# Sour and Funky Beer Event **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [April 28, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sour-and-funky-beer-event/656914 "2013-04-28T16:15:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sour-and-funky-beer-event/656914/1 "2013-04-28T16:15:04Z")
[A local beeratorium](http://www.houseof1000beers.com/), as part of Pittsburgh’s Craft Beer Week had a sour/funky beer tasting event yesterday. Man, it was awesome! Any love here for the sours? For $50 you could drink all you wanted from 1 to 4 pm. Catered food was included, as well. Of course, a souvenir glass was yours to keep. The beer offerings included 36 bottled beers. A few notables were **The Bruery’s Rueuze** (an Americanized Gueuze/barrel aged sour blonde ale), **Rodenbach Vintage 2010 Barrel 144** (a single-foeder Flanders red ale), **Russian River’s Consecration** (yumm! A dark ale aged in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels with currants), **Lindemans Faro** (blended lambic sweetened with candy sugar. Sounds strange, but I like it), and many more. There were also six beers on draft. I had **Draai Laag Goedenacht** (farmhouse ale with apples, honey, and _brettanomyces_), **Bavik Petrus Aged Red** (a blend of Petrus Oud Bruin & Aged Pale with cherries), **Bullfrog Pomme Par Jour** (farmhouse ale with brettanomyces, steeped on apple pomace), and **Van Honsebrouck St Louis Framboise** (sweetened lambic with raspberries). What a great afternoon! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sour-and-funky-beer-event/656914/2 "2013-04-28T16:36:07Z")
Yep, been a big fan of sours and am happy to see them get more widely available as beer drinkers palates get a handle on the flavors. On the other hand, they seem to have gotten more expensive, too. I used to get a big bottle of Hanssens Oude Gueuze for $11.99, but now it’s like $17.99. Now, all beer prices seem to have risen substantially over the last 5 years, but that one seems especially high, and I wonder whether its due to the increased interest in the style. As much as I love hops, I’m happy to see tastes expanding and more examples of lesser known styles enter the market. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sour-and-funky-beer-event/656914/3 "2013-04-28T19:16:33Z")
I love lambics. I still treasure the comment on a judging form I once got, for my “Only the Strong Survive” framboise. He said it tasted like a raspberry razor blade on his tongue. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sour-and-funky-beer-event/656914/4 "2013-04-28T21:25:34Z")
Any kriek lambics? Tried one of those once in the Netherlands and am still thinking about it. Don’t know that I liked it, mind you, but I still think about it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sour-and-funky-beer-event/656914/5 "2013-04-28T22:30:12Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Hanssens Oude Gueuze for $11.99, but now it’s like $17.99. > [@Kimstu](#): > > Any kriek lambics? Tried one of those once in the Netherlands and am still thinking about it. Don’t know that I liked it, mind you, but I still think about it. Had **Hanssens Artisanaal Oude Kriek**!!! Now I wish I’d taken more notes. Many people had notebooks. Most referred to their phone beer apps. I just ticked off what I tried. Sadly, one of my favorite sours is **Bockor Cuvée des Jacobins Rouge**. A very nice Flanders red ale, but it is $20 for a small bottle. > [@silenus](#): > > I love lambics. I still treasure the comment on a judging form I once got, for my “Only the Strong Survive” framboise. He said it tasted like a raspberry razor blade on his tongue. 😃 I so hear you.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sour-and-funky-beer-event/656914/6 "2013-04-30T21:03:21Z")
I love lambics, but am unfortunately too knocked up to drink at the moment. There’s a pub in town that has a good assortment, but I enjoy Lindeman’s La Pecheress both for the taste and for the pun. I think I’ve had the Faro, too, and liked it a lot. My husband can’t stand any of them, though. Edit to add- yes, the pub in question has Lindeman’s Faro and Kriek on tap. Lovely place. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sour-and-funky-beer-event/656914/7 "2013-04-30T23:41:03Z")
I, too, love reds, lambics, oud bruins, geuezen, etc. Big bonus that you can keep bottles in the fridge and few other people will ever touch it. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sour-and-funky-beer-event/656914/8 "2013-05-01T22:55:25Z")
Me and my father had a trip to belgium a couple of years ago. I’ve never come home with such a sour stomach in my life… It was wonderful. I had over eighty different kinds of beer in three days!