Sour Rita Citrus Sour Ale label
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Sour Rita Citrus Sour Ale

Crooked StaveDenver, CO
  • Kettle Sour (other)
  • 4.5% ABV
  • Label approved May 28

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90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour

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About this beer

This is the 5th of 18 labels we have from Crooked Stave Brewing Co. It is one of 2 kettle sour (other) labels approved in May 2026. Its label was approved 1 day after it was submitted.

The artwork

A full-bleed illustration in comic-inked style depicts a colorful desert and citrus garden divided into quadrants. The upper left shows sliced lemons and limes against a blue background with decorative botanical borders in green and gold; the upper right features pink cosmos flowers and stylized succulents on yellow; the lower right displays a prickly pear cactus and agave plants in sage and teal; and the lower left holds the Crooked Stave circular logo with establishment date. The beer name "sour RITA" is hand-lettered in pink and green script across a cream band at center-left.

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From the label

“A sour ale brewed for beer lovers who also deserve to drink on a patio with chips and guac, lick salt off a rim, and waste away in some type of -ville.”

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Brew it

A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.

The bench sheet

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Style: SourBrewery: Crooked Stave