I found out I like sours.

You found out you like sours?

 

OMGWTFBBQ!!?! I ♥ sours!!

 

Sours and BBA Stouts ruined IPA's for me. IPA's are so amateur to me now =)

 

Nothing.

 

I started with the basic RR sours - Temptation, Supplication, Consecration. Easy to trade for.

After those some Cascade, Captain Lawrence, Beligan geuze such as Tilquin and 3F - drool.

Nothing I can trade for the Cantillon stuff so I probably won't try any of that.

 

Could be that Tart Lychee is not very tart, makes a good intro sour IMO

 

Have you ever considered a berliner weisse?

 

Exactly, if you don't like them you don't like them. However if you are at least willing to keep trying them you may find that eventually you'll come to love them.

 

Tart Lychee isn't really sour, that may be why.

I don't even really think of sours as beer, I almost think of it as a whole different beverage altogether.

 

What's wrong with you is that you decided you wouldn't like something before you ever really tried it.

See that it doesn't happen again

 

Although not sours, Brett beers are a good gateway. Actually any American Wild Ale for that matter is a good gateway into sours. Something like Blvrd's Saison-Brett or most Jolly Pumpkin beers would be worth trying if you like Tart Lychee

 

The same thing happened to me, well not the sours but I can barley drink my old go to IPA's now that I love everything BBA and Dark. Tried two week old PTE a few days ago and it just wasn't the same.

 

Why don't you try another lips of faith beer La Folie

 

IPA's are far from amateur, well at least the right ones. Sours are a whole new game though, which I think you meant. Enjoy your sours and beware of the expense if you really love them. It was great 10 years ago when Cantillon was on shelfs and cheap, they are still great now but not wallet friendly.

 

Heck I think it was maybe 5 years ago you could find dusty Cantillon sitting on the shelves everywhere, maybe not as cheap as 10 years ago, but at least it was there to be had by anyone. Now unfortunately it seems it's turned into one of those "got to know somebody at the shop" beers to get one or two...

Agree on the "amateur" part too, I've run the gamut of styles and pretty much love them all, there is nothing amateur about any style if it's done well...if anything falling head over heels for "all the rage" sours or barrel aged stuff is kind of amateur for BAs IMO.

At any rate gotta agree with the expense part too, I really enjoy sours and have been turned on to some really great stuff, but I rarely actively seek them out or regularly purchase them because they're too damn expensive. Not saying to price isn't justified given what goes into producing them, but when it's too the point where you could literally buy almost a case of really solid beer for the price of a single bottle I just don't find it worth it most of the time.