Russian River Depuration

Formerly brewed at Russian River Brewing
Style: Sour Ale
Santa Rosa, California USA

Light gold/yellow color, with a quickly diminishing head. Tremendous depth and concentration in the flavor, with brilliant balance. Really jaw dropping flavor balance, with the oak and bacteria coming together so well. The fruit is light however, hardly discernible at all for me and the finish could be a little longer...but these are minor objections. I’m pretty disappointed with the nose however, just not as expressive as I’d like. Still though, brilliant beer and a terrific sour ale.

This one pours out a nice golden color with a white head that had very fizzy carbonation and reminded me of champange. Aroma was a tart grape flavor, brett, and light oak. The beer tasted amazing lightly sour with the wine grapes comming out nicely, oak and musty finish yet still finishes light enough to be a very refreshing brew. Awesome stuff.

Bottle provided by Schroppy. Light haze, pale body with small, white head, fading. The aroma is horseblanket, pineapple, hay, honey, bread and light smoky brett. The flavor is vinous, tart, fairly dry, lemon and dusty. Medium/light body is slightly thin and watery. Nice, but a bit lacking in complexities one would expect.

375mL bottle. Hazy yellow/orange with a big, fizzy head. Aroma of lemons, brett, oak, grapes and yeast. Funky sour and tangy; lemon, bretty and dusty taste. Medium body. Vinous texture. Lively carbonation. Excellent.

on tap at the Toronado RR -tion night. hazy golden yellow color, no head. aroma is tart apple and white grape, light funk and brett. flavor is dry up front and lighter tart, also light and slick like a dryish oaky chardonnay.

Pours a hazy orange bronze with a spotty-lacing white head. Aroma of complex lightly sweet pale Belgian malt with very complex oaky white grapey fruity notes and a hint of tartness and funk. Body starts slightly sweet and bready with a good, fruity grape balance with nice fresh oaky complexity. A very enjoyable and unique brew that almost tastes like a chardonnay.

Pours a hazy yellow/orange color with a slight white head. Aroma is sour fruit, woody, Flavor is dry fruit, sour wood notes.

Poured a lightly hazed golden color with a thin off-white head. The aroma is woody wit nice leather notes. Dry with a mild white grape character. Light tartness and a vinous taste. The finish seems dry yet makes the mouth water. Light to medum body.