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Russian River Beatification (Batch 002)

Russian River Beatification (Batch 002)

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A Sour Ale brewed by
Russian River Brewing

Santa Rosa, California USA

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Although we enjoyed aging Batch #1 in used La Folie barrels from New Belgium Brewery, one of which was the renowned PH1 barrel, Batch #2 is something completely different. After a trip to Belgium in 2006, Vinnie successfully tried his hand at spontaneous fermentation using traditional, and not so traditional, Lambic methods. Out of respect for our Belgian brewing friends, we call this style “Sonambic”, a portmanteau between Sonoma and Lambic.

We stole this term from our friend Brian Hunt at Moonlight, our local farmhouse brewery. In 2007, we executed a second spontaneous fermentation, making yet another batch of Sonambic. This year, we blended those two batches to create our second bottling of Beatification which we are very excited about! Batch #2 has a big grapefruit aroma and grapefruit rind flavor with funky Brettanomyces and a tart finish.


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 golubj (967), Redwood City, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20

Jul 6, 2008  
Bottle and on draft at the brewpub. Very yellow pour, hints of orange. Bottle has more leathery aroma, but both are quite lemony and sour (less funk on draft). The flavor is very refreshing and sour, stronger flavor in the bottled version. This was the beer of the day for me.

 Mette (105), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/516/20
Aug 29, 2008  
Her har vi en Sune ting, smagt til klubaften. Uklar gul og intet skum. Madsser af eddike, sure stikkelsbær og citrus i duft og smag. Der er også noget sært tis og oste duft. Stiker godt i næsen.


 maniac (1963), Richmond, Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/59/104/517/20
Aug 29, 2008  
Bottle at Toronado during the RBSG Pub Crawl Tour on 08/01/2008. Cloudy golden body with a small white head. Big sour fruit aroma. Huge sour flavor with light fruit. Light body with moderately high carbonation.


 sleepylopes (281), New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 21, 2008  
tap, tartness and carbonation dominate this brew. the big bret flavors are well ballanced with a good amount of citrus and pith.


 jcwattsrugger (3862), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 20, 2008  
@Richmond/Williamsburg Gathering-12.7 oz bottle-pours a white ring and gold color. Aroma is sour grain, wet wood/barnyard, tart lemon, dry, bretomyces-funk. Taste is nonstop sour, grain, wet wood/barnyard, tart lemon, dry, brettanomyces-funk. Tart and sour doesn’t stop. Great beer to the style. Occasional. Thanks Chris for sharing.


 hophead75 (1661), Boonton, New Jersey, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Aug 17, 2008  
Bottle via trade with Emacgee. Hazy golden in color with a small off white head that recedes but retains well. Aroma: really funky and sour with grapefruit, lemon rind, oak, barnyard, pepper, white wine grapes- really complex. Taste is definitely not a let down from the aroma- sour apple, as well as moderate funk, tart grapefruit, lemon rind, pepper, oak, with only the slightest hints at malt sweetness. Finishes with tart fruit and some moderate acetic sourness. A huge thank you to Ethan for this one....




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