Your "Gateway" Sour Beer

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  1. mawelge

    mawelge Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2015 Alaska

    What was The One that sold you on sour beers?

    For me, the process began as I learned to appreciate farmhouse ales and then moved on to lambics and more. I guess my "gateway" sour was the Lindemans Frambroise. Thankfully, I have had the opportunities to move on to much better examples.

    I'm wanting to introduce my friends to sour beers but I don't want them to have a bad first experience. What's the key to weening a casual craft beer drinker onto the acidic goodness?
     
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  2. JohnnyMc

    JohnnyMc Pooh-Bah (1,623) Feb 14, 2012 Ohio
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    It took me roughly 2 years of trying Sours on and off again before I was finally into them (hardest beer style for me to ever get into). I would say Black Angel from Wicked Weed might have been the Sour to finally get me into them for good. Wicked Weed in general for me was where I really began to love Sour and Wild Ales and now they are my favorite beers to drink in addition to IPAs/DIPAs.
     
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  3. Redgoatman

    Redgoatman Initiate (0) May 21, 2015 California
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    Framboise de Amorosa
     
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  4. thepenguin

    thepenguin Savant (1,215) Aug 8, 2010 Massachusetts

    I think it was Rodenbach Grand Cru. Had me hook line and sinker.
     
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  5. OfftheWagon

    OfftheWagon Initiate (0) Oct 1, 2015 Illinois

    Sour #2 did it for me, I haven't been able to stop drinking them since.
     
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  6. BMBCLT

    BMBCLT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,427) May 9, 2014 South Carolina
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    Came in here to say the same.
     
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  7. IckyT2012

    IckyT2012 Pooh-Bah (2,050) Oct 13, 2014 Florida
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    I was also trying to acquire the taste for about 2 years. Everything was ok, but it all tasted the same. Then one night I happened to be in just the right "state of mind" and I cracked open a Swamp Head Movin' On. It hit the spot beyond description and sours have never tasted the same since.
     
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  8. AyeDogg

    AyeDogg Pundit (910) Oct 29, 2015 California
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    Rueuze from Bruery.
     
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  9. hopsputin

    hopsputin Grand Pooh-Bah (4,403) Apr 1, 2012 New Jersey
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    I still don't really consider "hooked," but the first sour I'd actually enjoyed was Duchesse
     
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  10. wolfpac255

    wolfpac255 Pundit (930) Apr 13, 2015 Illinois
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    Wicked Weeds Oblivion and Genesis got me into the style. I saw a friend over the weekend and asked him if he liked sours. He told me no, but I had brought a Pear Bear with me. He tried it and immediately said he loved it and he was glad he tried it because the one he had before had turned him off to the style.
     
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  11. caahare

    caahare Initiate (0) Jan 14, 2014 West Virginia

    Prairie Funky Gold Mosaic
     
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  12. JTW10

    JTW10 Zealot (527) Nov 25, 2013 Pennsylvania

    jolly pumpkin noel de calabaza. never thought to try a sour but luckily JP brands their sours as every other variety of beer despite the beer in question not necessarily being anything like that style...i ordered something else at a bar and they were out of it so i randomly picked noel de calabaza as a backup seeing "belgian strong dark ale." still a top 3-5 beer for me, how little i see this beer mentioned on here has convinced me that i am just not a sour expert because i think it's as good as almost anything i've ever tried. i've explored many sours since then but funny enough jolly pumpkin's are still my favorite and never again will i pay the absurd prices for RR or bruery offerings over them.
     
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  13. Invinciblejets

    Invinciblejets Pooh-Bah (1,710) Sep 29, 2014 South Carolina
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    Jolly pumpkin oro de calabaza still one of my favorite
     
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  14. deleted_user_950283

    deleted_user_950283 Initiate (0) Feb 25, 2015
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    this one...
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  15. cultclassic89

    cultclassic89 Initiate (0) Oct 19, 2013 Texas

    Cuvee Des Jacobins Rouge was the first one I had and it instantly clicked for me. Anything like that and Rodenbach is basically the quintessential introductory beer to the style.
     
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  16. SkiBum22

    SkiBum22 Pooh-Bah (1,752) Oct 18, 2009 New York
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    Rodenbach Grand Cru was one of the first I had and immediately was interested in sours. Still love that beer to this day
     
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  17. Jbags1214

    Jbags1214 Aspirant (238) Jun 24, 2013 Oregon
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    Supplication got me.
     
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  18. WertMaker

    WertMaker Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2009 Oregon

    Although not really a sour, Lindemans Framboise first tempted my taste buds and then there were...

    Temptation, Supplication, Sanctification, and Beatification. :grinning:
     
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  19. Dan_K

    Dan_K Pooh-Bah (1,980) Nov 8, 2013 Colorado
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    Crooked Stave Surette is a good one
     
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  20. punkideas

    punkideas Initiate (0) Aug 30, 2007 Colorado

    2006 La Folie. I jumped into the deep end.
     
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