OEC Brewing

Open Fermented Ales & Lager – Oxford, CT USA

Sour Ales

All our beers are unfilitered, unpasteurized, open fermented & pass through our copper coolship.

Current & Recent Blends

This page is for our sour ale blends. Below explains some naming conventions:

Blend Numbers

& Blend Dates

Many of our sour ales have blends numbers & dates that allow you to recall when they were produced. Even on regular items such as Tempus, Phantasma & Antioch there will be some variation between batches.

Experimentalis

Fruited Sour Ales

Experimentalis is our line of blended sour ales that is produced using only fruit grown on our premises (Either the gardens or greenhouses).

Note: Not all of the sour blends we have done since 2014 are listed here as there are many.

  • Purpura

    Purpura

    Sour Ale brewed with Grains of Paradise & matured on Blackberries Purpura is a sour ale that was matured in oak barrels with blackberries. Purpura pours with light golden in […]

  • Rubeus

    Rubeus

    Flemish Style Red Ale – 7.5% … Rubeus is a sour red ale reminscent of the classic Flemish style. It pours mahogany in color with a reddish shimmer and a small cream colored head. The slow aging process in Sangiovese & Tawny port barrels gives it distinct notes of plums, cherries & dark fruit.

  • Salsus

    Salsus

    Gose Style Sour Ale – 4.9% abv … Salsus is our interpretation of a rustic Gose. It is triple decocted & brewed using wheat, spelt & barley malts. We use a touch of sea salt & spice it with coriander & pink peppercorns. Its citrusy & lemony tartness is balanced by a touch of salinity and a dry finish.

  • Tempus

    Tempus

    Barrel Aged Blended Sour Saison Tempus is an old world sour saison brewed & blended using the production processes of yesteryear.  No two blends will taste the same! Alc./Vol.: 5.9% […]