Best West Coast Sours?

Any sour from Russian River and Cascade.

 

Almanac, The Bruery, and what jdklks said.
Lost abbey can be hit or miss, but when it's a hit can be right up there too.

 

Much harder to come by but The Rare Barrel & Hoparazzi are always amazing IMO

 

What sours from Lost Abbey do you consider a miss?

 

Lost Abbey aint no hit or miss when its about sours.

 

So you're ignoring the off years of Cuvee de Tomme (both carbonation and inconsistent flavor), the ridiculous gushing of FdA batch 1, undercarbed Red Poppy, and some draft-only sour experiments that missed the mark?

Lost Abbey has produced some amazing sours, but pretending that they have a flawless track record is wishful thinking.

 

Firestone's BarrelWorks produces some fantastic sours.

 

Are you in Washington? Because there's a better forum if so.

 

Surprised no one mentioned Alpine's sour. BEcause...g'damn, that was tasty

 

Need to try that, from my experience everything from Alpine that isn't an IPA or Pale Ale is average. Gotta see what's up with Chez and Great

 

Don't think this one is easy, but honorable mention: SARA

Also the Bruery

 

Does Bear Republic Tartare count? I've really been liking it lately.

 

Almanac and Bruery, meh...Almanac lacks the fruit character and they all kinda taste the same. Bruery is easy to find, but overpriced and average. RR, get them if you can find them; Barrelworks is the ticket! Delicious and hugely underrated.

 

Underrated?

 

Us Cali guys know, but the rest of the country doesn't quite get it yet.

 

I know of a great site where you can post threads to trade for beer; it allows me to get brewery only's from side project, Hill Farmstead, New Glarus, Alchemists and more which I normally would have no access to. It's quite amazing actually.

In all seriousness though, BW is one of the best sour programs in the nation that I would guess wouldn't crack most people's top 5 list. Just saying.

 

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