Sour
Flanders Red Ale
The Burgundy of Belgium: deep red, sharply acetic and fruity, aged for a year or more in large oak foeders and then blended young with old.
Vital statistics
Each bar is drawn against the full range of all 98 styles
Original gravity
1.048 - 1.057
1.048 - 1.057
Final gravity
1.002 - 1.012
1.002 - 1.012
Bitterness
10 IBU - 25 IBU
10 IBU - 25 IBU
Colour
10 SRM - 16 SRM
10 SRM - 16 SRM
Alcohol
4.6% - 6.5%
4.6% - 6.5%
Colour also 20-32 EBC
What goes wrong
Bottling it unblended. A single unblended barrel is usually too acetic to drink; the blending is the craft, not an afterthought.
Commercial examples
Reference examples of the style, as listed in the BJCP 2021 Style Guidelines. Availability varies by market and year.
Vital statistics as published in the BJCP 2021 Style Guidelines. Not yet checked against the published guidelines: treat these ranges as a planning aid and read the source at bjcp.org before entering a competition.
Plan a batch to these numbers.