Sour beer los angeles

Tropical and citrusy flavors of the Simcoe and Amarillo hops. American Dark Lager 4. Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer 9. Barnyard funk on top of a full bodied wheat ale that is finished with a dose of raspberries just a hint of fruity tannins.

Double Oatmeal Coffee Stout 9. Torrance, CA Flavors of bread crust and light malt meet the spice of traditional Czech Saaz hops while the finish is crisp and bracingly bitter. Absolution Torero Blue Blonde Ale 5. Bootlegger's Old World Hefeweizen Weissbier 5. Phantom Carriage Inject Pog 5. The clear glass bottle highlights the stunning Gatorade orange color.

You can practically see the farm stand in the distance. Upon first sip, you find prominent fruit flavors. Grapes, sure. But also apricot, grapefruit, pear. A gentle but present acidity prickles your tongue and pulls you in for another drink. The Colour Orange is a blend of red wine barrel-aged saisons brewed with aged hops and re-fermented on Sauvignon Blanc grape must. But, Garcia fully committed to the process. Then, they blended and aged base saisons before adding the grape must to the Saison blend.

Finally, after fermenting for six weeks, Colour Orange was bottled and conditioned for over a year before it was released. Garcia had invited Marissa Ross to the brewery because he was proud of his product and wanted to show it off to someone who appreciates quality fermented beverages. But he also wanted to keep learning. That day at Homage Brewing quickly became an education session, with Ross explaining more of the world of natural wine to Garcia.

Similarly, he gave us an education in beer. After we tried Colour Orange, Garcia poured a Cantillon lambic, demonstrating that the low-intervention, spontaneous fermentation methods of natural wine have a rich history in beer.

Here are 10 brewed-in-California sours from pleasantly tart all the way to bracingly acidic that you need to hunt down and try. But try it in its own glorious right first to get the full measure of this slightly tart beer. Lost Abbey Framboise de Amorosa — I hope you like raspberries because this is a tart ode to that fruit. A common theme in this list is how hard it is choose one beer from the sour portfolio of some breweries, this is the first hard decision.

But I like the raspberry paired with the tannic nature of the barrels over some of the other offerings. Almanac Beer Co. Reserve 1 — This small Bay Area brewery sources its fruits and vegetables for use in its beers from local growers. Sour grapes. Persimmons and cabernet but this is one beats them all in my eyes. Pleasingly tart on the tongue. Not a super sour but I can feel my stomach rumble from the acid though. There is a solid hit of cherry notes as well.

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