Cascade The Vine

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

Bottle. Wow i loved this one! Pours a hazy golden apple juice body with a white head. Prickly green fresh earth y tones, fresh grapes and vinous notes. Soft with a lush pulp of grape with a light oak and sourness. Incredible...i thought so at least.

Re-rate, bottle via trade with Ron, Cascade’s head brewer. Shared at J&J Tasting. Pours orange with a tan ring. Nose is sweet funky, and rich with a sour grapey vinious quality. Taste is very grapey, tart, and funky, this is a damn excellent brew, really outstanding. Bottle at the Brewery during an exclusive pre HotD Dock Sale release. After discussing what we drank that day with some of the other ratebeerians who were there they seem to think this is what we had that day. It was really very interesting, a beer that had a lot of funk but also a great grapey wine like quality. The only beer that comes close as Travlr says is vigneronne, but this seemed different too me. Cascade is really excelling at making sour brews and this came out excellent.

Sampled some of this recently. Colour... cloudy with a peach/kumquat coloured appearance. Nose... somewhat spicy (like pie spice and white pepper), white grape skins and pips. Palate... puckeringly tart, little bit of white distilled vinegar, some wood, spice, Niagra(?) grapes, mildly sweet and a looooooong, dry finish. Yet another exquisite piece of zymugistic work from Gansberg and Bain!

Smells like big foot’s dick. Deep and natural, sour grape undertones and a juicy yet dry palate.

750ml corked and caged bottle straight from Ron. Pours a deep dark golden that has orange and brown tints to it. Beautiful big dense off white head that settles down, but doesn’t disappear. Wonderful tart lacto nose that has hints of wood and white wine grapes. Some pink peppercorn and maybe sweet juniper hints as well. Carbonation is nice and tight right up front. Taste is tart right away...slight lacto with more on the wine characteristics. Moves into some subtle sweetness and then finishes with faint wood earthy notes and on the dry side. Such a unique masterpiece by Ron and Curtis...these guys really know what they are doing!

Special thanks to LaRoja for sharing. Awesome brew. Pours a golden hue with a white head. Aroma of grapes, lacto and sweet tarts candy. Flavor is light and refreshing, but plentiful. Grapes, a little oak and a good sourness. Easy drinking and not too acidic without being weak. This is very good.

Bottle thanks to Reuben again for bringing these great beers back from Oregon. Golden pour with small white head. Aroma is fruity yet funky. Citrus, slight sweetness and not overpowering sour flavors come together very well. My favorite Cascade sour yet.

Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours hazy woody amber with 3-fingers of fluffy off-white head. Strong vinous aroma. Aspects of sour. Medium body and frothy carbonation. Flavor is grapey, whiteish grapey, sour. Very nice, subtle sour. Goes very well with Mt Tam cheese. Finishes deliciously and smoothly sour. It’s very nice stuff.