Pucker up! Orlando breweries are sweet on sour beers

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Brewer Eric Garbarczyk is pictured with canned varieties of sour beer at Hourglass Brewing in Longwood. You can stay for a beer or just buy to take home.

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Sours can be mixed-culture or brewed in kettles. Many are fruited, which can impart colorful hues.

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Tactical Brewing, located in Baldwin Park, is a favorite among Orlando's fervent sour beer fans.

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Hourglass' Petal Blizzard sour beer features actual flower petals on the cap. Other varieties are canned instead.

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You can grab up three of Whipoorwill co-owner John Radford's sour picks at his Milk District venue. That Sideward sour, Fruit Snorkel, is a brewery exclusive, but he couldn't resist the recommendation.

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Mary McGinn, co-owner of The Nook on Robinson, strikes a pose with a gose (and two other Florida sour recommendations).

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Barrels of sour beer ferment at Hourglass Brewing a must-stop for craft-beer tourists with a taste for sours. About a quarter of their 40 taps run sours at any given time.

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Brewers Matt Biedrzycki, left, and Eric Garbarczyk are pictured at Hourglass Brewing in Longwood on Wednesday, August 31, 2022. Their sour brewing operation is separate from their regular one.

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Brewers Matt Biedrzycki, left, and Eric Garbarczyk toast their work at Hourglass Brewing in Longwood.

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Several varieties of sour beer are pictured at Hourglass Brewing in Longwood.