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sour beer

sour beer noun: beer which has an intentionally acidic, tart, or sour taste.

Noun

sour beer (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

Forms of sour beer

pluralsour beers

Questions about sour beer

What does sour beer mean?
Sour beer means beer which has an intentionally acidic, tart, or sour taste.
What part of speech is sour beer?
Sour beer is a noun.
What is the plural of sour beer?
The plural of sour beer is sour beers.

Words near sour beer in the dictionary

  1. soupçon
  2. soupçons
  3. souq
  4. souqs
  5. sour
  6. sour beer
  7. sour beers
  8. sour bread
  9. sour breads
  10. sour cherries
  11. sour cherry

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