American Solera's mixed-fermentation sour ales have put Tulsa on the international craft beer map. The style involves fermenting beer with wild yeast and bacteria in open vessels or barrels, producing a tartness that ranges from gently bright to intensely acidic, with fruit additions and blending across vintages adding layers of complexity absent from conventionally brewed beers.
American Solera opened in Tulsa in 2017 and quickly developed a national reputation for its wild and mixed-fermentation ales, drawing on Belgian farmhouse and lambic traditions but developing a distinctly American style. The brewery put Tulsa in conversations usually reserved for Portland, Denver, and Chicago in the craft beer press.
