Are there any Sour IPAs?

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  1. Spike-likes-beer

    Spike-likes-beer Pundit (831) Nov 8, 2012 Oklahoma

  2. chet90si

    chet90si Initiate (0) Dec 18, 2013 North Carolina

    Wicked Weed did one (not Lusus Naturae), and it was incredible.[​IMG]
     
  3. BMBCLT

    BMBCLT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,427) May 9, 2014 South Carolina
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    Stignacious Pooh-Bah (1,878) Aug 24, 2011 New York
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    Victory Wild Devil is Hop Devil brewed with Brett
     
  5. shnsajax

    shnsajax Initiate (0) Jul 2, 2013 Idaho

    Barley Browns Pallet Slapper
     
  6. Wisconsin

    Wisconsin Initiate (0) Jul 24, 2008 Wisconsin

    Almanac's Sourdough Wild Ale is fermented with Brett and sourdough yeast then dry hopped with Mosaic hops. Drinking it fresh will be more hop forward and it will obviously sour the longer you cellar it. Woefully underrated beer if you ask me.
     
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  7. TheeWalrusHunter

    TheeWalrusHunter Initiate (0) Aug 23, 2013 Oregon

    Came here to say this. Trinity and Barley Browns collaborated on a sour IPA. It was ok.

    The best example I can think of is Trinity's Red Swingline:

    A wild and sour session IPA. Brewed with three heavily fruity hops, coriander, and tangerine zest the profile is definitely American in focus. Aged in French Oak Chardonnay barrels with souring Lactobacillus, funky Brettanomyces yeast, and dry-hopped in each individual barrel. This beer is a definite wow moment.

    This shit is definitely delicious.
     
  8. larryi86

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    tkdchampxi Pooh-Bah (2,473) Oct 19, 2010 New Jersey
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  10. Rlhinson2104

    Rlhinson2104 Initiate (0) Apr 28, 2014 Florida

    I second the opinion that Wicked Weed Amorous is fantastic !
     
  11. Techichi

    Techichi Pooh-Bah (2,061) Sep 25, 2012 Texas
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    As you can see from many of the posts here in this thread...dry hopped sours and "sour IPAs" can be a very tasty beer.

    Fresh Le Terroir is very good.
     
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  12. anteater

    anteater Pooh-Bah (1,936) Sep 10, 2012 Oregon
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    he first beer I ever had from de Garde was called Banks and was listed at the bar as "Lambic Imperial IPA - Barrel Aged (Gin)". It was incredible and since then they've done a lot of great hoppy sours (Hose, Imperial Hop Bu, Petit Azacca) though not listed as IPAs.

    Ov-ral from To Øl also comes to mind. Its a double IPA inspired by Orval, so its got that wild yeast.
     
  13. IowaPA

    IowaPA Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2014 Iowa

    Gose Gone Wild is a pretty heavily hopped gose...out of production for now, but...
     
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    chcfan Initiate (0) Oct 29, 2008 California

  15. ddedhed

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    Wicked Weed's Amorous is quite good. And I believe Hill Farmstead's Sue is a wine barrel age version of Susan, with "resident microflora". Some of the reviews seem to indicate it has some sourness/tartness. I cannot personally confirm the sourness though.
     
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  16. CHickman

    CHickman Pooh-Bah (2,854) Jan 7, 2009 New York
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  17. MVP09

    MVP09 Initiate (0) Oct 19, 2012 Massachusetts

    Magic Hat had one. It actually was pretty good.
     
  18. jlordi12

    jlordi12 Pooh-Bah (1,856) Jun 8, 2011 Massachusetts
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    NightShift did a cask blend at the NERAX booth of their Pink IPA JoJo with one of their berliners at the last EBF, it was incredible. In a sea of amazingness from that night that beer still stands out.
     
  19. sharpski

    sharpski Grand Pooh-Bah (3,100) Oct 11, 2010 Oregon
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  20. lillitnn92

    lillitnn92 Initiate (0) Aug 22, 2009 Virginia

    Ditto. I had the privilege of having all six of the Swingline series. Although not completely sour, but enough funk to change it up.
     
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