Russian River Damnation Batch 23/46 (Oak Aged)

Brewed by Russian River Brewing
Style: Abbey Tripel
Santa Rosa, California USA

750 ml bottle - huge thanks to annapolisbeer for this trade; pours a cloudy orange with foamy white head; beautiful haze throughout; nose is very sweet at first and a lovely mix of oak, musky malts and citrus fruits; texture is to die for as is flows down deep and smooth as can be; just amazing delicious on every level and i could easily drink this to my heart’s content; thanks again kevin!!

Update 9/16/09 - had an aged bottle of the original batch 23; ugh = don’t age!! became a syrupy, sweet mess and a shell of its former self

thank you irishboy! a nice balanced oaky aroma mixed with the estery aromas that I love......great mouthfeel...though I would like a bit more carbonation.....good allaround beer...wish it was made instead of the normal damnnation!

I got a few generous hits of this whilst in line at DLD from the lovely <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?UserID=1 Thanks, my friend.
It poured a slightly hazed golden body with a slender fizzy head. The aroma was yeasty, sweet pale malts, tart citrus fruit, mayhaps some pear, and a suggestion of oak. Creamy. It seems like a touch of funk and a bit of vanilla entered into the flavor, blending smoothly with sensations gathered from the nose. Very nice indeed.

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25 oz bottle, shared by acrdz. Pours a hazy gold body with a fizzy white head that retained very well. Nice yeasty nose with airy doughy malt. Flavor is pale doughy malt with a little bretty funkiness and a little oak, citrus fruit, and spiciness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with fizzy prickly carbonation, on the drier side. Overall, a slight improvement over the regular Damnation, a touch more complexity and depth.

750, corked and baled. Thanks, SuzyGreenberg! Crystal clear orangey light amber. Light gray fizz. Big orangey creamy nose. Rich medium fizzy body. Orangey, creamy, biscuity mid-palate. Very soft mineral tang. Just indescribably lovely in every way.

Bottle. An amped up Damnation with all the yeastiness of the regualr damnation and in addition a way stronger alcohol component and of course the oak. Keeps mellowing

Thanks to Mike for this. Clear gold body. Sweet honey aroma. Intensely sweet honey, apple, caramel flavor. Syrupy body.

Many thanks to Eclectic for this bottle. Pours out a slightly cloudy/ slightly clear orangy/amber color. Aroma is of oak, vanilla and some fruity notes, mainly sweet apple. Taste is complex, a fruity sweetness starts off and fades into a nice vanilla, oak flavor. Some Candi sugar going on in there and some other sweet fruit notes. Slight earthy oak flavor on the finish with a very slight alcoholic note. Other than the finish the alcohol is very well hidden, making this a very smooth beer.