Sour ales and lambics are beer styles that are famous for their sour and tart flavors, which are created through a unique brewing process that involves spontaneous fermentation.
Sour ales are a broad category of beers that includes styles like Berliner Weisse, Gose, and American Wild Ale. These beers get their sourness from a fermentation process that uses naturally occurring elements like yeast, and other organic compounds.
Lambics, on the other hand, are a type of sour ale that originated in Belgium. They are traditionally fermented with wild yeasts and bacteria that are present in the air and environment around the brewery. This gives the beer a uniquely complex and funky flavor profile, with sour, fruity, and earthy notes. Lambics are often blended with other beers, such as fruit beers or gueuzes, to create even more complex flavor combinations.
