The Beer Thread • Page 214

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There are a lot of options similar to that, if you like Berliners/goses. But if you're asking for wild ales because you're looking for something with a little more character to it, there are not going to really be any widely distributed options. Russian River -tions or some coolship stuff from Allagash if they distro that would be your best bet.

If you're just looking for good sour options in general that may be a bit more one dimensional but still very good beers, Anderson Valley and Westbrook goses are great.

That's to go buy at a store though. Depending on where you live, you may have some great local options that you can go get at a brewery.

 

Specifically wild ales, yeah. Sours have become pretty common round here but I only ever see American Wild Ales in draft and in limited rotation.

Thanks tho, I’ll see if I can find anything by Anderson Valley. I’m in SoCal, if that makes a difference

 

Bruery and Phantom Carriage would be your best local options. I think Smog City puts some out as well. Another local would be better to answer this than me though. cc @irthesteve

 

@Dog with a Blog, @Oddpac87 is completely right with what he listed. Bruery Terreux, Smog City, Phantom Carriage are all good options. Monkish still makes a few good ones, ummmm how far south are you in SoCal? San Diego area is a whole other ballgame

 

I’m in Long Beach but I have family in both El Segundo and San Diego so I’m there somewhat frequently

 

Beachwood Blendery is a MUST for you, in Long Beach. And then the Ballast Point location has more options than just Sour Wench, varying degrees of success haha. The physical brewery there is really nice though

 

I’ve been there! Super good. There’s also this place right around the corner called Beachwood Brewery which is where I had my first solid American Wild Ale

 

Blendery and Brewery are technically the same place one is just the sours and wilds while the other is more standard styles and BBQ

 

I used to live in San Diego and there should be quite a few bottled options for American Wild Ales at the good bottle shops. Two good shops in the SD area are the Bottlecraft chain and Bine and Vine, but I’m sure you could find similarly good shops in the Long Beach area. A good bottle shop will have more than just the local wild ale options. There’s also the possibility of buying bottles directly from local breweries. Like others have said, Bruery Terreaux, Beachwood Blendery, Smog City, and Phantom Carriage are all good breweries somewhat near you. Modern Times also has an LA location. For SD breweries with wild ales, I really like Council. There’s also Societe, Mikkeller SD, Modern Times, etc.

You could probably pick up quite a selection of bottled wild ales if money isn’t an issue

 

Girlfriend and I stayed just outside Charlotte to break up this long drive. Went to my first total wine ever and spent another $150 on beer. $300 on beer in two days so that should scratch that itch.

 

I live 3 minutes from a Total Wine. It's not easy.

 

I’m very curious to see what you got haha

 

Founders Rubeaus is one of my fav sours

 

I can second this, it's one of the best sours which is somewhat easily found

 

I’ll try to do an inventory tomorrow.

 

The beer my girlfriend and I purchased in South and North Carolina.

Brewery -- Beer Name -- Style (everything is single bottles unless specifically noted)

The Duck Rabbit — Milk Stout — Milk Stout
DuClaw — Sweet Baby Jesus — Peanut Butter Porter
Red Clay Ciderworks — Cherry Bobbin Trolls — Cherry Apple Cider
Modern Times — Black House — Coffee Stout
Modern Times — Blazing World — Hoppy Amber
Carrabus Brewing Co. — VCB — Vanilla Coffee Blonde
Seattle Cider Co. — Tangerine Tumeric — Hard Cider
Sixpoint — Bengali — IPA
Sixpoint — Resin — IPA
Sycamore — Southern Girl — Blonde Ale
Double Barley Brewing — Breakfast Stout — imperial stout
Allagash — Black — Belgian style stout
Allagash — Curieux — Golden Ale in Bourbon Barrels (6/28/18 bottling)
Allagash — White — Belgian wheat
Allagash — Ganache — Dark Ale with Brett and raspberries
Allagash — Belfius — spontaneous Saison
Birdsong Brewing co. — Black Bird — kettle sour with black tea
Narragansett — Lager — Lager
Flying Fish — Exit Four — American Trippel
D9 — Systema Nature — Wild sour with raisins and spikenard
Bells — Whiskey Barrel Cherry Stout — WBA cherry stout
Decadent — Double Toasted Marshmallow — DIPA with a bunch of stuff
Evil Twin — Egg Nog IPA — IPA
Prairie Artisan Ales — Christmas Bomb — Imperial Stout
Wicked Weed — Milk and Cookies — Milk Stout
Wicked Weed — Recurrant — Sour with black currants
Wicked Weed — Sandiaca — gin barrel aged sour with watermelon and basil
Funky Buddha — Key Lime Pie — tart ale (four pack)
Funky Buddha — Floridian — Hefeweizen
Westbrook — Gose — Gose (six pack)
Westbrook — Key Like Gose — Gose (four pack)
Westbrook — Lemon Cucumber Gose — Gose (four pack)
Captain Lawrence — Sour Cherry — Foeder aged cherry sour
Seminar Brewing — Pixels — NEIPA (Crowler)
Hi-Wire Brewing — Flanders Red Ale — sour red ale
Maine Beer Co. — MO — pale ale
Maine Beer Co. — A Tiny Beautiful Something — pale ale
Rogue — Hazeltutely Choctabulous — dessert stout
Yuengling — Lager — five bottles left from a twelve pack, plus one blue moon that we took from my girlfriend's parents house because we thought he couldn't have gluten (now he's been cleared for gluten).

 

In Germany and the beer has been very mediocre, then I have a Black IPA that I love and I find out it's Swedish. I think German beer is just very meh.

 

I had my first experience last weekend and I live five minutes from one, I should have never gone. It’s gonna be dangerous.

 

Modern Times is very popular where I reside

 

I was very let down by total wine in terms of bottle/can dates. Wanted to grab the firestone walker beers there but they were all from last winter. How is easy jack from February still on the shelf?

 

Honestly Easy Jack, and Pale 31 are our lowest selling Firestone brands we distribute.

 

I am so jealous haha

 

I love that Lager is like a specialty beer in other parts of the country

 

Haha, come to lansing, I plan on sharing a good chunk of these.

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