Thorn Brewing Low Hanging Sour Cherry
Thorn Brewing Low Hanging Sour Cherry is a fruited American-style sour ale brewed in San Diego, California, and sold here as a 6-pack of 12oz cans. It belongs to Thorn's Low Hanging Sour series: every variant starts from the same golden ale base, with real fruit added during fermentation and the fruit rotating roughly every three months — this turn belongs to cherry, layering ripe cherry fruit over the base beer's tart, crisp snap. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- Size: 6 x 12oz cans
- Style: Fruited American-style sour ale (Low Hanging Sour series)
- Base: Golden ale, fruited with real cherries during fermentation
- Fruit: Cherry (rotating-fruit series; variety not specified by the brewery)
- Origin: San Diego, California
- Brewery: Thorn Brewing — founded 2012 in North Park as Thorn Street Brewery; Barrio Logan production brewery and canning line opened 2017
San Diego's Rotating-Fruit Sour, Cherry Edition
Thorn began in 2012 as Thorn Street Brewery in North Park — a neighbourhood brewery on Thorn Street — and grew into its 30-barrel Barrio Logan production brewery in 2017, where the canning line lives. The Low Hanging Sour series is its fruit playground: one golden ale base, real fruit in the fermenter, and a new fruit roughly every quarter. Cherry is one of the series' most popular turns — first released in mid-2020 and brought back by the brewery for Sour Beer Day in November 2021. One clarification for sour purists: despite any menu grouping, this is an American fruited sour, not a Belgian lambic. Find more local cans in our beer and craft beer collections, or on the Thorn Brewing vendor page.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Fresh cherry over a light, wheaty golden-ale base. Palate: Tart and crisp — juicy cherry fruit against a clean lactic snap, balanced rather than puckering. Finish: Dry and refreshing, with the cherry lingering briefly.
How to Enjoy
Drink it cold and fresh, straight from the can or in a tulip glass, on its own as a palate-opener or alongside grilled chicken, soft cheeses and anything with a little char.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Thorn Low Hanging Sour Cherry a lambic? No. It is a fruited American-style sour ale — a golden ale base fruited with real cherries during fermentation — not a spontaneously fermented Belgian lambic.
What is the Low Hanging Sour series? Thorn Brewing's rotating-fruit sour series: the same golden ale base each time, with a different real fruit added during fermentation roughly every three months. Cherry is one of the rotating variants.
How is Low Hanging Sour Cherry packaged? This listing is a 6-pack of 12oz cans, brewed and canned in San Diego, California.
Local, tart and cherry-loaded — order Thorn Brewing Low Hanging Sour Cherry online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.