sour beer

noun

Beer which has an intentionally acidic, tart, or sour taste.

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Meanings

nounsour beer (plural sour beers)

plural sour beers

  1. Beer which has an intentionally acidic, tart, or sour taste.

    The classic sour beer styles include the German Berliner Weisse, and the Belgian Oud Bruin, Flanders Red, and lambic beers.

    2011, Garrett Oliver, editor, The Oxford Companion to Beer, OUP USA, →ISBN, page 744

Translations

German Sauerbier
  • Sauerbierbeer with an intentional sour taste
Swedish syrlig öl, suröl
  • syrlig ölbeer with an intentional sour taste
  • surölbeer with an intentional sour taste
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APA

sour beer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sour%20beer

MLA

“sour beer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sour%20beer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sour beer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sour%20beer.

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