Best Sour Beers To Try 2023

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A can of triple fruited mango sour placed on sand, next to a full pint

Best sour beers to try at a glance

Best tropical sour beer: Vault City Triple Fruited mango, £3.50/440ml
Best gooseberry sour beer: Magic Rock Salty Kiss Gooseberry Gose, £2.29/330ml
Best Belgian sour beer: Oude Gueuze Vieille Oud Beersel, £6.75/375ml
Best higher-strength sour beer: Wild Beer Co. Modus Operandi, £7.99/500ml
Best non-sweet option: Thornbridge Brewery Love Among the Ruins, £7/375ml
Best berry flavoured sour beer: Vault City strawberry sundae, £3.50/440ml
Best Scottish sour beer: Holy Goat and Fierce Beer Terrorizer, £6.90/375ml

7 best sour beers to try in 2023

Vault City Triple Fruited Mango

Available from Tesco (£3.50/440ml)

Best tropical sour beer
ABV: 6.2%

A fresh, juicy sour, rammed with mango flavour and aromas, gentle tanginess and a slightly saline edge.

Available from:
Tesco (£3.50/440ml)

Magic Rock Salty Kiss Gooseberry Gose

Available from Magic Rock Brewing (£2.50/330ml), £2.29/330ml

Best
ABV: 4.1%

Lightly sour and tart with a briny edge and juicy gooseberry flavours.

Available from:
Magic Rock Brewing (£2.50/330ml)
Amazon (£2.29/330ml)

Oude Gueuze Vieille Oud Beersel

Available from The Belgian Beer Co. (£6.75/375ml

Best Belgian sour beer
ABV: 6%

A blend of lambics, this has great effervescence and a fruity, complex tartness.

Available from:
The Belgian Beer Co. (£6.75/375ml

Wild Beer Co. Modus Operandi

Available from Wild Beer Co (£7.99/500ml)

Best higher-strength sour beer
ABV: 7.7%

A barrel-aged sour red with lots of berry flavours.

Available from:
Wild Beer Co (£7.99/500ml)

Thornbridge Brewery Love Among the Ruins

Available from Thornbridge Brewery (£7/375ml)

Best non-sweet option
ABV: 7%

Thought that all fruit beers were sweet? Think again. This poetically named Flemish-style sour beer won gold at the World Beer Cup Awards in 2016 and it's not hard to see why. Aged in Burgundy wine barrels with morello cherries for more than a year, this bottle delivers vivid fruit flavours combined with a punchy sourness. Complex and elegant.

Available from:
Thornbridge Brewery (£7/375ml)

Vault City Strawberry Sundae

Available from Vault City (£3.50/440ml)

Best berry sour beer
ABV: 5%

A smooth and full-bodied strawberry sour made with Scottish strawberries. Drink with mac ’n’ cheese topped with pulled pork for a contrast, or to complement a dessert such as eton mess.

Available from:
Vault City (£3.50/440ml)

Holy Goat and Fierce Beer Terrorizer

Available from Holygoat Beer (£6.90/375ml)

A glass of Holy Goat x Fierce Terrorizer next to the bottle

Best Scottish sour beer
ABV: 6%

Made in Dundee, this complex barrel-aged blackcurrant sour is a blend of 50% golden sour beer aged in a tank for six months (brewed at Holy Goat), plus a 50% rye sour aged in barrels for more than two years at Fierce Beer brewery in Aberdeen. Enjoy with steak, game, brie or chocolate.

Available from:
Holygoat Beer (£6.90/375ml)

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