Best off the shelf sours

Jolly Pumpkin La Roja and NB La Folie

 

Rodenbach Grand Cru, baby.

 

Petrus Aged Pale. I don't drink it enough.

 

Duchesse de Bourgogne, but it and most Belgians are too pricey for me. The wife loves it, but every time she see the price she says not going there...

 

Petrus Aged Pale, because A.) it's delicious, B.) it's relatively cheap, and C.) you can get it in easily consumable 12 oz 4 packs.

Also, Duchesse de Bourgogne...for the same reasons.

 

not sure I would call that a sour, but hey its cool...
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/style/52

I love old bruin's, love love love

 

Jolly Pumpkin, I'll just leave it at that.

 

Fair enough...maybe I am thinking about a different Petrus.

 

Flanders red maybe? its all good.

 

Tilquin is great, I also do like the Cuvee Rene from Lindemans. Their fruit ones are too sweet, (the Kreik, Peche, cerise etc,) but this one has a nice tartness to it.
Both of those are pretty affordable, too, compared to 3 Fonteneine (which is fantastic, of course, but not at $40 for a 750ml bottle)

 

I apologize in advance for my passionate response below. But Petrus Aged Pale was the beer that got me started on sours and remains one of my favorites.

Petrus Aged Pale is far more "sour" than Petrus Oud Bruin (or any of there other offerings that I've been able to try). It is aged for 22-36 months and isn't blended with fresh beer to tone it down like most Oud Bruins. BA classifications be damned, Aged Pale is a sour without a doubt.

 

fair enough and I get it. its your taste buds and there is really no thing as style anyway.
YMMV and its a damn fine beer,
http://www.bavik.be/producten/index.asp?ITEM_ID=0&PRODUCT_ID=16&PRODUCT_TYPE_ID=11

but under BJCP you would be right... so I get it.

 

Rodenbach Vintage is pretty darn yumtastic. This is usually on the shelf at my local shop for months when they get a shipment.

 

I would go with any Jolly Pumpkin, or Russian River stuff if you can find it.

 

sadly most of us are screwed, lol

 

Petrus Aged Pale is quite sour and nothing like Monk's Cafe flemish sour which is above it, for example. I'd put it firmly in the sour camp, personally.

 

geez, can't believe no one has mentioned Cantillon yet.....

 

Tart of Darkness of pretty awesome and sits on the shelves forever (here in Chicago at least)… A bit too pricey for me to partake regularly though.

 

well the price and lack of finding it mainly in the USA.