Favorite sour beers

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  1. nerdboy19

    nerdboy19 Initiate (0) Sep 20, 2015 South Korea
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    Title says it all. Whats your favorite sour beer? Mine is

    Lambic - Gueuze : Cantillon Lambic Bio / 3 Fonteinen Golden Blend

    Lambic - Fruit : Cantillon Fou Foune / Hanssens Kriek Schaerbeekse

    Flanders Red Ale : Jacobins

    Flanders Oud Bruin : Struise Ypres / Liefmans Goudenband

    German Sour : Not yet

    American Wild : Boulevard Love Child #6 / Russian River Beatification
     
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  2. Kadonny

    Kadonny Pooh-Bah (2,616) Sep 5, 2007 Florida
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    I don't have a favorite for each of your categories but I do love:

    Love Child (any number)
    Lost Abbey Red Poppy
    DFH Festina Peche (not a sour, but it's sour)
    Jolly Pumpkin Oro De Calabraza
     
  3. Blinkyoureyes

    Blinkyoureyes Initiate (0) Aug 28, 2015 Tennessee

    So many great sour beers out there, but i am going to put in my vote for local.

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  4. SteveSexton203

    SteveSexton203 Initiate (0) Feb 19, 2014 Connecticut

    Lambic - Gueuze : Tilquin Gueuze / St. Louis Gueuze Fond Tradition (great for the price)
    Lambic - Fruit : Cantillon Fou Foune / Tilquin Quetsche
    Flanders Red Ale : Rodenbach Grand Cru
    Flanders Oud Bruin : Alvinne Undressed
    German Sour : Leipziger Gose
    American Wild : (312) Funky Kingston / De Garde Cherry Raz Bu / Hidden Cove Boulion Sour Blueberry Ale / Anything OEC
     
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  5. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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    I loved the @DESTIHL Wild Sours. Ommegang's Rosetta is also off the charts.
     
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  6. Invinciblejets

    Invinciblejets Pooh-Bah (1,710) Sep 29, 2014 South Carolina
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    This is my kind of thread! All of my favorite styles!

    Lambic guezue-Tilquin,Cuvee Rene and boon black label (still haven't tried 3f or loon)
    Lambic fruit-Tilquin Quetsche
    Flanders red- Alexander by a long shot
    Flanders oud bruin- Westbrook bourbon barrel aged oud bruin
    German sour- professor fritz breim 1809 Berliner Weiss
    American wild- Bruery terreux beret, supplication,oro de calabaza, I'm sure there's more I love but can't think of....
     
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  7. Hesscabob

    Hesscabob Initiate (0) Mar 16, 2014 Illinois

    Lambic - Gueuze : New Glarus Vintage '14 or Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze
    Lambic - Fruit : Cantillon Fou Foune as well... BY A MILE
    Flanders Red Ale : Duchesse De Bourgogne
    American Wild : Russian River Temptation
     
  8. MUTINY

    MUTINY Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2015 Virginia

    Ok, I'll play :-)

    Lambic (Gueuze): Hanssen's Oude Gueuze takes top marks for me

    Lambic (Fruit): Oud Beersel Kriek or Cuvee Rene Kriek

    Flanders Red: Rodenbach Grand Cru

    Flanders Oud Bruin: Liefman's Goudenband

    German Sour: This is tough, so assuming any Berliner may qualify, I'll say Evil Twin Nomader Weisse. If it's gotta be German, I'll go the opposite direction & say Fritz Breim 1809.

    American Wild: I'll have to break this one down a bit...
    Lacto - Bruery Terreux Sour in the Rye
    Lacto (Stout) - Bruery Terreux Tart of Darkness

    Honorable mentions (though not technically 'Wild Ales')
    Epic Elder Brett Saison
    Perennial Suburban Beverage Gose
     
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  9. nerdboy19

    nerdboy19 Initiate (0) Sep 20, 2015 South Korea
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    Glad to see there are lots(?) of Fou'. it was good when I first tried Fou, and it got better and better when I tried more. That subtle apricot character is so well mellowed in that complex sourness.
     
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  10. Urk1127

    Urk1127 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,790) Jul 2, 2014 New Jersey
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    My favorite would be between Ommegang Rosetta and Flying Dog Berliner Weiss.
     
  11. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    Both of those are nice beers and very underrated IMO.
     
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  12. HeyItsThatGuy

    HeyItsThatGuy Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2016 Illinois

    Flanders Red: Cuvee Des Jacobins by Bockor *Rodenbach Grand Cru is practically tied with this one

    Berliner Weiss: Fierce by Off Color *Special Note: Adding a Jon Snow Blueberry Jasmine syrup to this particular Weiss transforms it into an awesome blueberry sour*

    Sour Blonde: Valley of Hearts Delight from Almanac (All of their sour Blondes are amazing)

    Gueuze: Oude Gueuze by Timmerman's

    Lambic: New Glarus' Cranberry lambic The Crambic (Or is it Cranbic.... XD)

    Kriek: Barbe Ruby Kriek

    American Wild Ale: Le Seul VI Elderberry American Wild Ale by Une Anne
     
  13. TomN

    TomN Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2004 New Jersey

    Had Funky Gold Simcoe from Prairie recently and it was damn good. Grimm's Subliminal Message was another good one.
     
  14. gobuccos

    gobuccos Initiate (0) Apr 28, 2014 Ohio

  15. kerry4porters

    kerry4porters Maven (1,495) Dec 31, 2012 Arizona

    FW Bretta Rose'
    Almanac Farmers Reserve Blueberry
    De Garde Apricot Gose
    Crooked Stave l'brett D'Pluot
     
  16. NCCIndy

    NCCIndy Initiate (0) Dec 14, 2015 Indiana

    Lambic - Gueuze: Cantillon Lambic Bio, followed by Hanssens Oude Gueuze

    Lambic - Fruit: New Glarus Cran-bic, followed by Upland Strawberry Lambic and Cauldron

    Flanders Red Ale: Rodenbach Grand Cru

    Flanders Oud Bruin: New Glarus Oud Bruin

    German Sour: Destihl Counter ClockWeisse

    American Wild: Three Floyds Icelandic Pants of the Dead / The Rare Barrel Forces Unseen, followed by Grimm Rainbow Dome
     
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  17. deford

    deford Pooh-Bah (1,559) Nov 11, 2013 California
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    Highland Park Brewery's Lazy Susan....check it out.
     
  18. DrunkMcGruff

    DrunkMcGruff Initiate (0) Apr 21, 2013 Michigan

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  19. TWStandley

    TWStandley Pooh-Bah (2,166) Jan 15, 2008 Massachusetts
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    Allagash Farm to Face. Tastes like liquid peach rings and it's flipping awesome.
     
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  20. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,036) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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    Gonna generalize. Anything from De Cam, Hanssens, Snake River Le Serpent varieties, Ithaca Brute, a few Odell beers like Brazzle Friek Pina Agria, Russian River Framboise for a cure Temptation Consecration Beaficaction, Lost Abbey Red Poppy. Girardin Black Label, Tilquin,
     
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