{"id":2101,"date":"2017-07-17T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T00:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2017-07-10T11:25:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T18:25:13","slug":"beyond-bottle-first-sour-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/beyond-bottle-first-sour-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Bottle: What Was Your First Sour Beer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Sour beers can be a shock to the system for newer beer drinkers. So much so that it\u2019s hard to forget your first. Couldn\u2019t tell you my first IPA, first stout\u2014even my first smoked beer (I\u2019m pretty sure it was a Schlenkerla, tho). Sieve memory. But I do remember my first sour beer.<\/p>\n

It was a 750mL bottle of Cantillon\u2019s Lou Pepe Kriek. I\u2019d snagged it from a nearby institution of alcohol known as Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits, in DC. It was where you\u2019d go, especially a dozen years ago, for the weird stuff: cold-shipped Finnish Sahti (thumbs up), ice cider from Quebec (thumbs up), and pale lagers from places you\u2019d never heard of (wiggly thumb). The damn thing cost like $25, which was ludicrous. It smelled like vinegar. My wife (now entirely fond of sour beers) was like, You\u2019re on your own. It was awful and I drank the whole thing.<\/p>\n

Revisiting that beer three years later (in 2008): One of the best things I\u2019d ever tasted.<\/p>\n

Dear Readers:<\/strong> What was your<\/em> very first sour beer? (Ideally not said Lou Pepe.) Was it great? Was it harrowing? Have you revisited it since? Hit us up on Twitter: Rare Beer Club\u2019s exactly that (@RareBeerClub), as am I (@kenweaver).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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