It’s almost summer time and I’m looking for orange-flavored or orange-hinted brews. There was one I drank last summer, but they no longer serve it in my area.
Shock-top?
Buffalo Bill’s makes a pretty good orange blossom beer that is widely distributed.
I guess I will try it. I heard it tasted sour, and have been hesitant about trying it.
That was the one I was talking about, they no longer sell here. 
Try Bell’s Oberon if you can get it. It’s a wheat beer, only available in summer, with just a hint of citrus.
No idea where you are or if you can get this in your area, but Mill St. in Toronto makes a beer called Belgian Wit, it’s one of my favourites. It’s an orange-flavoured unfiltered white beer.
Hoegaarden (an unfiltered Belgian white beer made with orange peel, among other flavors) is always good, and is certainly light-years better than Shock-Top, which was created by Anheuser Busch specifically as a knockoff of Hoegaarden…
(I am not an A-B hater, either. I can and will enjoy a Budweiser on occasion, but Shock Top is simply a 2nd class, naked imitation of Hoegaarden, and at least around here, costs almost the same price, so there is no reason to go for the pretender)
Is there a beer that doesn’t?
Really, I’ve been trying to like beer for the last couple years or so, and Shock Top was the first one I could tolerate more than a few sips of. I’ve heard varying opinions on its quality, but I think the one thing you could definitely say is that it’s inoffensive.
Buckbean brewery out of Reno, NV has a really good orange blossom water beer. I’m up there often, but I don’t see it elsewhere much.
Pyramid makes an Apricot Ale that’s good on a hot day.
ETA: I know the OP asked about orange, but it’s close enough!
Doen’t what? Taste sour? Most beers should not taste sour. Main exceptions being beers innoculated with wild yeasts (like lambics, Berliner weisses, and sour ales.) Bitter? Yes. Sour? No.
As to the OP, the Belgian white ales (witbier) are traditionally flavored with coriander seed & Curacao orange peels, so something of that style may be up your alley. Being wheat beers, they do have a flavor different than your standard lagers and ales, but you should give it a shot if you haven’t already. Hoegaarden is a good starting point. There is a very light sourness to them, as there is the presence of lactic acid in many beers of this style.
If you want orange hinted beers, I’d stick to wheat beers as they tend to lean “fruity”. I don’t remember Hoegaarden being all that orangey, but it’s been a looong time since I’ve had it. I personally stay away from the fruityer wheat beers, but Bells Oberon is a good suggestion. Another one would be Goose Island 312.
What’s your location? Beer tends to very pretty wildly based on where you live.
FYI Hoegaarden is actually owned by Anheuser-Busch.
Similarly the other commonly found unfiltered Belgian white beer, Blue Moon, is made by Coors
I probably have been confusing/conflating those two.
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It looks like Shocktop is Anheuser-Busch’s American take on the Belgian witbier style. Blue Moon is another American macrobrewery version of this style. I have no idea what Shocktop tastes like, but Blue Moon is a pale imitation of what this style should taste like. That said, I don’t know your tastes, and you might actually prefer the more neutral version, so give them a shot and see what you like.
ETA: Yes, A-B owns Hoegaarden now, but it’s basically what you would expect the brewers of Budweiser to come up with if you asked them for their take on Hoegaarden. I’m not making any value judgment here, but it’s basically witbier formulated for mass market tastes. Depending on your tastes, you may like it more or less than the progenitor of the style.
Do you mean that the company that bought A-B (Inbev) also now owns Hoegaarden?
That is quite different from what you stated…
Shock Top with a big squeezed slice of orange in it. The best brunch beer ever! Love it!
I’m guessing (as you said) based on what Bosstone said about trying to like beer for so long, he’s confusing sour with bitter. It took me a looooong time to like beer.
Bosstone, I’m not sure what kind of beer your trying in your quest, but for me the problem was trying things like Coors Light or Miller Light. I don’t like _____ flavored water. In this case it was beer flavored water. I know that sounds like a joke, but this is when I figured out why I never liked things like Vitamin Water or Orange Drink. I don’t like flavored water.
All through college, with all the light beer I ever could have wanted, I never touched it, a couple of sips (literally) and that was it. It wasn’t until I was about 25 that I decided that I wanted to like beer. Someone gave me a Blue Moon and I managed to drink about half of it. From there I started trying things like Guinness, Spaten Optimator, Becks Oktoberfest and basically lots of full flavored beers. That’s what it took.
If you don’t like how bitter (sour) beers are, look for some darker beers to try. Some stouts, browns, dopplebocks, Cream Ales etc. Also, some nice craft beers will rely more on full flavor then just hops to win you over.
If you want, I’d suggest you A)Start a thread about it and B)Find a beer store that sells beer by the bottle and has an owner that can help you learn to like beer, that’s what I did.
Lost Coast Brewery does a nice Tangerine Wheat. It may not be available outside of the NorCal/Southern Oregon area, though.
Joey, I appreciate the advice. I’m actually fairly comfortable with wheats these days, although I haven’t made a lot of attempts at darker beers. I have never touched anything that includes the words Miller, Coors, or Bud, with the exception of trying Blue Moon once; I usually either get on-tap microbrews or bottled micros/imports.
I’ll avoid hijacking the thread further, though.