sours

[jerseyjoe555]

I'm going to honest here and say that I'm clueless about sours and I'm looking to get into them. A beer store in my area looks to have a pretty big variety of sours and I'm wondering which ones you guys suggest I start off trying. Thanks for any advice

 

[Trady]

I believe SeaWatchman has some connections over at Big Sky, but he can elaborate on other must-tries in the American Wild and Sour beer scene.

Welcome to TalkBeer

 

[SeaWatchman]

I believe SeaWatchman has some connections over at Big Sky, but he can elaborate on other must-tries in the American Wild and Sour beer scene.

Welcome to TalkBeer

I don't know what you're talking about, Americans only make lambics.

 

[joe1]

Hard to say what you'll like and what they have.. just buy a few of the cheaper bottles and start drinking!

 

[ASUBeer]

I'm going to honest here and say that I'm clueless about sours and I'm looking to get into them. A beer store in my area looks to have a pretty big variety of sours and I'm wondering which ones you guys suggest I start off trying. Thanks for any advice

Not sure what's available to you but if they have New Belgium Le Terrior, try that.

 

[arren]

I don't know what you're talking about, Americans only make lambics.

Only if they're made in Wisconsin

 

[mixed_master7]

Only if they're made in Wisconsin

Or Indiana.

 

[black_cascade]

Petrus Pale, Cuvee de Jacobins, and Duchesse were my gateway sours.

 

[Lutter]

 

[Lurkaholic]

Seconding a vote for duchess- go to gateway sour:

 

[caaam]

Duchesse
Petrus Pale
Cuvée Rene

That's a <$20 investment for three awesome sours. Start there, imo

 

[jerseyjoe555]

Thank you everyone

 

[Dsal891]

You're gonna hear a lot of people on here tell you that bruery sours are terrible and whatnot....I say judge for yourself as I wrote them off based on others opinion and I really loved things like bearaugarde, sans pagei, and sour in the rye kumquat.


Other than that, seek out le terroir from NewBelgium when available. One of my favorite regular drinking sours.

 

[Dsal891]

There's also a good chance you can find stuff like marriage parfait, cuvée Renee, tilquin gueuze, Hansens, on the shelf. Buy these and find out if the lambic world is for you

 

[sacrelicio]

Great beer, but is anyone else bored of the Flanders styles?

 

[sacrelicio]

Intro goozie:

 

[Dsal891]

Great beer, but is anyone else bored of the Flanders styles?

I had a 2008 like years ago and then u recently had a grand cru like 8 months ago and hated it. Tastes like straight up sweet vinegar.

 

[drgarage1]

I can't start Duchesse. It's got artificial sweeteners in it a la Lindeman's sweet lambics. Gross.

 

[csano]

I can't start Duchesse. It's got artificial sweeteners in it a la Lindeman's sweet lambics. Gross.

I agree. Terrible. If I had started with that beer, I would have thought that sour beers were disgusting.

 

[Quatz]

I can't start Duchesse. It's got artificial sweeteners in it a la Lindeman's sweet lambics. Gross.

I see so many people recommending Duchesse as an intro to sours and I really don't like it. Finally I know why.

 

[Ispeakforthetrees]

Get yourself some Crooked Stave beers.
If you like that ****, you are in!

 

[lopejuice1]

I wouldn't suggest starting with Duchesse de Borgogne, way too acetic and I think the vinegar flavor would turn off a lot of people. I still don't even really like it that much.

 

[rainer1]

Petrus Pale, Cuvee de Jacobins, and Duchesse were my gateway sours.

These exact three were mine.

 

[rainer1]

Also: Lindemans Gueuze Cuvée René, Brouwerij Van Steenberge Monk's Café, and New Belgium La Folie should be approachable and easy to find.

 

[anteater1]

I couldn't believe my taste buds the first time I had Duchess, Petrus Pale, Cuvee Rene, Rodenbach Grand Cru and ESPECIALLY Cuvee Des Jacobsins Rouge. I though they were all incredible and can be found in grocery stores. Today I don't care much for any of them, especially the Flanders Reds which are just too sweet, but they are all a great place to start. I've seen Duchess blow the minds of exclusive lager drinkers, wine drinkers or others who just don't do beer. I still love Orval though, which is also easy to find.

If you are interested in trading for some world class sours, I wouldn't look much farther than Supplication and Consecration. They're pretty readily available and just as good as a lot of the hyped up stuff.

 

[importgirl]

I'd recommend the Cuvee Jeun' Homme from Belgian brewery De Leite. It's a really nice oak aged blonde with semi-sour taste and a tea-like bitterness, but it's not too overpowering, so it's a good gateway. Plus the label is really cool.

 

[mikecharley]

 

[drgarage1]

Duchesse still tastes like vinegar with aspartame in it.

 

[JBP]

Duchesse still tastes like vinegar with aspartame in it.

It doesn't use aspartame or any artifical sweetners.

http://babblebelt.com/bbb_classic/readarc.html?id=1086974861

 

[drgarage1]

It doesn't use aspartame or any artifical sweetners.

http://babblebelt.com/bbb_classic/readarc.html?id=1086974861

I said that's how it tastes.

 

[JBP]

I can't start Duchesse. It's got artificial sweeteners in it a la Lindeman's sweet lambics. Gross.

 

[drgarage1]

From the grave! Old post before I knew better. Doesn't make it taste any better.