Bay Area · 3 grocers · Contested🔥 heat 73 · HOT
the sour beer aisle
Bay Area's sour beer aisle is a fragmented shelf spread across many brands: 23 products from 19 brands across 3 grocers. prairie artisan ales owns the most shelf · 15% of SKUs, ahead of alvarado street brewery. Verdict: contested · real competition, no single winner (opportunity 64/100).
23
products
19
brands
$8.62
avg price
$3.99-$15.99
typical range
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Who owns the shelf
brands by share of the sour beer shelf.
Brand positioning
every brand by share of shelf × price. bubble size = the brand's total reach across all aisles; color = positioning stance. top-right owns the premium end; bottom-right owns the mainstream.
scale
Color:indulgentbetter-for-you
Size:total brand reach (SKUs across all aisles)
12 omitted (no image)All stores combined.
Market structure
65
medBrand competition
how many brands compete
48
medVariety of offers
how differentiated the shelf is
6
lowTop-brand grip
how much a few brands dominate
64
medLaunch whitespace
room for a new brand
store-brand share: 0% · scores 0-100.
Top products
the sour beer products in the most Bay Area grocers · widest distribution first.
Alvarado Street Brewery Howzit Punch Sour Ale With Passionfruit Orange & Guava
$5.992 grocers
Almanac Beer Co. Rotating Sournova
$3.991 grocer
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Prairie Artisan Ales Sour Ale With Rainbow Sherbet
$3.991 grocer
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Kern River Brewing Company Lovely Raspberry Kettle Sour
$4.491 grocer
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Laughing Monk Brewing Mango Tangie Fruited Sour Ale
$4.491 grocer
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Japas Cervejaria Sawa Peach Sour Ale
$4.491 grocer
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Prairie Artisan Ales Ruby Rancher Sour Ale
$4.991 grocer
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Prairie Artisan Ales Candy Cane Vodka
$5.491 grocer
Otherwise Brewing Guava Fresca, sour ale with guava, gluten-free
$5.491 grocer
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WeldWerks Guava Lime Gose Sour
$5.991 grocer
