Sour beer drinkers sure can rack up a bar tab. I’m one of them. Despite how worthy of my dollars I know those tart, nuanced beers to be, every so often I experience the buyer’s remorse of sipping one too many sours.
Lucky for fellow pucker lovers and me, American craft brewers are brewing more and more kettle-soured beers, speeding up their production time and therefore lowering their cost. If you’re drinking sour beer on a budget, try some of these brews.
Tart n’ Juicy Sour IPA
Epic Brewing Company (Denver, Colorado)
Tart ‘n Juicy is a 4.5 percent ABV, kettle-soured India Pale Ale with bright notes of grapefruit, agave, tangerine, and passion fruit. The beer is loaded with Citra and Amarillo hops. Six-packs of 12-ounce cans of this beer became available at the beginning of April.