Gillian is crazy good. It's a blonde sour with strawberries and white pepper aged in wine barrels. I had one bottle of it last year, so, so good. Also so, so expensive at almost $30 per bomber.

The sour farmhouse ales are just not my style, man. I can't handle it.

It's not even really all THAT sour. It has a lot of fruit character.

Sours are a funny style; they took a while to stick with me. I just kind of kept plugging away and trying them when I had the chance. Now I can't get enough of them. And I've had some WEIRD ones.

It may not be really sour to others. Maybe I just have a sensitivity to it. I can't do sour much at all. As a kid, I would take the warhead candies and rinse the sour powder off of the outside just to get to the sweet part.

I love farmhouse ales, so it's kind of a double edged sword. I pretty much buy them on sight to try them, and you a lot of times I never knew whether it's gonna be sour until I pour it and take that first sniff. I've suffered through a lot of sour farmhouse ales because I didn't want to pour them out.

Is Boulevard Two Jokers the normal taste to expect from a Witbier? Or is it a bit unique? I'm asking because I really like it, and am looking to try more. I kind of wrote Witbiers off because of the last two I've tried, one was bad and the other was Dogfish Head Red & White which I know is not the typical Witbier. Any recommendations?

Quite unique, considering it has all that lactic acidity going on. It's like a Berliner Weisse mixed with an imperial wheat beer. With spices. It's unique and so so dope.

I figured it would not be the norm for Witbiers. Yea, it's super good. I'll have to pick up a couple more bottles when I'm back in Houston this month.

Also, when I saw that Reaper replied to this thread, I would have bet my life that he was coming to verbally rape me for bashing the more sour farmhouse ales.

Some friends just got back from Blackberry Farms. Got to try to Classic Saison and the Screaming Cock Dubbel.

The saison was really good.

I need to get out to Blackberry Farm sometime. One of my good friends was childhood friends with the chef & she gets to stay on the farm for a few days every year gratis. Of their beers, I've tried the Dubbel, but not the Saison.

I drank a Dark Lord (2011) last weekend. Amazing.

Clear out your PM's, please. Got something for you.

Buffalo Bayou Brewery this morning. Not bad beers for being in Texas. Really enjoyed their Gingerbread Stout.

Also finally got my hands on a Boulevard BBQ.

And Collaboration No. 4. It's their Saison with Ommegang. Looking forward to trying it.

Welp drove all the way to Lawrence for Free State Owd Mac and it was sold out in 14 minutes.