Good Intro Sours?

To all the friends I've had try kombucha and liked it, have all fell in love with sour beer.

 

But the great ones are great to people who like them if you don't like them you still won't like a great one. Lucky Bastard is an American Strong Ale.

 

Duchesse de Bourgogne

Or Rodenbach Grand Cru

Some of the first for me. Both awesome.

 

I'd start off slow, maybe Sixpoint Jammer, dogfish head festina peche, Weyerbacher Tart Nouveau. Not too much tartness but enough to get a sense of it. Rodenbach grand cru is a must have for beginners, its usually a good gateway sour.
Liefmans Goudenband
Boon Oude Gueze
fritz briem 1809
Duchesse de Bourgogne
Cuvee des Jacobins
they are all good
Basically you gotta figure out if you like more of a berry/cherry tart type of sour, a citric acid/lemon sour, and if you like funk or not.

 

Anderson Valley Blood Orange is great and I tried Boulevards Tell Tale Tart last night and really enjoyed it. Not overpowering in any way and a very well balanced sour.

 

I wasn't able to find a thread on this earlier, but since mine was deleted I'll post here. I didn't quite catch who it was, but someone mentioned not liking sours until they tried fruited ones. There may be hope! Does anyone know of any widely distributed fruited ones I might be able to find on shelves in MN this time of year?

 

Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose..agree

 

This is pretty banging.

 

I tried to get my hands on this beer in Houston with no luck at all, found it in Tulsa at McNellies and proceeded to drink the hell out of it. Very good beer

 

After trying it for the first time fairly recently, I would say Rodenbach Grand Cru would be one I'd point someone to.

 

Maybe you should sail your own boat.

 

To be honest its hard to pick out a good starting point but i would stick to any berliner weisse or gose if you want to tip toe into wilds/sour/brett/lambics.

But you are in the chicago area you have right there goose island. They have the three sisters Juliet, Lolita, and Madame Rose.
Personally i say just jump right in. Buy a couple give it a try.

 

Yea ill take a bottle of balsamic instead of this thing (not beer) any day

 

Anderson Valley The Kimmie, The Yink and the Holy Gose

Westbrook Gose

Monks Cafe Flemish Sour Ale

 

Rising Tide has a new Gose out that is veryyyy tasty

 

Deschutes The Dissident
Logsdon Farmhouse Seizoen Bretta

I'm not a fan of sour beers whatsoever, but I found both of these pleasant to try and was actually able to enjoy a full glass.

 

Home Sour Home is the best intro sour, unfortunately it's also hard to get.

 

It depends on how funk-ee you want to get. Liefmans Goudenbond for example is a nice subtle sour if you want to test out the waters. Rodenbach is like a middle-funk sour. Then you get to stuff like Duchesse that punches you in the face with sourness.

Personally I like different ones for different occasions. Treat sours in themselves sort of like wine. You may want a really tart sour to complement some pungent food. You may want a nice fruity mid-sour to complement a mild cheese and fruit platter.