Sours

Sours are pretty hard to come by in NC. My recommendation would be to find a trading partner on the west coast, and hook them up with some great NC beers that they can't get out there for some Russian River sours. Consecration, Supplication, and Temptation are all great.

 

boon oude geuze, oud beersel oude geuze, lindemans cuvee rene. average or above for gueuze, but these would be near the top if they were american wild ales. in the style of la folie: goudenband, petrus aged pale, bellegems bruin, monks cafe, petrus oud bruin, bacchus, bourgogne de flandres. similar to those: rodenbach, panil barriquee, duchesse de bourgogne, zoetzuur, vichtenaar, echt kriekenbier. these should be not too difficult to find.

 

Not to mention Jolly Pumpkin is available all over.

 

I'd love to get my hands on some sours. I know City Bev. in W-S has a few, but not a wide variety

 

Rodenbach Grand Cru and Timmermans Oude Gueuze LE are a couple decent options available most everywhere. New Holland Blue Sunday if you can still find it. I would just stock up on La Folie.

 

Unless you're looking for beatification, you don't have to do any arsenal unloading. They're just pricey like 10-14 bucks a bottle but you can land them with your locals...or buy them online from some stores and get them shipped to you.

ninja edit- That's for RR sours like consecration, sanctification, temptation and supplication

 

Eric I got ya' covered just come on up and see me!! I have an extensive selection of sours and loads of goodies on top of that in the cellars! Anything from Fontenien to Hanssens to plenty of other goodies including all of the ones mentioned previously in the thread! There are several other American styles as well like Blue Sunday from New Holland comes to mind. Come on up and see me, I'll take care of ya', if you can catch me at the Hopfest this weekend we'll Chat about it!! Talk to ya' soon!!

Chris