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Get Wild (Beers) at SmallBar

By Lorna Juett in Food on Feb 8, 2013 8:00PM

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Sour beers have surged in popularity over the past year or so, with beer drinkers gravitating toward traditional lambics and more weird and wooly wild-fermented ales. SmallBar Division wants to get wild with you on February 22nd as they feature sour beers from around the world.

There are plenty of styles here to get a novice drinker started in on sours, and enough rare and weird stuff to push the boundaries of even the more accomplished beer nerd. Don’t take our word for it, see the list for yourself:

Bruery Tart of Darkness
Against the Grain Gnag Reflex
Perennial Unblended American Wild Ale
New Belgium La Folie
New Belgium Tart Lychee
New Holland Blue Sunday
Ommegang Seduction
Allagash Interlude
Timmerman Blanche Lambicus
Bockor Cuvee Jacobin Rouge
Loverbeer Madamin
Gueuze Tilquin
Evil Twin Femme Fatale Brett
Liefmans Goudenband
Firestone Walker Reginald Brett
Cantillon Classic Gueuze

The sours start flowing at 6p.m. Get there early to make sure your favorite is still pouring.

SmallBar Division is located at 2049 W. Division