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Amarillo Sour

PRODUCER: Chorlton Brewing Company

AREA OF ORIGIN: Manchester, England

VARIETY: Sour beer

ABV: 5.4%

WEBSITE: www.chorltonbrewingcompany.com

Sour beer is beer that has an intentionally acidic, tart or sour taste. The most common sour beer styles are Belgian: lambics, gueuze and Flanders red ale. The sourness is created by natural yeasts that would have found their way into beers before the introduction of the sterilised conditions associated with modern breweries. Amarillo Sour is based on the sour beer traditions of Prussia and Saxony but it is brewed like a modern pale ale. It is fermented twice: first, with Lactobacillus to give a balanced acidity, and then with a British strain of brewer’s yeast for a smooth body. It’s then dry hopped to give big juicy flavours with negligible bitterness. This is a thirst-quenching beer with a fragrant and clean taste and a sharp acidity, grapefruit flavours and no bitterness.