Am i the only one that hates sours?

[Zamial]

I recently have started to like them but it took me a LOT of sampling to find the ones I liked. I drank those until I had acquired the taste and palate to enjoy them and now drink any of them.

I would recommend Monk's Cafe as a non-fruit "gateway sour" I have seen it in brown champagne style bottles and 6ers.

Another few that many people I have suggested this to liked was Kastel Rouge or Timmermans Framboise/Kriek.

If you can't find any of those then look for anything from Leifmans.

 

[Braufessor]

I would highly recommend keeping an open mind and giving sours multiple shots. My very first experience, I was less than impressed, but over the years I've grown to truly appreciate a good sour... a lot!

+1...... Introduced to them by a friend at Great Taste of the Midwest..... probably dumped out 5 of the first 10 I tried.... choked down 4 more... and then there was New Glarus Cherry Stout - and that was absolutely great.

 

[dannypo]

I'm not sure that "aquired taste" is the right term. For me I hated the first few sour beers I tried and they were all pretty highly rated beers. Hell, I dumped a Cantillion Grand Cru. Then several months later I picked up another and loved it. My friends have had similar experiences.

It seems like you just need to try one at the right time.

The same also seems to go for heavily smoked beers.

 

[thood6]

The La Roja I have was bottled around Christmas of 2011. Is the age of the bottle going to detract from my experience?

 

[TANSTAAFB]

The La Roja I have was bottled around Christmas of 2011. Is the age of the bottle going to detract from my experience?

Can't even begin to describe my jealousy! Try it and find out. Some beers develop more complexity and depth with age, some get more sour, some do both. But please report back so those of us without a good bottle shop in town can live vicariously through you! Here's hoping you find it to be a great beer!

 

[kwadric]

It shouldn't unless it got mistreated in transport it at the store.

The last bottle I had was labeled with a brew date and a best after date. I believe the dates were six months apart... so I guess JP was recommending at least six more months of bottle aging.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Can't even begin to describe my jealousy! Try it and find out. Some beers develop more complexity and depth with age, some get more sour, some do both. But please report back so those of us without a good bottle shop in town can live vicariously through you! Here's hoping you find it to be a great beer!

exactly what he and/or she said. I'd rub that La Roja on my gums & dip my chin in it.

 

[TNGabe]

Maybe I need to give them another shot. Any recommendations? The last couple I tried were Sierra Nevada/Russian River Brux and Cantillon Classic Geuze and I just felt like they tasted like cheap wine.

The SN/RR collab is generally regarded as a massive dissapointment, but it you didn't like Cantillon you don't like sour beer. Nothing wrong with that, more for me. If you have a few bottles sitting around you need to get rid of, just let me know. Maybe those Jolly Pumpkin beers you won't like?

 

[Shred]

All I've heard about since I started drinking (and attempting brewing) sours is JP. Damn I wish we could get those here in CT.

 

[Andrikos]

Hell, I dumped a Cantillion Grand Cru.

 

[dannypo]

All I've heard about since I started drinking (and attempting brewing) sours is JP. Damn I wish we could get those here in CT.

I might be wrong but I seem to remember Ron from JP saying they are available anywhere Whole Foods is allowed to sell beer. You might check there.

 

[TNGabe]

All I've heard about since I started drinking (and attempting brewing) sours is JP. Damn I wish we could get those here in CT.

Should be really easy to trade for if you're interested in that. I'm sure you can order them online, too.

 

[edds5p0]

In thinking about it, I've only had a few lambics. I did not care for them at all. Are there other sour styles I may still like?

 

[TNGabe]

The La Roja I have was bottled around Christmas of 2011. Is the age of the bottle going to detract from my experience?

One thing to know is that Jolly Pumpkin does tend to gush as it ages, so make sure you have glasses ready.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

I only recently started sampling sours, and with trepidation. Now I am in love with the style. I treat myself to a Lindemans Gueuze Cuvée René every once in a while and think it is just about the best thing I ever drank (so far).

I'd like to see if I could reproduce it in some manner (mostly the tartness), but I am unsure where to begin and sours can take years to develop, so I don't want to botch it up.

 

[Shred]

I might be wrong but I seem to remember Ron from JP saying they are available anywhere Whole Foods is allowed to sell beer. You might check there.

Really?? I have a Whole Foods a few miles from here.

 

[thood6]

Well I have tons of JP sitting on the shelves here in Louisiana where nobody (apparently including myself) can appreciate them.

So if anyone wants to send heady my way I'd trade. LOL

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I only recently started sampling sours, and with trepidation. Now I am in love with the style. I treat myself to a Lindemans Gueuze Cuvée René every once in a while and think it is just about the best thing I ever drank (so far).

I'd like to see if I could reproduce it in some manner (mostly the tartness), but I am unsure where to begin and sours can take years to develop, so I don't want to botch it up.

I'm finally gonna get over my botching fear & jump right into the sour & funk brewing. it only took 14 years, but bring on the funk!:rockin:

Really?? I have a Whole Foods a few miles from here.

lucky. we have to drive 2 1/2 hours to get to a Whole Foods. well, the only one we know of anyhow.

 

[AVLbrewing]

I've never had a sour before but I'm now on a mission to go track done down...I'll report back in a day or two!

 

[thood6]

I'm finally gonna get over my botching fear & jump right into the sour & funk brewing. it only took 14 years, but bring on the funk!:rockin:

lucky. we have to drive 2 1/2 hours to get to a Whole Foods. well, the only one we know of anyhow.

Not that I would know but there are some "easy" sour recipes floating around here. There are a couple recipes from a user Amandak who has a cardinals logo as her avatar.

 

[HoppyDaze]

I only tried sour beer once. It was at the Deschutes Brewery and it was fantastic!

 

[TNGabe]

Well I have tons of JP sitting on the shelves here in Louisiana where nobody (apparently including myself) can appreciate them.

So if anyone wants to send heady my way I'd trade. LOL

Good luck with that one.

 

[TNGabe]

I only tried sour beer once. It was at the Deschutes Brewery and it was fantastic!

Wow, Portland is sour land USA. You should check out Cascade and Upland if you want to try some more. They make some really good beers. Just heard there are over 600 food carts there, too. Looking forward to a vacation there sometime.

 

[tyzippers]

I had a Victory Wild Devil once. It was at the beginning of my foray into sours. I had a hard time with it. I've eased my way into sours, and enjoy a good one now! But I've since moved to a town that thinks Yuengling is craft beer, so no sours here. I have to head to Pittsburgh to find a decent sour.

 

[bleme]

I was in Santa Cruz for business last M/Tu/W. I was hyped because I found Sante Adairius Rustic Ales online and it looked like they had some pretty good beers, including some sours. So I head over as soon as I can Monday and am confronted by a sign that their tasting room is only open Th/F/Sa/Su! Soooo bummed!

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[fizgig]

I just tried a La Roja I bought for $12.00, I usually like strong flavors (strong dark black coffee/espresso, blue cheese, balsamic vinegar) but this tasted like someone dumped red wine vinegar in a beer and strained it through a sweat sock filled with used barn straw. I recapped it and I will take it to work, we always try various bombers at work.

 

[Shred]

I had a Victory Wild Devil once. It was at the beginning of my foray into sours. I had a hard time with it. I've eased my way into sours, and enjoy a good one now! But I've since moved to a town that thinks Yuengling is craft beer, so no sours here. I have to head to Pittsburgh to find a decent sour.

Holy crap! Victory has a sour? I need to move.

 

[tyzippers]

Holy crap! Victory has a sour? I need to move.

Eh, I stand corrected. Victory Wild Devil is technically considered a Belgian IPA that is fermented with brett. So, I hear that just because a beer is fermented with brett doesn't necessarily make it a sour, but that beer tasted like I was drinking it out of my well used hockey gloves after I just played in a triple overtime! So, either way, it had tons of funk that I couldn't handle at the time. Also it doesn't help that I find most belgian IPAs utterly disgusting. I love Belgians and I love IPAs! But they should stay that way. Just Belgians and IPAs!

 

[PanzerBanana]

I'm disinclined to try sours. It doesn't seem like an appealing quality for me. I'd probably try one for the sake of trying one. However, I'm not going to pay for it. So it'd likely be as part of an event where tastings come with admission.

 

[GenIke]

I just sipped my first sour ever, la folie, and I like it. More sour and less beer tasting than I was expecting, but I like it. Is it normal that there is very little carbonation?