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[Jdtirado]

Just drank some of the Petrus...not a fan at all although my wife likes it.The Rayon Vert is good, but sour beers is something that I will buy and drink cautiously.

[HVB]

Just drank some of the Petrus...not a fan at all although my wife likes it.The Rayon Vert is good, but sour beers is something that I will buy and drink cautiously.

I find there is not much middle ground with sours. People either love them or hate them. I fall in the love them category.

[Jdtirado]

I find there is not much middle ground with sours. People either love them or hate them. I fall in the love them category.

I'm in the hmmmmm I don't know yet category. I think the Pretus would go good with a Pastrami or Ruben Sandwhich, but that's it.

[ChefLamont]

Yea, sours are something you have to kind of grow into. I am still in the process but getting there. It is kind of like hoppy beers. I don't think a lot of people start out with the brutally hoppy ones. They kind of find there way there eventually.Which reminds me, Moylans Hopcicle is definitely on my top 10 and may be in my top three.

[Mindblock]

Interesting to note how this discussion has evolved somewhat into observations of palate changes over time. Think about it, how many of us actually LIKED the first beer we ever tasted, and how many of us simply "knuckled down" early on and LEARNED to like it <G>!!

[Jdtirado]

Interesting to note how this discussion has evolved somewhat into observations of palate changes over time. Think about it, how many of us actually LIKED the first beer we ever tasted, and how many of us simply "knuckled down" early on and LEARNED to like it <G>!!

Interesting point. There is something to be said about learning to like something. I've said this before, but I have never liked beer. It wasn't until about a year and a half ago that I tasted a Pilsner in Ecuador and said...tasty. Now that I'm drinking my homebrew, I can't stand coors etc. I've learned the nuances of different styles - still ongoing of course.I have wine friends who pooh pooh beer, but they don't understand, as I didn't also, the complexities of beer and the similarities to wine. They see beer drinkers as lower class compared to snobby wine drinkers. Don't get me wrong, I love my Camus but also have learned to appreciate a good beer.

[Jdtirado]

Group them by beer styles:Sours= Rayon Vert, Petrus and Duchesse de BorgogneMalty Beers= Aventinus, St Bernardus, Uerige Dopplesticke and SamichlausHoppy=Ruination and SculpinLight= KolschJust drink the Kolsch the day you do the Hoppy beers I guess.

I have to say that I'm not fond of sour beers. I tasted them with an open mind but it's a no go. This sad since I asked my beer store owner if he had Rodenbach Grand Cru and he suggested Duccesse de Borgogne, a sour beer.

[HVB]

I have to say that I'm not fond of sour beers. I tasted them with an open mind but it's a no go. This sad since I asked my beer store owner if he had Rodenbach Grand Cru and he suggested Duccesse de Borgogne, a sour beer.

More for me!

[EWW]

Get some genny cream ale - for cheap beer I love it. Otherwise ther are too many - green flash, racer 5, anchor porter, little sumpin wild, a ton of Belgians - rochefort 8 is at the top of the list, sours (St Louis peche is a favorite), black butte porter, Jefferson's reserve bourbon barrel stout, gonzo, terrapen rye (and rye squared), schlafly pale, etc the list is big

Edited by EWW, 28 June 2012 - 08:28 PM.

[cavman]

I have to say that I'm not fond of sour beers. I tasted them with an open mind but it's a no go. This sad since I asked my beer store owner if he had Rodenbach Grand Cru and he suggested Duccesse de Borgogne, a sour beer.

Duchesse is very sweet for a sour and to me is just a mess currently, but it makes a good intro as does Lindeman's Cuvee Renee. As mentioned though sours are not easy at first, but so worth it once you aquire the taste.