Trying sours soon, advice on which ones?

Supplication and Consecration are amazing

 

Supplication is really sour, so if that's what you're looking for, go for it. If you want a softer landing into sour beer, go for Rodenbach and Rodenbach Grand Cru. Lindeman's Cuvee Rene is a good beginner Geuze.

 

Get the Supplication if you have access, or any other RR sour for that matter. They're some of my favorites. New Belgium's La Folie is good. A couple of things that are probably readily available to you is Lindemans Gueuze Cuvee Rene and Rodenbach Grand Cru or Vintage. Embrace the sour!

 

Russian River Consecration and Supplication are great choices (you should be able to get them across the border in the Philly area). Rodenbach is a classic... you should also keep your eyes out for Girardin 1882 Back Gueuze, Drie Fonteinen Oude Gueuze, any Cantillon, Petrus Aged Pale, Lindemans Cuvee Rene Gueuze, and Liefmans Goudenband to name a few.

 

if you have access to Supplication, I would go for it. Others, such as, Rodenbach Grand Gru, Lindemens Cuvee Renee and Duchesse de Borgonone are also quite available and inexpensive as well.

 

petrus aged pale is a great place to start also Lindemanns Cuvee rene

 

La Follie is out right now and is very good. Easy to obtain also. Duchesse de Bourgogne is easy to find and is one of my all time favorites. id try and get either of those!

 

Rodenbach is probably your best bet to ease into things a bit.

 

if anything, just to sit on them until youre ready. Just like it cant hurt to pick up any Cantillon you see, even if you arent ready.

 

Start with some New Belgium and RR Sours. If you can trade for some of the Bruery sours you will enjoy those. Try some other Jolly Pumpkins, Captain Lawrence. There are many, many, many sours to choose from. Jump in head 1st and enjoy. If you can get the Weyerbacher go for it. Split the cost with a couple friends in case you don't like it and don't want to finish it.

Cheers!

 

RR Supplication is AMAZING

 

You should be aware that the generic term "sours" encompasses a wide range of beer styles, and you may well like one subgenre while despising another.

For example, Flanders Red ales like Rodenbach or La Folie are highly acetic (vinegary), while Berliner Weissbiers are purely lactic, and Lambics/Geuzes are sour AND funky with wild yeasts. You should try a couple examples of each style in order to determine what's up your alley.

Enjoy!

 

One of the mildest sours to try would be Monk's cafe. This is a good starting point and you can use it to ease into the world of sours. It's relatively cheap and easy to find. Other than that, the people above me have mentioned most everything else you would want to try.

 

THANK YOU. Seriously, this is one of the first posts I've seen making this point. Rodenbach is really one of the only available "sours" in our area and I didn't care for the vinegar-yness of it. I enjoy berliner-weiss' and I think I'd like to try other different types of sours but Rodenbach turned me off of the idea of them because of it's vinegary taste. I didn't know for the longest time that there was a different type of sour other than this.

 

Supplication for the 1000th time. Or anything sour from Russian River for that matter.

 

Just go straight for the Cantillon Classic Gueze.

 

Anyone know if Supplication can be found in PA. I'm in the Lehigh valley but could go to Philly or cross into Jersey to find it. I didn't realize it was around here, because I've been looking to get into sours too. Have a Rapture and Riserva waiting to be drank. I had my other Rapture in December and it was great. Sampled Riserva and it was awesome, so I know I want to try some more.

Edit: Or any RR sours.

 

Spinnerstown Hotel had Supplication the last time I was there. That place is awesome and worth checking out if you are in the LV (I am also from the LV). It's about 20 minutes outside of ATown, Google will find it for you.

 

Thanks. Next time I get out near Allentown I'll check it out. I'm up in Nazareth so it's a little far. Any idea how much those RR sours go for there?

Just checked it out. Next time I go to Philly I'll stop in bc it looks to be right next to the quakertown exit on the turnpike. Not too bad.