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1809 Berliner Weisse if you want structure and tartness,
Cherry Sour if you want fruit-forward ease.
Both are classic Berliner Weisses, but Dr. Briem's version is drier and more traditionally Berlin—it's got backbone. Oppigårds leans into the fruit; you taste cherry before you taste the wheat, which is a different kind of refreshing.
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Δ 15
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1809 Berliner Weisse
This is what Berlin tastes like in a glass. There's a clean wheat softness up front, but it gets immediately pulled into this sharp, lactic bite that stays with you. The sourness isn't candy-coated; it's honest and a bit austere. At 5% ABV with just 10 IBUs, it's light but not simple—there's a mineral dryness underneath that makes you want another sip.
Cherry Sour
Cherry Sour announces itself immediately. You get bright fruit notes before the wheat even registers, almost like someone's added a whisper of cherry syrup to the classic style. It's softer, rounder, less confrontational than the 1809. At 4% and only 4 IBUs, it drinks like a flavored wheat beer that happens to be sour, not a sour beer that happens to have fruit.
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