Best American Made Sour?
Time to pucker up! You may have noticed the trend of more and more sours made here in the US. Whether it be an homage to Belgian lambics, or something extreme and experimental, brewers are taking notice of our love for sours and our options have never been better.
We’d like to know from you, What’s the Best American Made Sour? We don’t care if it’s a Berliner Weiss, an All-Brett Ale, or a bugged out Fruit beer, if its made in America, sour and or tart, it’s fair game. May the Best American Made Sour win! You have until June 14, 2012 5PM PST to vote. Below are the rules and tips on participation. Cheers!
- You may select from the list of nominated American Made Sours Below.
- Any beer not on the list may be “written in” by using the comment feature at the bottom of this page.
- In order for your write in to be eligible, it must be A) Brewed in the U.S. and B) Must be sour and or tart. A beer can be sour with Brett, but a Brett beer isn’t necessarily sour.
- A complaint doesn’t equal a vote.
- If a write-in starts making progress, that beer will be added to the poll as an option, and we will tally those votes to reflect it’s standing in the poll.
- Our ‘Poll System ‘tracks by IP address, so if your buddy in the cubicle next to you votes, you may not be able to cast your vote on that same network.
- You can rally up as much support as you’d like through Facebook, Twitter, Google +, MySpace, Friendster, Reddit, etc.
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Jordan
December 12, 2012 @ 9:13 am
Cascade sang noir is infinetly better that apricot. La follie is the most widely distributed, but is in no way the best. I hate you all.
Joseph
June 15, 2012 @ 2:46 pm
The Bruery Mother Foncker
Tristan F.
June 14, 2012 @ 7:22 am
Easy answer- Telegraph.
Eric
June 14, 2012 @ 7:19 am
How are Cascade The Vine and Cascade Apricot on here but not Cascade Sang Noir, which is undoubtedly their best sour beer?
Chris
June 13, 2012 @ 10:34 am
Allagash Coolship Resurgam
HopHeadSaid
June 13, 2012 @ 7:36 am
Add one for the best sour of all time … New Glarus Enigma!
Douglas Getty
June 11, 2012 @ 3:09 pm
Looks like Rivertown is trying to steal the vote like Ashland did
Diana
June 8, 2012 @ 6:57 pm
I love New Belgium Eric’s Sour Peach Ale 🙂
Tom
June 8, 2012 @ 2:18 am
Rivertown Lambic
Jeff Rath
June 7, 2012 @ 7:37 pm
Rivertown Lambic
Mike
June 7, 2012 @ 5:50 pm
Rivertown Lambic!
MatrixSnareUC
June 7, 2012 @ 5:10 pm
RIVERTOWN LAMBIC!
Danny Spears
June 7, 2012 @ 4:44 pm
Rivertown’s Lambic is by far the best. Hands down!
Allen Latta
June 7, 2012 @ 2:26 pm
Write in for Rivertown’s Lambic
Jasr
June 7, 2012 @ 12:56 pm
Rivertown Lambic!!! Rivertown Brewing Co. Cincinnati Ohio (write in)
Zeke
June 7, 2012 @ 12:48 pm
New Belgium La Folie
Mark
June 7, 2012 @ 9:03 am
Rivertown Brewing’s Lambic
Melanie
June 7, 2012 @ 7:13 am
Rivertown Lambic!!
Mike R
June 7, 2012 @ 6:28 am
Write in: Rivertown Lambic!
Eric
June 6, 2012 @ 10:27 pm
I second that “Write-In” for the Bend Brewing Ching Ching Berliner-Weisse. That is a pleasntly tasty lip-puckering delight. So many sours and tarts on that poll list are worthy, but the Ching Ching is uniquely excellent!
Leigh
June 6, 2012 @ 1:31 pm
I agree that La Roja needs to be added, also really like Cisco Monamy Kriek
Mark
June 6, 2012 @ 11:27 am
Any of the St. Dekkera sour beers from DESTIHL Brewing
HopZilla
June 6, 2012 @ 10:56 am
New Belgium Le Terrlor gets my vote every time.
mark
June 6, 2012 @ 10:10 am
I have to vote for New Belgium Kick, it is the best sour beer that has ever passed these lips!
Forrest Jackson
June 6, 2012 @ 10:07 am
While I admit my sour beer experience is lacking, my vote goes to the New Belgium/Allagash collaboration Vrienden. I loved it! More complex and balanced than La Folie in my opinion. Thoughts/insights?
DDG
June 6, 2012 @ 9:51 am
Dry hopped LE TERROIR is the most unique, interesting and best American made sour I’ve ever had.
Forrest
June 6, 2012 @ 9:50 am
I must admit my sour beer experience is lacking, but my vote goes to the New Belgium and Allagash collaboration Vrienden. I loved it! Had more complex flavor and more balance than La Folie to me
Andrew
June 6, 2012 @ 9:37 am
I have to say I am partial to my local beers and Rivertown Brewing Co in Cincinnati makes a fantastic Lambic!
Royce
June 5, 2012 @ 9:39 pm
I agree that Jolly Pumpkin La Roja should be at least nominated.
Bruery’s the Wanderer takes my vote for sure.
Matt Keys
June 5, 2012 @ 5:47 pm
I would like to be the sixth person in the comments here to say that Jolly Pumpkin La Roja deserves to be in this list. (amongst many of their other beers)
Randy
June 5, 2012 @ 5:20 pm
Rivertown Lambic
underdogadam
June 5, 2012 @ 4:21 pm
La Roja is great, once you get a year past. drank a 2011 recently, tasted thin and lacking any sour.
Bruery’s Oude Tart wins for me, since they don’t release it until it’s sour enough.
Avery makes some solid ones that belong on this list.
Scott
June 5, 2012 @ 3:28 pm
While I love La Folie, and even though I suspected it would already be at the top, I voted for Allagash Mattina Rossa (not Rosa). While I’ve had vintages of La Folie that have almost become vinegar, every time I taste Mattina Rossa, it’s as good as or better than the last. Plus, Allagash deserves it for using their koelschip to gather wild Maine yeast for their sour beers.
Matt P
June 5, 2012 @ 2:08 pm
Definetly jolly pumpkin la Roja!!!!Added to the list and tallied.JB
June 5, 2012 @ 1:49 pm
I think The Brewery’s sour in the rye is better then the 2 listed
JT Anderson
June 5, 2012 @ 1:18 pm
Jolly Pumpkin La RojaAdded to the list and tallied.Chris
June 5, 2012 @ 12:43 pm
Jolly Pumpkins La Roja is so delicious! I want some..right now!
Matt Spolar
June 5, 2012 @ 10:53 am
Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery
The Grand Wazoo
Athens, Ohio 45701
Allen
June 5, 2012 @ 10:24 am
Wakefield Brewing – Passionfruit Dragonfruit Berliner and Miami Madness. I’m sure PFDF doesn’t get a nod because of its obscurity but its the #13 overall beer on RB.
Aubrey Laurence
June 5, 2012 @ 9:53 am
I need to drink my second bottle to confirm, but Russian River’s Beatification just might be the best sour I’ve ever had. And RR Consecration is easily within my top 5 as well, along with New Glarus Rasp Tart.
Josh
June 5, 2012 @ 9:22 am
Any of Cisco’s “The Woods” series, but especially the Monomoy.
Jeff Walton
June 5, 2012 @ 8:28 am
You have to add a local Nashville beer. Yazoo Fortuitous. Best. Sour. Ever!!
Brendan
June 5, 2012 @ 8:23 am
Agree with Matthew! Jolly Pumpkin’s La Roja has the kind of complexity and balance that you pretty much never see in American-made sours. The fact that it’s not on this list makes this list a little ridiculous…
tony
June 5, 2012 @ 8:09 am
New Belguim “Clutch” Dark sour done right!
Lindsay
June 5, 2012 @ 7:49 am
Bend Brewing Co. Ching Ching. Won the Sour Gold this year!
Jeff
June 5, 2012 @ 7:39 am
I’d like to see Beatification, Duck Duck Gooze, and Isabelle Proximus on this list.
Eric
June 5, 2012 @ 7:36 am
monk’s cafe flemish sour ale.
Allison
June 5, 2012 @ 7:30 am
New Belgium’s Kick. Favorite beer of
Mat
June 4, 2012 @ 9:58 pm
New Belgium Le Terrior!
Eric
June 4, 2012 @ 10:23 am
People have Red Poppy over Cuvee de Tomme? LOLWUT
Erica
June 4, 2012 @ 10:19 am
New Belgium La Folie. Lauren Salazar is a God.
Schuyler
June 3, 2012 @ 11:55 am
I second: Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze
LaSard
June 2, 2012 @ 12:13 pm
Midnight Sun Open Container
Chris Q.
June 2, 2012 @ 9:47 am
Russian River Temptation.
Failing that, Cuvee de Castleton edges out Supplication.
Lots of Lost Abbey beers and a few New Belgium goodies in the mix, but they all split the vote.
Samantha Velarde
June 2, 2012 @ 9:36 am
Beatification?! SLOlambic?! CCK?! NBBC Peach Love?!
Dan
June 2, 2012 @ 9:39 am
Somebody’s been hanging out on BA too long, imho,asap and fyi.
michael
June 2, 2012 @ 9:32 am
cuvee de castleton!
mrkantz
May 31, 2012 @ 9:15 am
Cable Car Kriek
Timothy Augustin
May 30, 2012 @ 9:47 pm
I wish New Belgium made Le Terroir this year…. I would like to see what Snarling Badger from Grand Teton evolves into in a year or so. I do not think it would win but I think Bell’s Oarsman deserves to be on the list, especially since Berliner Weiss was mentioned at the beginning of this article. I also think Green Flash Rayon Vert, Boulevard Saison Brett and Odell Shenanigans and Saboteur deserve mentions.
CainR
May 30, 2012 @ 9:41 pm
Cable car both vintage and Kriek lost abbey!
Jake
May 30, 2012 @ 6:50 pm
Jester king wunderkind Sour saison
Steve McD
May 30, 2012 @ 3:27 pm
New Glarus Raspberry Tart
Upland Gilgamesh
Bill
May 30, 2012 @ 1:34 pm
Shorts soft parade
Randall
May 30, 2012 @ 12:21 pm
Crooked Stave Blackberry Petite SourAdded to the list and tallied.afrokaze
May 30, 2012 @ 11:36 am
+1 for Beatification!Added to list and tallied.Tyler
May 30, 2012 @ 9:18 am
New Belgium- La Terrior
Sage
May 30, 2012 @ 8:52 am
RR Beatification!Added to list and tallied.Ian
May 30, 2012 @ 8:46 am
Russian River BeatificationAdded to list, and tallied.tomG
May 30, 2012 @ 8:41 am
Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze
Chris
May 30, 2012 @ 8:38 am
Write in vote for “Smuttynose Bret & I”
Betz
May 30, 2012 @ 8:35 am
Marin BrewCo Cuvée Rogé
Joe
May 30, 2012 @ 8:10 am
Bruery Tart of Darkness
Kevin
May 30, 2012 @ 8:01 am
New Belgium Erik’s Ale. One of their Lips of Faith series.
Matthew
May 30, 2012 @ 7:55 am
Instantly regret my comment, just read the directions. It’s a buffoon’s paradise out here. My apologies.
Matthew
May 30, 2012 @ 7:54 am
No La Roja? I’ve tried a bunch of these on the list (most are very good), but they’re a distant second to JP’s La Roja.