These beers rank highest on the hopIQ Score — a nightly-updated weighting of style authenticity, award history, and community signals. Filter by style family or country to narrow the list; the top-3 podium and full ranking below always reflect the current day’s data.
How this ranking works
The hopIQ Score weights style authenticity (80%), user engagement (10%), notability (10%), and award history. Active, in-production beers only — non-alcoholic excluded. No paid placement — order follows the data alone. Ranking spans 10 beers from 3 breweries.
Top 5 of 10
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Mr SuitBest Overall
Mr Suit is a wild fruit ale from Burning Sky Brewery, based in the rural East Sussex village of Firle in southern England. Fermented with a mixed yeast culture and aged on redcurrant purée, it pours a hazy blush-tinged amber with a soft,… Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
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Wild Gift Apricot
Wild Gift Apricot is a captivating wild ale from Burning Sky Brewery in Firle, East Sussex, pouring a hazy, pale golden straw with a delicate white head. Brewed with two strains of Brettanomyces alongside Lactobacillus, this Sussex… Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
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Cuvee 2019
Cuvee 2019 from Burning Sky Brewery in Firle, East Sussex, is a thoughtfully crafted farmhouse blend drawing from their house Saison à la Provision — aged in foudre no.1 and Chardonnay barriques — then married with authentic Belgian lambic… Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
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Cuvee Reserve
Cuvee Reserve from Burning Sky Brewery in Firle, East Sussex, is a remarkable farmhouse blend that pushes British wild ale craft into boldly experimental territory. Hazy gold in the glass with a fine, evanescent head, it opens with an… Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
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Coolship No.1
Coolship No.1 is a spontaneous sour ale from Burning Sky Brewery, based in the picturesque East Sussex village of Firle in southern England. Their first release of its kind, it is brewed in the traditional Belgian lambic spirit — wort… Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
Ranks 6–10
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Flanders Red
Burning Sky Brewery's Flanders Red hails from the village of Firle in the Sussex South Downs, bringing a distinctly Belgian-inspired vision to the English countryside. Pouring a deep, garnet-tinged red with a delicate off-white head, this… Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
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Strawberry Sundae
Vault City's most iconic core sour and best-selling beer since its inception. A fruit-forward modern sour with luscious strawberry character and a sweet-sour balance. Mixed fermentation base with strawberry puree. Dangerously easy to drink. Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
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Cloudy Lemonade
Vault City's refreshing citrus sour — bright, zesty, and perfectly balanced between sweet and tart. Part of the core range alongside Strawberry Sundae. Big fruity, accessible beers that appeal to craft beer fans and non-beer drinkers alike. Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
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Razzmatazz Sour
"It's sour all right! Good body, slightly hazy very lemony sour. Flavour and body defies its low ABV." Roam's approachable fruit sour — refreshing and citrusy. Part of the brewery's acclaimed sour range. Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
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Triple Fruited Mango
Best-selling Vault City sour since 2022 — juicy, fresh and rich. A tropical adventure with a triple helping of alphonso mango, paired with a mouth-watering mixed fermentation base beer. The flagship tropical sour from Edinburgh's most… Ranked here for style-fit against the Sour reference and award history in Sour-specific categories.
The taste landscape
Of the 10 top beers, 0 lean malt-forward and 7 lean hop-forward.