel Aged Flanders Red Ale Moody Tongue Brewing Co.

96
by John C. Tull
Oak Barrel Aged Flanders Red Ale
Moody Tongue Brewing Co.

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#11
Fruitage by Brouwerij Rodenbach

96
by James Link
Fruitage
Brouwerij Rodenbach

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Rodenbach’s first-ever canned beer (and one of four Roedenbach sours on this list) was a tremendous success in the U.S. and with good reason – as one of the highest-scoring beers of 2017, Rodenbach’s fruited dark sour beer was complex, lightly sweet and easily transportable. It also marked a terrific counterpoint to all the lighter summer sours that wanted to glom onto the “summer beer” trend.


#10
Boxer's Revenge Jester King Brewery

97
by Susan Ruud
Boxer's Revenge
Jester King Brewery 

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#9

Rodenbach Vintage 2015 Brouwerij Rodenbach

97
by James Link
Rodenbach Vintage 2015
Brouwerij Rodenbach

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#8

Alexander Brouwerij Rodenbach

97
by Jason Johnson
Alexander
Brouwerij Rodenbach

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An amazing rendition of a Flanders Red Ale, Rodenbach’s Alexander has only been brewed twice in history – the last time being 1999. A blend of 2/3rd Rodenbach aged two years in oak foeders and 1/3 young ale, this incredible brewing achievement features an intricate interplay of fruitiness, sourness and woodiness. An astonishing sour from one of the best sour beer breweries on the planet.


#7

Ol' Oi Jester King Brewery

97
by Susan Ruud
Ol' Oi
Jester King Brewery

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Comments

Pags's picture
These kinds of lists are subjective and as such somewhat immune from critcism. Still any list of best sour beers without beers from Tilquin, Drie Fonteinen or Cantillon is diffucult to take seriously. Gentlepeople, back to the drawing board!
Editorial Dept.'s picture
Hi Pags, Thanks for your comment! As the disclaimer says in the introduction, this list only represents beers that our judges have reviewed in our Official Review. As such, there are a huge number of world-class sours not featured here because our judges have not reviewed them.

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