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There is a new brewer in Tulsa and his beers will be called The Willows Family Ales.

When Heath Glover was laid off from his job as a pharmaceutical rep, he started helping out local Prairie Artisan Ales brewmaster Chase Healey.

“Chase was kind enough to let me start right here and mentor me,” Glover said.

The Willows Family Ales are being brewed at Prairie Artisan Ales now, but Glover would like to move downtown some day, he said.

The Willows should be on store shelves sometime in May.

“This was an awesome opportunity that most people probably don’t get. What we are trying to do is introduce sours to Oklahoma.”

Sour beer is a specific style of beer that gets its flavor by introducing bacteria such as lactobacillus, brettanomyces and pediococcus into the wort and then pasteurizing it before fermentation. It’s especially popular in Belgium and other European countries. Some of the most famous you can find locally include lambics made by Lindema’s, Petrus aged pale and Prairie Gold.

And more American brewers are getting on board.