Sours...I'm Hooked.

I like you tjs am also hooked on sours. Right now my favorite is La Folie. Also really liking my local offerings from Cisco.

 

Try the Oud Beersel sours, they're great and generally pretty easy to find.

 

I love the RR sours = fav being Beat. What other sours are there that resemble it and are available?

 

The only really "available" sours I've had that taste similar to Beat are actual geuezes. Lindeman's Cuvee Rene is probably your best bet, though while it's on a similar level of sour it isn't nearly as complex or funky as Beat.

 

Cantillon is more of an acid factory than a brewery at times. Check out of breweries (3F being my favorite).

 

New Belgium La Folie is another nice sour beer. It's in the same style as Rodenbach, though a bit on the pricey side.

 

Welcome to the most expensive segment in beer. Prepare to have you wallet punished

 

I highly recommend RR Sanctification!

 

Hello. First off, I agree that with just about any food or drink, you have to develop a taste for it over time. But also, as with any food or drink, there are some things that some people just won't like ever. I am 44 years old and I have never liked the taste of coffee. I tried to get into it many times and I still don't like it. I drink tea. Similarly, some people can't drink single malt whisky neat, specially peaty, smoky Islay whisky. I myself love them. Some people can't drink Tequila neat. People have different taste buds, and they develop different taste buds.

The same goes for me and sours. I have tried many sours over the course of many years and I can say that I just don't like them. The best I could say about a sour is that I didn't hate it. So, yes it's quite possible to never a develop a taste for them.

As for suggestions for sours, you may look into Jester King in Texas. Das Wunderkind and Boxer's Revenge are two, and they sometimes make sour versions of their other beers. Just recently they made a Sour Black Metal which is usually an Imperial Stout. I don't like them, but people who like sours do, so you may give them a shot.

 

Get someone to trade with you and get some Bruery stuff.
Mother Funker
Sour in they Rye
Oude Tart
Otiose
Sans Pagaie
Also some Russian River Sours always do the trick!
Just check out the "American Wild" section and read some reviews.

 

I couldn't agree more. Great gateway brews to Gueuze.

 

I read through the thread and don't think I saw it directly answered, but on the spectrum of sourness, where does Highland Wild fall?

I went out and bought the last bottle at M&R in South Windsor because of this thread and I'm loving it. This is my first sour, and it was quite a shock when I opened the bottle. I had JP Bam Biere which had a little bit of sourness to it, but this is quite a bit more and I'm starting to warm up to it. I can see what all the fuss is about.

 

Sours are fantastic. I prefer them on tap when I can get them on tap. Anyways. Cheers to sours. I hope to head down to Stone for their little sour get together this summer.

 

I've only had a handful of sours and enjoyed most of them. Here are the ones I reccommend. New belgium la folie and tart lychee, Cantillon Iris, and Drie fonteinen Oude Gueze. I most enjoyed the La Folie. Something about the vinegarness and harsh sour tartness rubbed me just the right way. And the bottle lasted, took me almost two hours to drink the bottle. A most enjoyable two hours it was.

 

Drinking a Tilquin Ancienne Oude Gueuze right now. They are some of the most versatile beers with food. If you are having a hard time connecting, try with a meal!

 

Welcome aboard!

 

No, it isn't easy at all anymore, when they release Rosso and Cuvee De Castleton, the releases are the best bottle shares ever, and the worst managed shit shows of difficult to buy bottles of beer ever.

 

No, there isn't any sourness to Hennepin. Some breweries that have at least a hint of sour to their beers but maybe aren't technically sours are Goose Island(sister series), Captain Lawrence and Jolly Pumpkin. Boulevard makes a sour saison as well.