Poll: Do you like sours?

Sours are delightful, and there's so much variation within this overarching category. Between the differences in microorganisms used to funkify a beer and other souring methods, as well as the innovative things brewers are doing with flavor additions, barrel aging and marriages of different styles, there's so much to love...just not the price tag.

 

I love sours. I've always loved sour foods and sour candies. Was surprised to find beer that fit that profile. I even enjoy the one-note pucker bombs in the same way I like "extreme" sour candy. It's not my favorite style of beer but it's probably #2 or 3.

 

Nope.....but each to their own.

 

Sours are like drinking vomit. Tried Rare Barrel several times, RR multiple times and Almanac at this point giving up and sticking to hoppy IPAs.

 

They're okay. Often they don't taste like "beer" in the traditional sense. I approach them like I do wine and unfortunately I don't like wine that much. Wine - and sours by extension - are just fine. Not bad but I can't see myself ever getting anything terribly expensive because I know that I wouldn't be able to appreciate it properly.

 

Tried a selection of them over the years and never found one I'd try again. Just no longer interested in developing a taste for something I didn't care for in the first place.

 

Loved Sours from the first time, unfortunately my wallet doesn't

 

Start with Rodenbach Grand Cru then Supplication or its ilk
You'll thank (or hate) me later

 

I like some Sours. Belgian's and German's know how to make a diverse Sour Beer. Yet, I've had a handful of American Breweries that cannot reach a top ten for me.

 

I voted for the love. I can't get enough of these guys. Sure, I've had a couple duds, but for the most part, I've enjoyed each one I've tried. I've really been enjoying Burley Oak's Sorry Chicky.

 

Cool, I'll look for them. Thanks!

 

I love them, but I don't love the typical price point. So, they're definitely a treat for me, and not a part of my regular day-to-day rotation.

 

Gag choke.....

 

Belgian sour styles are king. Zero american breweries match the complexity, depth of flavor, and ability to even sense balance. Very few make anything palatable at all.

 

I like some good sours. I dislike others. Love Duchesse de Bourginone, hated Night Shift's Mainer Weisse (which sucked because I really like Night Shift)

 

Sours are not for me.

 

I drink less sours styles than non sour stuff, but I do love it. Most of my favorite beers read like a list of the best lambic from Belgium.

 

Generally yes...but not all brewers know how to brew them. Local brewery makes one heck of a sour...that has saved me.

 

I've had a handful of sours and enjoyed most of them but not all. I've found that I really enjoy goses and krieks but I tried a gueuze and really got overwhelmed by the vomit scent that some people find in sours. I guess I'm lucky that I don't think most sours smell like vomit but a gueuze sure can (to my nose)

 

Very easy, just takes time. Best part is, most imperfections get masked by the funk and sour