Let's Remember Some Beers (In Memoriam: "Sours")

[yeahnatenelson]

these were rather difficult to obtain, at least here in VA at the time. I loved them

remember Mekong having a Stillwater event in 2011 where I was introduced to these and started me on my wild homebrew>pro career

I remember drinking quite a few of those. Really great stuff.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Speaking of stubbies, does anybody remember this??

 

[jmgrub]

Speaking of stubbies, does anybody remember this??

Yep. Recall that it was quite tasty.

 

[JonathanAmes]

San Diego checking in

We had Chez a couple weeks ago and still a top notch AWA.

 

[jmgrub]

San Diego checking in

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We had Chez a couple weeks ago and still a top notch AWA.

You forgot 09 Ichabod.

 

[KevSal]

a local whale was Odonata Beer Company Rosa. I dont think it was ever bottled, but I heard from folks that tried it that it was top 5 beer for them. Granted this was like 10 years ago

also HOTD sour was a mega whale at one point, Eve maybe? Maybe it was Bob

 

[boogercrack]

Speaking of stubbies, does anybody remember this??

i think you sent me one of these in like 2013

 

[KevSal]

San Diego checking in

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We had Chez a couple weeks ago and still a top notch AWA.

one of the worst beer ive had to date was part of the chez line. monieux maybe? smelled like nasty gym socks, tasted equally as bad. only beer to make me gag

 

[yeahnatenelson]

San Diego checking in

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We had Chez a couple weeks ago and still a top notch AWA.

Monieux or git out!

 

[RyanG1]

 

[yeahnatenelson]

i think you sent me one of these in like 2013

Yeah, I probably did! Can't for the life of me figure out why they stopped making this. Last bottle I saw of it was probably 2012? Maybe 2013? Meanwhile I think their flagship export is the oated berliner. Huh.

 

[Gene1]

Remember these? There were a few wins in the series, but many absolute disasters. Interestingly, I kept a bunch cellared and the disasters generally ended up being quite tasty after taking a few years to sort themselves out. Even opened an old bottle of Cape Codder Weisse a few weeks ago that was actually pretty decent.

Edit: Just checked my photos from that day and we actually opened two Cape Codders: One from Jan 2014 and one from Jan 2015. One was horrible, the other was quite nice. Can’t remember which was which.

 

[JulianB1]

Remember these? There were a few wins in the series, but many absolute disasters. Interestingly, I kept a bunch cellared and the disasters generally ended up being quite tasty after taking a few years to sort themselves out. Even opened an old bottle of Cape Codder Weisse a few weeks ago that was actually pretty decent.

Edit: Just checked my photos from that day and we actually opened two Cape Codders: One from Jan 2014 and one from Jan 2015. One was horrible, the other was quite nice. Can’t remember which was which.

I've had several of these over the years and feel like they've been about 50% good, 50% tasting like fish.

 

[rmalinowski4]

Speaking of stubbies, does anybody remember this??

This is the beer that made me a berliner fan. I grabbed one at WLV in 2011? and it was fantastic. I looked for more, but couldn't find another.

 

[matedog]

Supplication had to be my first real AWA/sour. Found my notes from March 2010 after bemoaning the $11 price tag: "Oh and I tried the Supplication on saturday. It was indeed, highly enjoyable. The cherry taste was far more palatable than the only other cherry beer I've had which was that awful Sam Adams one that was in the Summer variety pack."

Yikes, the days when my only reference for cherry in beer was Sam Adams Cherry Wheat.

 

[PHBoiler]

Remember these? There were a few wins in the series, but many absolute disasters. Interestingly, I kept a bunch cellared and the disasters generally ended up being quite tasty after taking a few years to sort themselves out. Even opened an old bottle of Cape Codder Weisse a few weeks ago that was actually pretty decent.

Edit: Just checked my photos from that day and we actually opened two Cape Codders: One from Jan 2014 and one from Jan 2015. One was horrible, the other was quite nice. Can’t remember which was which.

OG Ever Weisse was next level. Mainer was fairly solid. The second round of those were just not the same with some being drainpours. Mystery Weisse was the absolute *****. I think eventually they admitted to some of those being ******.

They transitioned to their club around that time. I think I had every release for the first three years. Most were actually really good. The ones that sounded terrible were terrible. Some Brett DIPA was way better than it had any business being.

Right around the same time I had Ever Weisse, I had Ching Ching. That deserves a mention on here. I remember trying to trade for that, then bringing it to DLD 2013 or 2014.

 

[PHBoiler]

There was a point when the trade forums lost their ever loving minds about Bullfrog Sours. Never did end up having anything from them. No clue if they were good or bad. Just remember them being outside my pay grade for trading.

 

[matedog]

I remember when this became something people actually traded for. Had it for the first time in forever last summer and it was still quite good.

 

[sjstraub]

I remember when this became something people actually traded for. Had it for the first time in forever last summer and it was still quite good.

I think I sent a case of New Glarus stuff for a case of these at least two summers in a row. It was great.

 

[thebandit1]

I remember when this became something people actually traded for. Had it for the first time in forever last summer and it was still quite good.

Found an old Key Lime one in my fridge.

It was also quite good.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

There was a point when the trade forums lost their ever loving minds about Bullfrog Sours. Never did end up having anything from them. No clue if they were good or bad. Just remember them being outside my pay grade for trading.

Was this the Le Roar Grrz period?

 

[lb304854]

Was this the Le Roar Grrz period?

You had the OG Bullfrog sours that we're turbowhales when I got in the game around '09:
Black Cherry Bomb
Blue Cheer
Frambozen
Beekeeper
Strawberry Fields

The second wave a few years later:
The Jaspers
El Diablo Deluxe

And then the Grrz stuff years after that


All if it was pretty good with a couple being great. Never got that damn Blue Cheer.

 

[davey101]

Wonder how these are holding up.

 

[thebandit1]

Wonder how these are holding up.

Had one last summer. Stored in the cool basement of a northern Michigan cottage.

I thought it was fantastic. Like Sanctification with more body and bite.

 

[tikk]

Hops N Roses?

Pulled a 2012 out of my cellar to drink tonight. Will report back.

 

[jmgrub]

Scrolling through my Untappd from 2013 and wanted to note the following that I don't think have been mentioned yet:

Lost Abbey Cuvee de Tomme and Framboise de Amorosa (do they still make these?)
Almanac Farmers Reserve 1-4 (these were really good)
Churchill's Finest Sour (meh)
Beat Batch 5 (this tasted like lemon vinaigrette from the start)
Deschutes Green Monster (speaking of salad dressings)
Sour in the Rye (Peach and Kumquat variants)
Bottleworks XII
AC Golden Hidden Barrel Series (mostly very good)
Boulevard Love Child Series


Also is Little Linda's Liquid the Captain Lawrence beer you guys are trying to think of? It's in my tick list from 2013.

 

[liquiddegenerate]

 

[jmgrub]

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I remember that one, and also recall that it was accurately named. Beersel Mattina was good though.

 

[KevSal]

 

[yeahnatenelson]

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