Top 5 Favorite Breweries For Sours

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  1. TrojanRB

    TrojanRB Grand Pooh-Bah (3,779) Jul 27, 2013 Texas
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    Four from California:

    Phantom Carriage
    Bruery
    Russian River
    Almanac
     
    #41 TrojanRB, Sep 4, 2016
  2. Crim122

    Crim122 Initiate (0) Aug 4, 2014 North Carolina

    Rodenbach
    The Bruery
    Wicked Weed
    D9
    New Belgium
     
    #42 Crim122, Sep 4, 2016
  3. thebeers

    thebeers Grand Pooh-Bah (5,837) Sep 10, 2014 Pennsylvania
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    I'm guessing price and availability have a lot to do with it. Although, honestly, if you can throw down for Cascade, you probably have the resources to find some Cantillon.
     
    #43 thebeers, Sep 4, 2016
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  4. BMBCLT

    BMBCLT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,427) May 9, 2014 South Carolina
    Pooh-Bah

    Westbrook*
     
    #44 BMBCLT, Sep 4, 2016
  5. HeyItsThatGuy

    HeyItsThatGuy Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2016 Illinois

    In terms, of your statement, I would agree with you on that front for some breweries such as desthil. Also, I would say that Almanac consistently puts out sours with an intense sour streak. However, I think that many American sours, such as Une Anne, have a lot more to them then their sour streak. One reason why I love Une Anne so much is that, in addition to many of their sours having an intense sour streak and tartness, many of their sours provide an excellent representation of the fruit flavor that they are representing in each Le Seul. Granted, I haven't experienced this representation in EVERY Le Seul, but many of them give off an excellent fruit flavor. Like I said, in many ways you are correct, and Belgium sours definitely deserve JUST as much attention as these American Wild Ales, but I wouldn't quite underestimate the power of 'Merica :grinning:
     
    #45 HeyItsThatGuy, Sep 4, 2016
  6. dexterk1

    dexterk1 Pooh-Bah (2,183) May 29, 2011 Illinois
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    From what I have had....
    The Bruery
    Almanac
    Wicked Weed
    New Glarus
    Allagash
     
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  7. njcraftguy

    njcraftguy Savant (1,070) Apr 6, 2015 New Jersey

    I couldn't agree more. Its easily the best sour and in the conversation with 2 or 3 others as the best beer period. Of the style its head and shoulders above for me, I'm a stout guy so that says a lot.
     
    #47 njcraftguy, Sep 4, 2016
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  8. patrick802

    patrick802 Initiate (0) Mar 16, 2010 Vermont

    backacre golden sour
    hill farmstead
    4 quarters
    wicked weed
    de guarde
     
    #48 patrick802, Sep 4, 2016
  9. HeyItsThatGuy

    HeyItsThatGuy Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2016 Illinois

    I'm trying to age my bottle a bit and your all making it so hard lol :grinning:
     
    #49 HeyItsThatGuy, Sep 4, 2016
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  10. Eduk8traz

    Eduk8traz Zealot (515) Nov 13, 2010 Arizona

    My three favorites breweries for sours are

    1. The Bruery

    2. Anchorage

    3. Firestone Walker
     
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  11. geodonnokepyo

    geodonnokepyo Initiate (0) Oct 31, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Shelton Brothers distributes them all around, but not sure where exactly. I know its been to Cali and even Hawaii. You could email them and see where they are sending it..
     
    #51 geodonnokepyo, Sep 5, 2016
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  12. jssf

    jssf Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2015 California

    Almanac
    FW
    RR
    Allagash
    New Belgium (just for Le Terroir)
    BFM
     
    #52 jssf, Sep 5, 2016
  13. CJNAPS

    CJNAPS Pooh-Bah (2,492) Nov 3, 2013 California
    Pooh-Bah

    Russian River
    Almanac
    Sante Adairius
    De Garde
    Cantillon
     
    #53 CJNAPS, Sep 5, 2016
  14. THANAT0PSIS

    THANAT0PSIS Pooh-Bah (2,275) Aug 3, 2010 Wisconsin
    Pooh-Bah

    Not to be rude, but have you had Cantillon fruited lambics? Une Annee doesn't make a beer that measures up to the least of their beers. And if it's American beers that show off fruit well, De Garde, Funk Factory, Jester King, New Glarus, Wicked Weed, and innumerable other breweries deserve mention before Une Annee. I'm glad you like them, and of course you're welcome to your opinion, but they just don't do it for me at all (I've had about 75% of their beers).

    American Brewers do deserve praise for their wilds, but true lambics will always reign supreme for me thanks to their balance and craftsmanship. Some American brewers are making progress toward complex sours, but none are quite there yet. American wilds are a different beast entirely and should be praised on those grounds; they're really hardly comparable to lambics anyway, and to do so is basically unfair to them since many choose to play by their own rules.
     
    #54 THANAT0PSIS, Sep 5, 2016
  15. Immortale25

    Immortale25 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,775) May 13, 2011 North Carolina
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    I have to go by region here and put them in order.

    NC:

    Natty Greene's
    Green Man
    Wicked Weed
    Haw River
    Fonta Flora

    The rest of the US:

    Cascade
    Jester King
    Freetail
    Allagash
    The Bruery

    The rest of the world:

    Cantillon
    Tilquin
    Rodenbach
    Birra del Borgo
    Alvinne

    I know some of you must be going "No Drie Fonteinen?" I've only had one of their beers, the Oude Gueuze, and it was before I was ready for funk of that magnitude, so I didn't appreciate it. Want to try more but haven't really had the opportunity.
     
    #55 Immortale25, Sep 5, 2016
  16. njcraftguy

    njcraftguy Savant (1,070) Apr 6, 2015 New Jersey

    I feel your pain my man. I have a trip to SC in a month to see my sister and I know she will love Alexander as much as I do. Trying to hold onto the 1 bottle I have left. Even with a fridge full of top notch brews it ain't easy.
     
    #56 njcraftguy, Sep 5, 2016
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  17. HeyItsThatGuy

    HeyItsThatGuy Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2016 Illinois

    Well, then I can tell your a lambic guy, whereas I like to be simply obliterated by sour power, so let's just leave it at that and be friends :grinning:
     
    #57 HeyItsThatGuy, Sep 5, 2016
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  18. j30speedy

    j30speedy Initiate (171) Oct 8, 2015 New York

    Drie Fonteinen
    Cantillon
    De Cam
    Timmermans
     
    #58 j30speedy, Sep 5, 2016
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