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Cascade Vlad the Imp Aler


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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
294.01/5.03.79/5.0Special10.2%78.2Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Wood aged Pale Quadruppel. Imagine a blend of Scaldis and Cantillon Pure Kriek. Forget it, there is nothing like it (yet). Vlad is shocking to your sour beer senses and taste buds, which do not understand that such a balanced delicate sour beer can be so drinkable and appeal to so many people while being extreme. But don’t forget, it will still open a can of 10.2% whoop-ass on your ass after all the pomp & circumstance of what an amazing beer it is subsides.
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 snakeoilpete (324), Seattle, Washington, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/105/519/20
May 29, 2009  
On tap at Uber. Pours cloudy, bubbly orange/copper with a nice frothy off-white head. Amazing aroma of sour fruits (apple, cherry, lemon), whiskey, honey, slightly cheesy. Tastes like it smells. Nice tart apple finish with a touch of malt.


 ¾ (4999), Colorado, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 18, 2009  
Draft pour @ Brouwer’s Sour Fest 2009. Mostly clear dark copper colored body - viscous, thick and oily appearance when swirled. Apples and candied honey in the nose with a tannic and tart pear and agave character. Candy sugar character sweetens the drink and compliments the apple cider vinegar acidity. Dense, stiff texture, full, frothy, wonderful.


 cprochak (400), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
May 18, 2009  
Draft for Sourfest 2009 at Brouwer’s for SBW. Pours a dark amber with nice head. Fruit dominates the aroma with a hint of the alcohol to come. Nince tart fruit flavor with a hint of the wood and hops. Way too fizzy for my taste, but never would’ve guessed it was 10.2%! Nice work Cascade!


 gracefullypunk (306), Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
May 17, 2009  
On tap for SBW Sour Fest; one of 16 tried. Friend ordered for its name. Pours amber with quite a few bubbles. The smell is of communion wine or a very sweet port, along with some breadiness, with a bit of tartness coming through. Tastes of vinegar, toasted sugar and sour cherry.


 AmEricanbrew (1828), bankrupt socialistwelfare state, Washington DC, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Jan 31, 2009  
Draft@ Brouwers Cafe Sea. Very clear amber with a frothy tan head. Nice sour fruit, musty wood, bourbon vanilla sweet aromas.Medium body and smooth. Good tart fruit flavor is medium sour, with moldy wood and a bourbon vanilla sweetness. Quite the treat.


 BillKismet (1938), Seattle, Washington, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/55/102/510/20
Jan 25, 2009  
Woody amber-maroon color with an airy head. Aroma full of woody sourness with a piquant, prickly, and minty quality. Smooth, almost flat mouthfeel. Sourness dominates with some woodiness and interesting spiciness. Not my thing, but perhaps worth another tasting.


 carruthm (1134), Seattle, Washington, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/516/20
Jan 24, 2009    Updated: May 16, 2009
Crisp sour with a little tart to it, but not so much as to destroy the palate. One of the few such that I could have repeatedly in a night. Big fan. Re-rated. Dark orange amber color with light lacing a medium head. Port like aroma and highly sweet with interesting wine like characteristics.


 scrizzz (1277), kirkland, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/514/20
Jan 18, 2009  
Bright gold, creamy head, lots of lacing. The aroma is sweet and tart with peach and apricot showing each side. Great wood character, dry and chewy, bitingly so. Finishes with very under ripe stonefruit.



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