Aether Brewing, Blackberry Sour, 375ml

What are we getting? Pouring a deep crimson/indigo hue, this beer opens with a restrained tartness balanced nicely with the sweetness of the blackberry. Surprisingly viscous, the beer has a deliciously weighty mouthfeel, which was unexpected but very enjoyable.

How should you drink this brew and with what? Unexpectedly this paired amazingly well with a black garlic manchego cheese, but that was perhaps more luck as opposed to astute food paring. However due to the slightly acidic nature of the berliner weisse/sour style, the tartness acts as a wonderful palate cleanser and flavour enhancer when coupled with a variety of cheeses. Take it with you on your next summer picnic to battle the soul crushing heat.

Who is this beer for? This is an easy sour to like, and very approachable for someone new to the sour style. Not aggressively tart it will appeal to anyone looking for a more balanced sweet/sour hit.

Is this beer readily available? One of Aether’s most popular beers, it usually isn’t too hard to find.

Why do we like this beer? This is a perfectly harmonious sour with all elements working together rather than fighting for dominance. It’s refreshingly tart without the face puckering sharpness, complemented seamlessly by the subtle sweetness of the blackberry.

Many Thanks from Dane, Dealer of Beer

Aether Brewing is nestled in the northern Brisbane suburb of Northgate and is the love child of local legends Dave and Annie Ward. We love these guys for their meticulous attention to detail in creating layers of flavour. Their core range is always excellent and true-to-style whilst their experimental brews sees flavour combinations that shouldn’t work on paper absolutely blow your mind. A young brewery with a bright future.

IN-STORE: Three cracking Brisbane stores, My Beer Dealer Morningside, My Beer Dealer Eagle Junction and our new flagship store, My Beer Dealer Alfred Street, Fortitude Valley (opening mid-October 2024).

ONLINE: Choose from our free Click & Collect service or we’ll package your order up and deliver it pretty much anywhere in Australia from just $10 (for up to 20kg). If you’re in a major city your parcel will travel with Aus Post Wine Service.

Rest assured that when you order with us we'll turn any frown upside down in no time with full replacement, credit or refund.

We’re Antoinette, Natasha, Matt and Simon. We’re good booze lovers just like you. We started our beery journey in 2013 when we opened the famous Brewski on Brisbane’s infamous Caxton Street. In 2018 we opened our first My Beer Dealer under Brewski, it’s one of the few drink-in bottle shops in Queensland and we’re super chuffed with it. 2020 was a big year for us, we launched our online store (you’re looking at it) and opened our second bricks ‘n mortar shop next to Eagle Junction station in Brisbane’s Clayfield (we’re super chuffed with it as well). Both of these have allowed us to complement our awesome beer range with our other passions of good wine and good spirits.

As we’re a small family run business we prefer to support other family businesses and small producers, ensuring that when you visit us it’s not the same old, same old. And by shopping with us we hope you get to feel good about supporting a whole heap of small businesses, just like we do. So if you do choose to buy through us, thank you from us and thank you from our family of suppliers (and thanks for reading this far, our copywriter is stoked).