Is consecration a good example of a sour?

Temptation is my favorite from RR. Not a fan of red wine myself. Looking for something extremely clean and dry? 3F Oude Gueuze is my recommendation.

 

Consecration is a pretty rough one to start with. You kind of need to ease yourself into sours. I recommend you try to find the Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic. It's a more gentle, friendly introduction to the genre.

 

Consecration being Bleh? I feel bad for you for having such awful taste buds! It is delicious! But dont give up, there are many examples of "sours", and although Im not particularly versed in this genre, from my experience there is a vast variety within the sour category. Wild ales, lambics/gueuze's, certain saisons. All taste very different. Plus when you take into account various types of barrel aging and you have quite a variety of sour tasting beers. If you are heart set on enjoying the style, Im sure you will be able to find some you like.

 

This is exactly why I like Consecration with age (read: 1-2 years) on it.

Have you ever had any of the Cascade sours? If not, I recommend the Apricot or Kriek. Both are fantastic introductions to sours, IMO.

 

Get your hands on Temptation. I much prefer it over Consecration and it was my first real sour, and remains one of my favorites. It should be relatively easy to trade for.

Cheers!

 

It should be, but for some reason it hasn't been released in a while. I haven't seen it anywhere. I really want it to come back, it's my favorite too.

Also, OP, Overlord's post is a joke. Cantillon Kriek is extremely sour.

 

I agree with what you think of Consecration. It's got a ton of wine in it. As it ages, the wine is less prominent and I think the beer improves significantly. Fresh, I find it difficult to drink. Older batches are really tasty, though.
That said, you might want to start with easier-to-find sours that don't have crazy fruit additions or barrels, like Petrus Aged Pale. I started with that one and I learned my preference when it comes to sours.

 

The Bruery's Mother Funker will do the trick, although I compare that more to the Warheads of my youth.

 

I don't remember sour candy being so vinegary.

 

consecration is a world class beer. don't force yourself to like any beer or beer style; beer is not a test or something to be learned. beer is for fun.

drink what you want and the rest will follow naturally. cheers.

 

Yes. I have bottles of Sang Noir/Royal sitting in my cellar, waiting for the wine flavors to mellow out a little bit.

You probably won't like The Vine. I'd stick with something easier to get locally. Do you get Petrus Pale Ale? If so, I'd start with that. And given that you're in MI, try Jolly Pumpkin's La Roja.

 

Interesting, Consecration was my "blue pill" sour, but I do like red wine. Temptation is my favorite nowadays, but at least here in Philly, its on the shelves for the shortest period of time

 

Hate to love it, or love to hate it.

 

You are still new to sours. The beers you tried are decent intros to the style. There are many people who don't like sours. There are some who don't develop a taste for them right away but end up loving them down the road. Give them a chance, and if you don't like them give them another try sometime down the road. Sours/Wilds in my opinion are just like hop bombs. People usually either love them or hate them.

I for example love sour candy, but do not like sours or wilds beers. I have tried Cantillon, RR, 3F, Bruery, Fantome, etc. and have not liked them so far. It just isn't my thing. I believe I've given them a fair chance, and will probably still try some here and there just to be sure. Even stuff like Jackie O's that isn't really "sour" but seems to have that slight tart character in all of their beers. I just can't seem to get into it.

My wife on the other hand loves sours. When you see me trading for sours, they are for her. She started out only liking Belgian Pales and Wits. One day I picked up some Sofie and she loved it. Not long after that I got a Tank 7 as an extra, then some Jolly Pumpkin, then some RR stuff. She really liked those, obviously much more than I did. One day I found a Cantillon Classic Geueze and as expected she really liked it. Sofie was the one that started her down the path to sours.

Ok so that was a long post, but hopefully somewhat helpful.