Cascade Gold Yeller

Brewed by Cascade Brewing @ Raccoon Lodge
Style: Sour Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

draft @ Uber - vibrant yellow with slight haze; musky aromas of wood, lemons, sour tartness; white wine and grapes; the sweetness kind of trumps the fruitiness IMO; tartness is mild with texture is quite light for 8%; fruity with nice oakiness coming out; sweet and yummy; would love to try with some age on it

4 oz. taster at the Seattle IBF. Pours a clear golden yellow with a thin white head. Aroma has alot of barnyard must, lots of barrel and tart. Flavor is light, sweet and refreshing. Same characteristics as the aroma. Some under ripe fruits. Medium bodied with spritzy carbonation.

Draft@ Uber Tav May 2009. Hazy light amber with a fleeting head. Tart citrusy lemon and wine barrel aromas. Prickly stinging mouthfeel. Well soured lemon and wine barrel flavors, with lightly sweet vanilla and mild heat to finish. Booze and sour; not my favorite combo but this one came through ok.

On tap at Uber’s Cascade Night (and Brouwer’s Sour Fest). Pours cloudy golden amber with a nice white head. Nose is a standard funky sour, but taste is drastically different- fruit, honey, caramel malt. Finishes with a lingering tartness. Interesting and delicious.

Draft at Uber. Crystal clear light gold with creamy bits of swirling froth. Tart, lightly lemony notes on the nose, combined with some crisp piney hop. Light body, well-placed soft carb. Not watery, but definitely not a heavy beer by any stretch--this is the summer session sour that, 8% aside, it was sketched out to be. Light tartness with a little bit of oaky funk and vanilla sweetness, combined with some crisp PNW hop near the end. Interesting, refreshing combination.

Draft pour @ Brouwer’s Sour Fest 2009. Murky copper colored body, small to medium white head with lasting ring of medium-sized white bubbles. Prickly up front with a syrupy and oily texture and flavor of corn syrup (ugh!). Turns moderately sweet across the middle with notes of white wine and candy corn. Body is medium thick but texture remains oily/syrupy throughout, and while the the acidity is prickly and lively, together with the corn/slightly fusel notes it just doesn’t come together into anything I would consider good.

Consumed at Uber Tavern sitting at the "exclusive" party table. Some really cool dudes were in attendance including after4ever, homebrewcolin, BRUUUCE!, bvc, suzygreenberg, and some guy that didn’t like my motivational sweatshirt. If I ever see you again your are done! We were also sitting with Ron and Preston - those guys are really cool. My girlfriend wasn’t there. Orange golden pour, thin head, nice lace. Amazing aroma of acidic tartness, light barrel notes, and soft underlying fruitiness. Lightly tart flavors, somewhat fruity, quenching tart finish. Lightly acidic, soft sour lemon notes. Light wine barrel oak notes mixed in too. Nice bubblly carb adds to the quenching nature of this beer. This to me could be consumed all day to the point of it becoming problematic. An unbelievably awesome "session" sour at 8%. Ron’s beers just keep getting better. I loved it!

On tap for SBW Sour Fest; one of 16 tried. Pours an orangey peach with a white head and plenty of lacing. Aroma tart, brown sugar, vinegar. Fairly smooth palate. Perfect sour taste with apple flavors. Quite enjoyable.