Russian River Deviation (Bottleworks IX)

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

DLD ’08: Bottle thanks to Sprinkle for sharing: Pours a hazy gold with a white head. Aroma, fruity notes, some funk, acidic sour notes. Flavor, tart and funky, some lemon, other citric notes, yeast. A well balanced sour, very good.

Bottle. The case box is stamped Bottled Nov 7 2007. Hazy amber with an off white head. Good nose is barnyard, tart cherries, lemon and wood. Medium body and smooth. Taste mirrors the aroma with cherries, lemon, wood and funky brett. A lingering finish is nicely sour and stings your tongue. This brew is/will be an American classic. I’m thankful now that i picked up extra bottles to age. Fantastic.

750 ml bottle shared with toncatcher and some other guy. Lots of tart fruit aromas. Grape, cherry, apple. More tart acidicness on the flavor. Fruit and citrus. A very delicious sour.

Carolina Crew Gathering Greenville, NC.Thanks turdferguson for sharing! Hazy orange pour thin fizzy head. Fruity aroma mostly green apple, and grapefruit. Medium bodied acidic treat! What a great beer and a real treat to taste!

Foggy amber with a thin white head. Aroma is a lemon sourness, sour cherries, brett, brown sugar. Taste is a nice sourness, lemon, grapefruit, cherries, and caramel.

Thanks turdferguson for sharing at the Carolina gathering. Pours a hazy amber with a thin white head. The nose is sour and tart, grapes, vinous, muscadine, some cherry pit, and a little funk. The flavor is very tart and sour, fruity, acidic, phenolic, muscadines. Very tart and acidic palate with a vinous dry finish.

750mL Bottle, received in a trade with brigadier. A beer for celebrating the end of the month, the coming of Christmas chaos, and some time for reflection. With a furious pop, this long-awaited liquor glushes into my tulip. A brilliant clear pale maple syrup fills the glass, building a lacy, silky off-white head as it grows. The aroma is delectably funky. All the chewy gueze, barrel, white grapes, and pickled lemon peel anyone could ask for. Vibrant, yet soft, tickled, and bright. Flavors are quick and electric. A strong hand of citric acid moves forward immediately, bringing oak and aged cheese rind. Rising. The clean lactic and citric acids would be abrasive if it weren’t for the presence of a very clean, sweet refined sugar in the beer, that pulls the whole thing together for balance, allowing the complexity of the funk to persist. A stunning American sour that digs deeper on every sip. My only regret is not having a bloomed-rind goat’s cheese to pair with.

#1600!! Courtesy Oakes and Beershine. Thanks for sharing guys! Pours a gorgeous dark orange, with a small, swirly, light off white head. The aroma is a beautiful mix of tart tannic fruits, acidity, and mild funk. I got some apple in there as the most prominent citrus character. The flavor blends these features almost perfectly. Definitely sour, but not overly so, which enabled me to pull out the soft fruity essence of the beer. Great balance for a sour brew I thought. The acidity wasnt over the top, and this had some great flavor. I need to get more! Killer!