Russian River Compunction

I had on DLD and i love sours and this was awesome it poured a yellow and had a fuzzy look with a bittersweet ending with a lot of citrus and other fruity flavors and tart overall a good beer.CHEERS!!

sampled at DLD. pours hazy orange with white head. aroma is sour funky pluots! flavor is nicely tart, acidic, and sour pluots! wow this is extremely drinkable and refreshingly tart sour. awesome stuff i hope they bottle this soon (and actually release it).

Nope! Sorry. Not a fan of this guy. I have tasted pluots in life, and they don’t taste like mustard, as this one does. Granted I am not Captain Sour Ale, but I am Captain Knows What A Pluot Tastes Like.

growler shared by carlos at the port 2nd anniversary...thanks so much great nose with a funky edge that hints at pluots.....a little citrusy even.... the taste is much of the same...with the funky edge taking over and making it oooohhh soo good.....thank you sooo sooo much carlos!

Draft at DLD. Pours blonde/orange little to light lacing around the plastic cup, ha. A good blend of fruit that was slighly tart, plums and peach maybe. Semi dry in the finish, with no dectable etoh. A solid beer.

On tap at DLD, the real stuff. Slight hazy light amber with fizzy, small white head. Aroma is sour apricot, other tart fruit and orange. Flavor is big sour tart, earthiness, grapefruit, lemon and apricot. Medium body with big pucker. This is about the best American example of a geuze tasting beer that I have ever had. This is close to a 4.5 for me.

on tap at DLD. Poured crimson in color with some clarity. Smell was fruity but light, and similar to plums and slightly underripe, tart red fruit. Taste was very mild, and dry musty fruit, and was slightly creamy, yet very bubbly and fizzy in the mouth. Not really much tartness or funk going on here, but very dry. Interesting, but not a favorite of mine from Russian River.

Many thanks go to <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?UserID=25902>JoMama for making sure that I didn’t miss this one.
It poured a slightly hazed golden body with a dinkus head, mainly bubbles. The aroma was funky and tart, had a healthy dose of pluots (Yeah - like that’s a real word!) and young crabapples, and a soft citrus sweetness. It had a face puckering mouthfeel and caused much salivation, but the actual flavor relected the sensations from the nose fairly truly. Nice sour/tart/fruity finish. When is RR coming to the Chicago area?

<font size=-4><a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/events-detail.asp?eventID=6824>Dark Lord Day 2008 at Three Floyds, Munster, IN, 4/26/2008.<font size=-1>