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Toronto's 10 Best Sour Beers

Mimosa Nguyen

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Mimosa Nguyen

Posted Feb 03, 2020

Toronto's 10 Best Sour Beers

Mimosa Nguyen

Written By

Mimosa Nguyen

Posted Feb 03, 2020

Sour beers have been all the rage in recent years. With spring just around the corner (we hope), here are 10 of Toronto's best sour beers brewed right here in the city.

Bottoms up and pucker up, fellow sour-lovers!

Collective Unconscious Peach Barrel Aged Sour Saison

Aged with peach puree in burgundy wine barrels, this deliciously sour, stone-fruit forward beer will knock you unconscious on the first sip.  

Collective Unconscious Peach Barrel Aged Sour Saison

Aged with peach puree in burgundy wine barrels, this deliciously sour, stone-fruit forward beer will knock you unconscious on the first sip.  

Huckleberry Sour

This juicy and jam-like sour with wheat ale is infused with huckleberry puree -- pouring a bright red with light tanginess and a dry finish.

Huckleberry Sour

This juicy and jam-like sour with wheat ale is infused with huckleberry puree -- pouring a bright red with light tanginess and a dry finish.

Anomaly Sour Stout With Cherries

Can’t decide on a sour or a stout? At Bandit Brewery you can have your cake and eat it too with their sour cherry stout. Pouring a rich dark brown with ruby red highlights, this stout evokes the flavours of a black forest cake; dark chocolate, dark roast coffee and soft cherry. 

Anomaly Sour Stout With Cherries

Can’t decide on a sour or a stout? At Bandit Brewery you can have your cake and eat it too with their sour cherry stout. Pouring a rich dark brown with ruby red highlights, this stout evokes the flavours of a black forest cake; dark chocolate, dark roast coffee and soft cherry. 

Spiced Raspberry Cranberry Kennel Sour

Nutmeg, allspice and cinnamon complement the fruit forward notes of cranberry and raspberry in this spectacularly sour beer.

Spiced Raspberry Cranberry Kennel Sour

Nutmeg, allspice and cinnamon complement the fruit forward notes of cranberry and raspberry in this spectacularly sour beer.

Shape Shifter ++

Grapefruit is infused with lactose and Madagascar vanilla beans resulting in a tropical hop milkshake: smooth, creamy and ridiculously crushable.

Shape Shifter ++

Grapefruit is infused with lactose and Madagascar vanilla beans resulting in a tropical hop milkshake: smooth, creamy and ridiculously crushable.

Sour Jelly King Plum

A juicy, sour and thirst-quenching brew featuring purple plum, fuzzy peach and tangerine -- with very low bitterness.

Sour Jelly King Plum

A juicy, sour and thirst-quenching brew featuring purple plum, fuzzy peach and tangerine -- with very low bitterness.

Good Grapes

A hopped sour beer aged with Niagara cab franc skins and Montmorency sour cherries -- reminiscent of wild strawberries and cherry pie.

Good Grapes

A hopped sour beer aged with Niagara cab franc skins and Montmorency sour cherries -- reminiscent of wild strawberries and cherry pie.

Squeeze Play: Blueberry 

The Squeeze Play line is Left Field’s sour series. Currently in the rotation is their Blueberry Sour. Pouring a deep indigo, this tart berry sour is simultaneously juicy and thirst-quenching.

Squeeze Play: Blueberry 

The Squeeze Play line is Left Field’s sour series. Currently in the rotation is their Blueberry Sour. Pouring a deep indigo, this tart berry sour is simultaneously juicy and thirst-quenching.

Paradise Lost Blueberry Vanilla and Spice

Intense blueberry is balanced with a touch of vanilla and cinnamon. Think mulled wine and blueberry pie.

Paradise Lost Blueberry Vanilla and Spice

Intense blueberry is balanced with a touch of vanilla and cinnamon. Think mulled wine and blueberry pie.

Yuzu Saison

If you’re just getting acquainted with sour beers, Godspeed’s Yuzu Saison is a good place to start. This saison combines fragrant Yuzu and peeled clementines -- resulting in a lively beer with mild tartness and a crisp, memorable finish. 

Yuzu Saison

If you’re just getting acquainted with sour beers, Godspeed’s Yuzu Saison is a good place to start. This saison combines fragrant Yuzu and peeled clementines -- resulting in a lively beer with mild tartness and a crisp, memorable finish.