Just had my first sour beer

Lindeman's Cuvee Rene. Inexpensive, easy to find, easy to drink, and delicious.

 

God please don't drink Cuvée Rene if you have access to RR sours.

 

You have started down a long, dark, expensive path... but damn if it isnt awesomely delicious. Enjoy it.

 

While not classified as a sour, Jolly Pumpkin's Madrugada Obscura convinced me that I likely won't find them appealing; the brett alone produced an overwhelmingly sour taste. After 4 forced sips, drain pour.

 

Your bank account hates you from this day forward!

 

Please disregard this post.

 

Drinking a Cuvee Rene as we speak, an awesome and easily accessible gueuze, another favorite of mine is Gueuze Fond Tradition, easy to find and you can buy singles for a fairly reasonable price, enjoy your sour experience

 

Can't get into these, though my experience is limited. Maybe if I use it as salad dressing .

Then again a few years again I loved malty beers and didn't like hops and now I am petitioning Trident to make Citra hopped gum....

 

I also knew nothing of sours until a little over a year ago. I think Rodenbach may have been my first sour other than framboise, because anyone will like a framboise, and it was good. Since then I have sours from all over the spectrum. There are a few sour beers that I would have had no idea were sours until the moment I tasted them, and best example of that was De Dolle Oerbier Special Reserva. Some sours are very sweet and others are very dry, complexity will also vary; there is a serious spectrum here.

 

This is the only style of beer I find repulsive. I'm thankful, based on the prices I've seen on Cantillion and others.

To each his own. Enjoy!

 

True, you bank account won't like you much from now on but its always great to experience a new style of beer, especially when its a sour. It takes a unique palate to enjoy a sour, its not for everyone but damn, they can be addictive. When I get an urge for a sour or flemish I have to get my ass of the keyboard and get my self something to satisfy the urge.

 

I just started getting into sours about 6 months ago and they have become one of my favorite styles... my wallet hates it though.

 

RR=$1/oz. Cuvee Rene= $0.50/oz - seems pretty easy to me.

 

budweiser beats both doesn't mean you should drink it

 

Prof Fritz 1809
Rodenbach Grand Cru

both not cheap, but not costly either, and deliver the goods.

 

To me, the extra 50 cents is worth it. Cuvée Rene is good, but RR sours are leaps and bounds above it.

 

Petrus Aged Pale is one of the best I've tasted.
Rodenbach Grand Cru has a bit more of a medicinal quality if I remember right, but still a must try. Both are very good beers. The Cuvée Rene did not work all that much for me.