Poll: Do you like sours?

I remember years ago trying my first gueuze, my first berliner weisse, and I didn't get them, verging on distaste. I actually enjoyed the back sweetened lambics more at that time. Now I love gueuze and sours in general. Whether they are funk forward, sour bombs, or somewhere in between, I love everything from wild ales to gose. If I recall duchess de bourgogne was a game changer for me. Palates do change.

 

Love em. Especially variants with Brett and Barrel aged- wine Barrel aged I really dig.

 

I love sours. I used to be a real hop head, but I'm more into sours and saisons now.

 

Love Love Love!

 

I enjoy them, but I struggle to differentiate any sours. Perhaps my tastebuds haven't evolved, but to me most I've tried taste the exact same

 

Need to try one, none around here, yet.

 

Love sours. One-dimensional ones too, just enjoy the flavor profile.

 

Usually most sours, but I have sprinkle in other beers, I can do a couple of sours in a week unless surrounded by sour greatness.

 

Replace "sour" with "bitter", change the brewery names, and you have my experience with IPAs and hoppy beers. You just may not be able to develop an appreciation for sour styles. Condolences, but you did give it an excellent try, with some great sour beers.

As far as voting, I'm part of the "I love sours" crowd - fell in love with them from the very first one I tried, and it's only been building ever since (as long as I avoid hopped-up ones - still have nightmares about Calabaza Boreal from time to time). Palates are funny things, eh?

 

I'm 22 from when I first started drinking beer I've been attracted to funky and sour beers it's just my thing recently I've come to enjoy ipas and stouts but saison and wild ales will always be my go to.

 

I love sours, especially Russian River Supplication, Temptation, Sanctification, Consecration, Beatification, but, yes, the prices does hurt a little but that is why I don't drink them that often.

 

Do no like them, but I keep trying.

 

I still haven't tried any, but I would like to. Any recommendations for a noob in the sour department?

 

I like them, although some are too one-note, and basically just taste like lemon juice. They've got to have something more going on than "lemon juice," for me to truly enjoy them.

 

Not really

 

My first two sours were New Belgium La Folie and Duchesse de Borgonge. I didn't love either at first, but I kept trying and grew to love them. I love throwing one in a session to breakup some hop bombs.

 

This is my dilemma with them. I like them but I have a hard time buying them. I have a hard time justifying buying a $10-15 beer that's a 12%, that buying a 5% sour at at similar price almost always gets passed over.

Is this a particularly hard style to brew? I've been considering breaking into home brewing myself...

 

More if a wild ale person I like sour but not sour for the sake if sour.

Enjoy

 

Overall, I love sour beers but it took me a few tries to get used to them. After several failed attempts I stumbled upon Cuvee des Jacobins Rogue and everything fell into place. Then I tried Boulevard Love Child and would never look back. Now it's an endless pursuit for the perfect sour beer in each style which, needless to say, takes a hefty toll on the wallet.