Russian River Deviation (Bottleworks IX)

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

200th rate! 22oz bottle courtesy of Oakes and Beershine at the Vero tasting. Poured a bronzed reddish color. No real head. Nose is crazy with hints of lemon citrus, cheesy funk, hay and barnyard notes and some wood. Flavor is peachy and lemony with a rather lightly acidic balance perfect cross of sour and sweet, not mouth pucking sour but its still a wild sour beer. THis is amazingly complex with some vanilla and caramel lingering notes. Definitely one of my favorite beers of all time, if not my all time favorite.

First beer of a four beer session (Deviation, Leleenau Good Harbor Golden, Synergy, The Dissident).

Insane nose; prickly with hay, diaper, lemon, funky balsa wood. Pours incredibly dark reddish bronze in color, with sustained small head and compact bubbles. Wonderful acidic balance of a lactic bracing fruitiness -- layers of peach skin and fermenting melon flavors -- with acetic puckering in moderate amounts.

Thought I could taste an aceticness like La Folie but I was more than likely a suggestive subject. Fantastic beer all around. Thanks Geoff.

finally, a Bottleworks anniversary beer that was not only palatable, but downright spectacular!!! Hazy orange sour grapefruit aroma. Mouth puckering sour grapefruit body with a sour finish. A faint oakiness in there as well. Sampled at Dr. Bill’s tasting.

750ml Bottle: Tart aroma. Smells of tart fruit, Brett, oak, acid, and light spices. Poured amber/apple juice in color with a small white head. Sparkling. Hazy. Aroma is very sour and tart. Tastes of tart fruits, oak, and lemon. Medium body. Dry, puckering texture. Lively carbonation. Tart, dry finish.

bottle. thanks glkaiser. hazy copper/golden pour with bubbled head. sour apple/oak aroma.bret, apple, oak. sourness. nice body. moderately carbonated.

Bottle. Amber beer with a low off-white head. Nice sour acetic aroma with oak and a light fruitiness. Acetic (but not over the top) flavor with oak and soft malt to round. Some green apple notes as well. Medium body. Acetic not lingers nicely. Brett shows nicely in combo with the acetic quality.

Bottle opened post Belgian Beer fest in ME. Wow what an awesome creation. A sour dry puckering fruit infusion of lemon citrus and sour apples. Brett and simply put by BK at the time "its just sour", and whats not to love about that, i couldn’t find much. 4.4 Wow all i know is i had this one a second time and this is freaking great! 4.5-4.6 per my notes. Awesome brew.

Notes from Hair of the Dog Dave Tasting. Pour is golden copper with small white head. Yeasty aroma with some sour funk and fruit notes too. Sour taste but not overpowering. Nicely carbonated and lasting finish.