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There are 47 Sour Ales in the chart, accounting for 0.56% of all beers currently in the chart.

Cotton Candy Cupcakes - Vault City

Rated on 2026-02-07 by BeerDorkNik at Ebenezer's, Crewe

Quality: 57, Enjoyability: 58.5, Overall: 57.75

Murky red berry, with bits in. Large pink foam head on pour, thin surface and halo retention, with layering but little loose lacing. Strong initial sweet fruit bubblegum aroma, vanilla, cake and frosting sweet in close. VERY sweet (overly so, if I’m being honest) cake with fronting and sprinkles taste and after - not getting Cotton Candy, unless it’s just ‘moar sugar!’. Cakey, with a dryer Icing sugar after, developing tingly effervescence.

Jelly King - Bellwoods Brewery

Rated on 2025-09-26 by BeerDorkNik at Beer Moth, Manchester

Quality: 55.5, Enjoyability: 57.5, Overall: 56.5

Cloudy lemon drop. Very good head on pour, but very little retention or lacing. Dry, lemon brin aroma. Lemon sherbet taste and after, with some effervescence.

Zesty Lemon Cola - Vault City

Rated on 2025-09-04 by BeerDorkNik at Brew York Taproom, York

Quality: 60.5, Enjoyability: 56.5, Overall: 58.5

Deep amber, a shade or two lighter than cola, maybe. OK creamy head as poured, with good retention and very good lacing. Deep lemon syrup aroma, developing Cola Cube / cheap supermarket cola. Similar taste and after – definitely cola, just not one of the big two – closer to Fentiman’s. Heavy, with some effervescence.

Iron Brew - Fierce Beer

Rated on 2025-09-02 by BeerDorkNik at Eagle & Child, York

Quality: 56.5, Enjoyability: 58.5, Overall: 57.5

Irn Bru orange. Little fizzy head as poured, with some halo retention but no lacing. Irn Bru syrup aroma. Similar taste and after – Irn Bru, but syrup sweet. Bit syrup gloopy.

Mango Chilli Margarita - Vault City

Rated on 2025-08-29 by BeerDorkNik at Fossgate Tap, York

Quality: 54, Enjoyability: 55.5, Overall: 54.75

Lightly fizzy mango juice. Extremely little head as poured, but good retention of what there was, and some lacing. Mango, slightly dry, soapy aroma. Similar taste with a burst of peppery heat on swallow, building as you drink more. Creamy effervescence.

Passion Fruit Martini Sour - New Invention Brewery

Rated on 2025-08-08 by BeerDorkNik at Ebenezer's, Crewe

Quality: 47.5, Enjoyability: 52, Overall: 49.75

Hazy pale gold. Little head as poured, some halo and very little surface retention and no lacing. Tart fruit aroma. Tart fruit taste, creamier after. Wet.

Elysia - Otherworld Brewing

Rated on 2025-07-03 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington

Quality: 42, Enjoyability: 42, Overall: 42

Explosing open, lost about 1/4 of the can gushing like a fire exthinguisher. Murky lemon with a massive head on pour, large retention with good lacing and layers. Gassy lemon sherbet aroma, bit vinegar under. Similar taste and after. Creamy effervessence. Maybe the faff of the explosive open put me off, and it'd be better another time, but I was just too annoyed with this to like it.

Sour Bake - Carnival Brewing Co.

Rated on 2025-01-25 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool

Quality: 62, Enjoyability: 61, Overall: 61.5

Bright gold. Very large head on pour, with good retention and lacing. Waxy, zesty orange aroma. Zest, tart, bitter orange taste and after. Label claims pineapple, but I couldn’t detect it. (Also cannabis extract, which I didn’t spot either.)

Half Time - Bereta

Rated on 2024-07-31 by BeerDorkNik at BrewDog, Liverpool

Quality: 62, Enjoyability: 59.5, Overall: 60.75

Pulpy, opaque dirty orange. Little head as poured, with OK retention and more 'pulp trails' than lacing. Pastry aroma like a fruit pie (Mr. Kipling's apple?). Fruity, pulpy taste and after - apple or maybe peach. Not _great_, but light tasting and just what I needed after last two.

Bergamot Crusher - Holy Goat Brewing

Rated on 2024-05-20 by BeerDorkNik at House of Grain, Shrewsbury

Quality: 62, Enjoyability: 68.5, Overall: 65.25

Opaque orange. Little head as poured, with some surface and halo retention but no lacing. Fruity, bit earl grey (that'll be the bergamot) aroma. Juicy citrus taste, floral after.

Omebashi Sour [NBC with House of Fu] - Kirkstall

Rated on 2023-12-21 by BeerDorkNik at Handyman's Supermarket

Quality: 61, Enjoyability: 63, Overall: 62

Hazy raspberry-pink. Little head as poured, with some retention and good lacing. Raspberry sherbet, tangy more than Sour.

Chili & Lemon Sour - Otherworld Brewing

Rated on 2023-09-06 by BeerDorkNik at Micklegate Social, York

Quality: 54, Enjoyability: 56.5, Overall: 55.25

Hazy lemon yellow. Little to no head as poured, with no retention or lacing. Brine sour aroma, lemon drop under. Lemon drop sour taste, slight but building chilli after.

#59 Tzatziki Sour - Handyman

Rated on 2023-06-27 by BeerDorkNik at Handyman's Supermarket

Quality: 63, Enjoyability: 58.5, Overall: 60.75

Hazy gold, clearing. OK creamy head as poured, with good retention and lacing. Tzatziki. Another Mad Hatter redux.

Whoop Ass [X All In Brewing] - Beerbliotek

Rated on 2023-01-21 by BeerDorkNik at Black Cat, Smithdown Road

Quality: 69, Enjoyability: 65.5, Overall: 67.25

Slightly hazy gold, with little head as poured. Sour, gbriney fruit aroma. Sharp, tart, lemony citrus taste and after.

Brew #54 Bramble Cheesecake - Handyman

Rated on 2022-12-27 by BeerDorkNik at Handyman's Supermarket

Quality: 65, Enjoyability: 63, Overall: 64

Hazy purple red, with some pink head on pour. Red fruit, bit planty aroma. Similar, creamy, taste and after.

The Rectification of the Vuldronaii [X Pomona Island] - Yonder

Rated on 2022-10-29 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington

Quality: 68, Enjoyability: 70, Overall: 69

Slightly hazy gold. Large head as poured, good halo and some surface retention with good lacing. Hot dog brine aroma. Pith, sour, tart citrus.

Doodle Dandy - Play Brew Co.

Rated on 2022-10-20 by BeerDorkNik at Black Cat, Smithdown Road

Quality: 63, Enjoyability: 60, Overall: 61.5

Medium brown. Good head as poured, halo and little surface retention with OK lacing. Sour brine aroma, dandelion and burdock under. Dandelion and Burdock, with a planty savoury after. Interesting, may have to try D&B again.

Raptor Enclosure - BRZN

Rated on 2022-10-18 by BeerDorkNik at Black Cat, Smithdown Road

Quality: 60, Enjoyability: 60, Overall: 60

Brass gold, with little head on pour. Tart red fruit aroma (this'd had a chance to warm a bit more). Bitter blackcurrant, heavy, peppery-spice after.

Pickleback - Brass Castle

Rated on 2022-10-18 by BeerDorkNik at Black Cat, Smithdown Road

Quality: 65, Enjoyability: 68, Overall: 66.5

Gold. Some fizz head on pour, dispersing. Sour, brine, mustardy aroma. Gerkin-brine sour, hint of mustard in after.

Iron Brew Extra - Vault City

Rated on 2022-10-01 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool

Quality: 69.5, Enjoyability: 71, Overall: 70.25

Murky orange. Good head on pour, with loose surface retention and OK lacing. Irn Bru icing sugar aroma. Irn Bru danish pastry. Sounds weird, but that's what I get and it's actually quite nice.

Red Jammie Peanut Butter Marshmallow Honeycomb - Vault City

Rated on 2022-09-15 by BeerDorkNik at House of Trembling Madness 2, York

Quality: 73, Enjoyability: 71, Overall: 72

Red. Little pink head as pour, halo and little surface retention with OK-good lacing. Strong peanut butter aroma with some marshmallow sweetness and a hint of fruit in close. Tart red fruit in taste, creamy sweet (from marshmallow?) peanut butter in after. Many tiny sharp bubbles. A very light 10%er.

Kombeercha - BrewDog

Rated on 2022-03-24 by BeerDorkNik at BrewDog, Liverpool

Quality: 66, Enjoyability: 66, Overall: 66

Hazy. Some head on pour, little surface retention. Vinegar notes in aroma. Sour, citrus. (My notes are a but hard to read by this point.) Very sour, very plant-y, very vegetable-y. Not an easy drink, but not bad for that.

Gelato Tropicale - Kirkstall

Rated on 2021-11-27 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington

Quality: 60, Enjoyability: 61, Overall: 60.5

Gold. Some head on pour. Vanilla ice cream, mango, aroma. Simialr, bit dry, taste and after. Mango astronaut ice cream?

Bar Floor Blitz [X BrewDog Liverpool] - Top Rope Brewing

Rated on 2021-11-17 by BeerDorkNik at BrewDog, Liverpool

Quality: 65, Enjoyability: 60, Overall: 62.5

Gold. Little halo as poured, OK retetnion of halo, and splotchy lacing. Sour planty aroma. Minty, or maybe menthol, sting. Could've just been cold. Herbal.

Brain-Dead Biscotti - Overworks

Rated on 2021-03-06 by BeerDorkNik at BrewDog

Quality: 61.1, Enjoyability: 68.4, Overall: 64.75

Sour Grinch - Overworks

Rated on 2021-02-20 by BeerDorkNik at BrewDog

Quality: 66.9, Enjoyability: 64.1, Overall: 65.5

Coffee & Bramble Sour - Vault City

Rated on 2020-10-29 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool

Quality: 57.7, Enjoyability: 61.6, Overall: 59.65

Valhalla Vacation - Overworks

Rated on 2020-07-31 by BeerDorkNik at BrewDog

Quality: 59.1, Enjoyability: 60.2, Overall: 59.65

See Pferd - Rügener Insel-Brauerei

Rated on 2020-06-26 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool

Quality: 59.6, Enjoyability: 59.5, Overall: 59.55

Face in the Crowd [collab w. Brooklyn Brewery] - Lost and Grounded

Rated on 2020-04-11 by BeerDorkNik at Tesco

Quality: 59.3, Enjoyability: 63.2, Overall: 61.25

Passion Tang - Lervig

Rated on 2019-10-29 by BeerDorkNik at The Cellar, Chester

Quality: 57.1, Enjoyability: 61.5, Overall: 59.3

Disperate Elements 2 Strong Island - Overworks

Rated on 2019-10-12 by BeerDorkNik at BrewDog, Liverpool

Quality: 67.7, Enjoyability: 70.4, Overall: 69.05

Dimorphic - Speciation Artisan Ales

Rated on 2019-10-12 by BeerDorkNik at BrewDog, Liverpool

Quality: 60.1, Enjoyability: 60.4, Overall: 60.25

Served cold.

Unbeliever (Pina Colada Sour) - Abbeydale

Rated on 2019-10-04 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool

Quality: 55.2, Enjoyability: 57.4, Overall: 56.3

Detroit Sour City - Twisted Barrel Ale

Rated on 2019-09-16 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool

Quality: 49.5, Enjoyability: 52.4, Overall: 50.95

Everything Beautiful is Far Away [collab w. The Old Flax Store] - Northern Monk

Rated on 2019-09-07 by BeerDorkNik at Head of Steam, Liverpool

Quality: 58.8, Enjoyability: 59.5, Overall: 59.15

Dangerous Liasions [collab w. Salt] - Wilde Child

Rated on 2019-08-17 by BeerDorkNik at Head of Steam, Liverpool

Quality: 60.6, Enjoyability: 65.3, Overall: 62.95

Detroit Sour City - Twisted Barrel Ale

Rated on 2019-07-02 by BeerDorkNik at Handyman's Supermarket

Quality: 54.9, Enjoyability: 57.8, Overall: 56.35

Apple Jack sweets?

Hedgerow Sour - Stewart Brewing

Rated on 2019-03-27 by BeerDorkNik at Handyman's Supermarket

Quality: 52.7, Enjoyability: 54.3, Overall: 53.5

Again, served very cold. Developed somewhat as it warmed, but didn't get beyond 'meh'.

Otoño Hedgerow Sour [collab w. Garage Beer Co.] - Track Brewing Co.

Rated on 2019-01-19 by BeerDorkNik at Bent's Warrington

Quality: 68.3, Enjoyability: 70.1, Overall: 69.2

Serpent Bit - Orpheus

Rated on 2018-08-29 by BeerDorkNik at BrewDog, York

Quality: 62.6, Enjoyability: 68.7, Overall: 65.65

The Púca Berry Hibiscus & Ginger - White Hag

Rated on 2018-07-10 by BeerDorkNik at Handyman's Supermarket

Quality: 58.9, Enjoyability: 60.4, Overall: 59.65

Unbeliever - Abbeydale

Rated on 2018-07-07 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool

Quality: 67.1, Enjoyability: 71.4, Overall: 69.25

Head Rush [collab w. Duration] - Amundsen Bryggeri

Rated on 2018-07-07 by BeerDorkNik at Londis Penny Lane, Liverpool

Quality: 60, Enjoyability: 65.9, Overall: 62.95

Pamplemousse Sour - Mad Hatter Brewing Co.

Rated on 2018-05-10 by BeerDorkNik at Craft Taproom

Quality: 55.3, Enjoyability: 60.4, Overall: 57.85

Sour (Brew #3) - Handyman

Rated on 2018-03-28 by BeerDorkNik at Handyman's Supermarket

Quality: 61.4, Enjoyability: 62.5, Overall: 61.95

Very cold. More 'tart' than 'sour', perhaps?

Jammin' - Fyne Ales

Rated on 2017-10-03 by BeerDorkNik at Handyman's Supermarket

Quality: 64.8, Enjoyability: 71.3, Overall: 68.05

Curse of Threepwood - Wild Weather

Rated on 2017-07-04 by BeerDorkNik at Craft Taproom

Quality: 77.5, Enjoyability: 79.4, Overall: 78.45