Russian River Consecration

Brewed by Russian River Brewing
Style: Sour Ale
Santa Rosa, California USA

Bottle, thank too Jon. Poured a muddy, brown-auburn with not much off white head. A really delicious aroma; cookie dough, caramel, fruit, sour cherry, wood with a faint touch of vinegar. Flavor wasn’t quite as good, but still ver nice. Very fruity, woody, cherry, caramel, with a bit of dough and a touch of vinegar.

Rating # 250. Bottle. Batch 001X3. Cloudy red/brown body, with a medium off-white head. Aroma is sourish, berries, strawberry and balsamic. Flavor is also sourish, berries, blackcurrant and oak.. Alcohol is vell hidden.

Draft: dark red, no head, sour cherry tart aroma and taste, some hints of the oak, makes you pucker up a bit, quite smooth, really an excellent beer. Glad I got to try it.

1/2 growler from Bottleworks. Really have to coax the head out of this one. Thin ring of bubbles, no lacing. Golden red body, placid. Aromas of finished oak wine barrels and stone fruits. Flavors of strawberry, cherry, balsamic, hoppy sourness, and hints of cognac. Smooth mouthfeel with a real pucker at the end. A nearly perfect sour red ale from RR.

Pours a nice dark ruby color with a light tan head a more corbnation than I expected. Nose is complex with oak, sweet currants, sour cherries and other slightly funky phenols are prevalent. The first sip is strong with sour flavors a hint of vinegar and alcohol but the oakiness overwhelms every thing but the sour. I well balanced beer and probably the best American sour.

Pitcher pour at 2009 GABF. Pours a thin head over an amber (SRM 15) clear body....nose is barnyard, urine, sour fruits.....taste is sour, balsamic vinegar, fruity, with cherry, raisin, ending with a vinous tang....mouth feel is light, carbonation low. This is a lovely example of its type, and the wonderful results being created. Tasting of 9/26/09.

Pours a wonderful looking red brownish color. Aroma is filled with fruity currants, cherries, balsamic and tons of funk and oak. Flavor is very sour with notes of the currants, wet oak, sweaty horse and dark chocolate. Very red wine like in flavor, awesome body and finishes very dry.

As far as Russian River beers go, this is definitely not my favorite. IMO, they make better beers. Batch 001X1. Thanks Jason. The beer pours to a dark ruby brown body with a tall foamy light tan head. The aroma is tart cherry and raspberry and rhubarb. Almost a light lychee fruit. Kind of Rodenbach Grand Cru like aroma (but better). The flavor is kind of has a deep chocolate and cabernet wine thing. Tart and only slightly sour flavor. Deep currants on the finish. The palate is sour and dry.