Top 5 Favorite Breweries For Sours

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  1. HeyItsThatGuy

    HeyItsThatGuy Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2016 Illinois

    Saw the thread for hoppy beers so I HAD to make a Sour Version! MUHAHAHAHAAA!
    So here's mine:
    Une Anne - Practically all of the amazing sours they put out are amazing!

    Almanac - Pretty much the same story here! Amazing offerings from their farm-to-barrel line!

    Rodenbach - No story needed here. Belgium's best still putting out some of the best sours in the world in my opinion. (Alexander/Character Rouge)

    The Bruery - Again, many awesome sours put out from here, Their Tart of Darkness remains in my top 3!

    Off Color - Both Feirce and their Yuzu Feirce remain my favorite Berliner Weisses, although they put out some other great sours as well!

    Honorable Mention: Three Floyd's....Just for Pear Bear :grinning:

    So what's yours?! :grinning:

    P.S. I can't express how many other amazing breweries are out there that make amazing sours, but I gotta limit myself here, because where's the fun if I don't leave some of it up to you guys?! :grinning:
     
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  2. azurel

    azurel Initiate (0) May 27, 2016 Michigan

    Anchorage brewing
    Prairie artisan ales
    New Belgium
    Rodenbach

    Guess I only have 4...Will have to drink more to find the 5th
     
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  3. unhyped

    unhyped Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2015 Oregon

    Crooked stave
    De garde
    Cascade
    Ale apothecary
    Upright
     
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  4. fehrminator

    fehrminator Maven (1,301) Jan 26, 2008 North Carolina
    Trader

    Cantillon
    Drie Fonteinen
    Russian River
    DeGarde
    J Wakefield
     
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  5. akolb

    akolb Initiate (0) Aug 8, 2015 Colorado

    Odd 13 (IPAs are great but they have nice sours too)
    New Belgium
    TRVE
    Crooked Stave Lineup
    Funkwerks

    An all-Colorado lineup! Unintentional, I haven't tried that many Belgian sours so most of my favorites are locals.
     
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  6. elucas730

    elucas730 Initiate (0) Feb 5, 2010 New York

    Cantillon
    Drie Fonteinen
    Hanssens
    Girardin
    Russian River
     
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  7. sefus12

    sefus12 Pundit (938) Sep 7, 2006 Wisconsin
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    Not going to list 5, but Indiana has two breweries making outstanding sours. Upland makes, in my opinion, the best lambics in the United States. Their entire collection of sours is truly amazing. Tin Man, a newer brewery out of Evansville, is doing a lot of good things with sours as well and is canning a different sour every quarter. Keep an eye out for them if you are in the area.
     
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  8. Tmwright7

    Tmwright7 Initiate (0) Feb 3, 2015 Pennsylvania

    Wicked Weed, The Bruery and Draai Laag, out of Pittsburgh, come to mind for me.
     
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  9. Hayden34

    Hayden34 Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2014 Georgia

    Wicked Weed
    The Bruery
    Orpheus
    Westbrook
    Burnt Hickory
     
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  10. jhavs

    jhavs Grand Pooh-Bah (3,587) Apr 16, 2015 New York
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Wicked Weed
    upland
    Russian river
    de Garde
    Jester King
    OEC and Kent Falls and Proclamation to mention some that have not been mentioned.
     
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  11. njcraftguy

    njcraftguy Savant (1,070) Apr 6, 2015 New Jersey

    I'll give my top 3 -
    Rodenbach ( Alexander is the best sour I've ever had )
    Grimm Artisan Ales
    Wicked Weed
     
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  12. JAStheAce

    JAStheAce Initiate (0) Apr 25, 2009 Florida

    Cantillon
    Cascade
    De Garde
    J Wakefield
    Side Project
    Wicked Weed

    (had to go over and make it 6)
     
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  13. aasher

    aasher Grand Pooh-Bah (4,557) Jan 27, 2010 Indiana
    Pooh-Bah

    FWIW Three Floyds has produced the majority of the worst sours I've ever had

    If we're talking American breweries my top breweries are as follows:
    Russian River
    Wicked Weed
    Allagash
    Cascade
    Side Project
    Goose Island
    Jester King
    Crooked Stave
     
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  14. aasher

    aasher Grand Pooh-Bah (4,557) Jan 27, 2010 Indiana
    Pooh-Bah

    Those Tin Man "sours" are way too sweet to be sours :slight_frown:
     
    #14 aasher, Sep 2, 2016
  15. sefus12

    sefus12 Pundit (938) Sep 7, 2006 Wisconsin
    Trader

    They certainly aren't traditional Lambics, but I found plenty of tartness in them to counteract the sweetness. Big fan of Damascene.
     
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  16. frekky

    frekky Initiate (0) Oct 31, 2015 Massachusetts

    For one that hasn't been mentioned and happens to be in my town I will say that Jack's Abby sour releases and their sour barrel project are pretty solid.
     
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  17. THANAT0PSIS

    THANAT0PSIS Pooh-Bah (2,275) Aug 3, 2010 Wisconsin
    Pooh-Bah

    5. De Garde
    4. Funk Factory Geuzeria
    3. Tilquin
    2. Drie Fonteinen
    1. Cantillon

    Honorable mentions to: Side Project, Hill Farmstead, Crooked Stave, Jester King, Sante Adairius, Rodenbach, Allagash, Wicked Weed, Russian River, New Glarus, Cascade, Goose Island, and a personal favorite, OEC.

    Nothing personal, but I couldn't help but laugh at Upland being mentioned at all. They're nowhere near the most authentic "lambic" brewery in the US. Allagash, De Garde (with Broken Truck), and Funk Factory Geuzeria all destroy them in authenticity, and you won't need an industrial bottle of Tums afterward.
     
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  18. BMBCLT

    BMBCLT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,427) May 9, 2014 South Carolina
    Pooh-Bah

    Crooked Stave
    Russian River
    Wicked Weed
    OEC
    Wesbrook
     
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  19. Djc410

    Djc410 Initiate (0) May 9, 2015 California

    deGarde
    Side Project
    Bruery Terruex
    The Rare Barrel
    Jester King

    This is hard - how do you ignore wicked weed, Russian river, casey, SARA, and FW/barrelworks? Oh and the Belgian lambic kings?
     
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  20. StoutSnob40

    StoutSnob40 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,611) Jan 4, 2013 California
    Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Side Project
    Anchorage
    Cascade
    Hill Farmstead
    Russian River
    Ale Apothecary
     
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