Best accessible/affordable sours?

Berliner Weisse and Gose are gonna be your best bet. Other sours are gonna be way too expensive, although some like Cascade are very easily accessible, mostly because of how expensive they are.

 

4 Hands - Passion Fruit Prussia is my current favorite for summer. 4pack $10 http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/27870/121894/

Westbrook Gose if ya live in the Southeast
Blood Orange Gose from Anderson Valley is pretty much everywhere
Deesko from Three Floyds
Desthil Wild Sours

Most of these are berliners and gose. Kettle sours are cheap to make

 

And it comes in two different sizes of brown bottles!!

 

Lindeman's Cuvee Rene. Pretty easy to find. Comes in 2 sizes, both on the affordable end (for sours anyhow).

 

Just a correction that Festina Peche is in a 4-pack. But good recommendation.

 

OP is in Florida. If you recommend something that isn't available in Florida it won't do him any good. Here is a site that will help you find out if that beer you recommend is available in Florida.

Seekabrew Distribution Finder

 

....or he could BM any one of us for his first trade

 

$18 (La Folie) and $12 (Rasp Sour) are not the same for me.... although curious pricing when both are in my back yard..... Swindled again.

 

Yeah, the Lindeman's Cuvee Rene was very tasty and reasonably priced. I usually find a few Lindeman's in most any craft store but the Cuvee Rene seems a little more elusive.

 

I'd check for the Lips of Faith from New Belgium, Le Follie and Le Terroir were very good and seem to be all over, as far a seekabrew I tried it but they list the whole state of MT and most stuff wasn't within 150 miles of where I am, most the beer in my fridge right now is from trades because of terrible distribution so my 'go to' seems to be the fedex store lately lol

 

I've heard NB beers are more expensive in CO but I've never noticed. Down here La Folie and Le Terroir can go for $13-14.

I haven't had Raspberry Sour but I will say La Folie for me holds it own with many of the best in the world.

 

Flemish Kiss from The Commons is both accessible and affordable. So is most of De Garde's beers - if you can find them.

 

I don't think "affordable" is as important as finding a sour that's worth the price you pay for it. This genre gets expensive for totally justifiable reasons - it's become more akin to the wine making process than brewing with the massive fruit additions and time in barrels that some of these see. Insurance, evaporative loss, and a smaller market than traditional styles though it is growing also play a part.

 

There is only one. Incorrigable and Incorrigable Reserve from New Holland. The reserve is fruited. 4.99 for the regular and 5.99 for the reserve. 22oz bottles.

 

Also the destil canned sour beers are pretty good and $10 for a 4pk. Their higher end sours are 500ml's and 16$+

 

Boon Geuze is my usual Go-To affordable Lambic. I think a 750ml goes for $11.99 which isn't bad IMO.

 

If you can get your hands on Creature Comforts Southerly Love I'd recommend trying that. It's a hoppy sour that offers a solid, approachable intro for people like me who weren't big on sours to start with. Their berliner weisse is very approachable as well.