Are Sours almost all the same?

Don't get me wrong, I agree that his blanket statement was a bit silly or to be generous, overenthusiastic, I was just curious where people put the other US sour brewers. FWIW, I definitely differentiate between sours and saisons. I do not consider Logsdon to be a "sour" brewery.

 

Not all sours have that much vinegar. There are plenty of softer sours out there (and plenty of Belgian Lambics) that don't have vinegar notes.

 

Many infected/sour beers taste similar due to the overwhelming background acidity (acetic, lactic, etc). I can appreciate a Flanders Oud Bruin, Berliner Weisse or other tart ale, but some sours are really one dimensional. As stated above, the same argument may be made for IPAs or Stouts.

 

As a person that doesn't like them, "YES". Truth no.

 

Plus russian river, almanac, rare barrel.

 

Careful, you would deny the crown to those who have claim, for those you wish to see seated on the iron throne. A most perilous endeaver, I pray you.

 

Sounds like the OP is just gloating over his access to jester king sours and has been drinking them so much that he has lost interest in them because they have become so easily available to him.

If you pay attention to the kind of sours jester king is doing, yes I see why they all taste the same to you, because its the exact same beer just different fruit for each variant.

"Hey guys, these rare and hard to get sour beers and getting really old now and I don't even like them anymore, get jealous."

 

I don't really, either, but there are elements of "sour" in their beers, particularly Peche 'N Brett. It's less questionable than say HF or Side Project, whose saisons toe the line even more. Just in case it got lost in my post, I love JK, so don't get the wrong impression.

Also, I forgot The Rare Barrel and Firestone Walker on my list, who are both worthy of consideration.

 

I love Jester King, but LOL at them being the "King of Sours." I'm assuming this is trolling, no way anyone actually believes this.

 

A lot of American breweries use the same bacteria as well as some European breweries so similarities there are to be expected. Some modern brewers are just trying to make something as sour as possible which indeed will get you to similar tasting vinegar but judging a hugely wide style based on bad examples seems crazy.

Also I am baffled that you singled out Jester King & Almanac which are among the best & more unique makers of sour beer in the USA. Jester King beer do have a hose style which isn’t the same to be being identical.

“Sours” isn’t even a style but a catch-it all term for different style so depicting all of them the same is more than a bit odd. A Faro & an Oud Bruin have nothing in common just to give an example.

 

Until you had all the real "sours" from Belgium, you are not going to understand that American versions of anything are usually just pushed to extremes....most are scared of real wild yeast also. RR and the like I am sure make good beer, but in my mind I always go with the team that invented them first.

 

Perhaps the dynamic is that sours from the same brewery taste the same

 

must be hard to enjoy each and every single beer with this mindset. cheers.

 

No its easier. You know the best and try the rest. and each of us has to make those choices. No 1 is telling you what to do.
All I am saying is taste the originals and how it evolved first. simple really.

mind set is all in your mind, not mine.

 

Nope - sours are definitely not the same.

I've had some taste like cherry pie and others tastes like toe fungus.

 

Almanac makes the most boring uninspired sour beers I've ever had. Why anyone thinks this brewery is good is beyond me.

 

I was quoting you.