ABQ Beer Week Review: Ascending the Tower of Sour

It’s a big day for the Brew Crew as Mrs. Solo debuts with her first story! (With help from E-Rock.) They attended the Second Annual Tower of Sour at Back Alley Draft House on Friday night. Here is their review of the beers they sampled and recommendations for what to seek out the next time you have a hankering for a good sour or two. — Stoutmeister

When I volunteered to go to the Tower of Sour event at Back Alley, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’ve had very few sour beers and I don’t know much about them. When I heard “tower of sour” I imagined a tower of champagne glasses, with sour beer pouring from each glass. While visually this would have been really cool, I knew it was a pretty absurd idea.

When I arrived at Back Alley, a few minutes before 5 p.m., the place was pretty much empty. Right at 5, however, the craft beer drinkers of Albuquerque began piling in, ready to order their flights of sours.

Greetings, this is E-Rock, adding a few extra thoughts is italics. I arrived at Back A

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