Favorite Sour Beers?

I've only had 2-3 sours so far and didn't really care too much from what I recalled. Then my beer snob pal and I split a Hill Farmstead Phenomenology of Spirt and were blown away by how great a sour beer can be. Listed on label as a "dark farmhouse ale" so I was thinking it was going to be in the typical Saison/Farmhouse style of flavor (which I like by the way). That beer was so unique it was nothing like anything I had tasted before. And definitely sour (but in a good way).

 

Cuvee des Jacobins
This is always on the shelf and it never lets me down.
I bet Hazel's or liquormart has it right now.

Awesome beer
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/223/50772

 

woops just looked at your rated beers list.
Looks like you already know this one.

Goose Island just released a bunch of Lolita to the Colorado market.
I would track down some of that.

Cheers.
Happy hunting.

 

almanac's farmers reserve sours are top notch.

 

I haven't had too many sours, but Allagash has some great coolship beers. I've had FV13, Merveilleux, and Cerise and they all are delicious. I've also been blessed enough to try a few different Cantillon brews and they are awesome. My favorite Cantillons in order are Kriek, LP Framboise (I only had a sample, but it was awesome), Cuvee Des Champions, Classic Gueze, & Mamouche. So yes, I'd highly recommend trying to get your hands on them. If you can get duplicates then drink one and age one because they get more tart over time.

 

-Jester King fruited sours (LOVED all four)
-Cantillon Saint Lamvinus
-Cantillon Iris
-Blu bu Weisse
-Sour in the Rye with Kumquat
-Everything else I tasted at Jester King's Funk and Sour Fest.

 

Bruery Bottleworks XII. I can drink it all day and all night without tiring of it. I can't say that for many, if any, other sours I've had.

 

La folie

 

sans pagaie and oude tart w/cherries are some pretty solid Bruery sours that you should have no trouble trading for with CO stuff. also, you can order sours directly from Cascade, get the Kriek and Apricot to get you started.

 

I'll cast another vote for Boulevard Love Child No. 3

Just had an awesome Gose from Choc Brewing in OK.

 

Easily available = Jacobins and Petrus aged pale but Bitter Monk is the bomb

 

Ching Ching from Bend Brewering Co., Petrus Aged Pale, Oude Tart w/cherries/Beauregarde/Sour in the Rye/Otoise/Tart of Darkeness from the Bruery, any sour from Cascade, Almanac's Farm to Bottle, Anadromous from Anchorage Brewering Co., Ale Industries' East Bayliner Weisse, etc.

 

Some of my recent favorites are Supplication, Temptation, Sanctification, Almanac Farmer's Reserve #3, Oude Tart w/ Sour Cherries, Bottleworks XII

 

Petrus aged pale is fantastic.

 

Why i wanted to partner up for RS with you so bad... Your location, location, location

 

Still waiting to hear back from my regular cali guy.

 

came in to post this. GJ

 

Lost Abbey Red Poppy, highly underrated IMO

 

Obviously a lot of nice stuff out there, and in addition it's all depending on how sour you like it
Some of the best in my opinion:

Lambic Gueuze: 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze or Oude Gueuze Tilquin.
Lambic Fruit: Hanssens Oude Kriek or Cantillon Saint Lamvinus.
Sour Red: Rodenbach Grand Cru or Jolly Pumpkin La Roja.
Sour Wild: Haandbryggeriet Haandbakk or Russian River Supplication.

And that's without mentioning any German sours like Berliner Weisse or Gose, the "old" traditional or fruit infused brews, the "new" black sours or even some of the many and very nice (brett infused) Saisons available