Russian River Salvation

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

Bottle, from trade with someone have to find my notes, Good aroma Yeasty, fruity. Grape, cherry, plum, little sulfur, get a little spice in there too. 1st pour was a clean orangy dark brown color that was a beautiful red when held directly up to my kitchen light. Good head, about an inch thick that slowly faded down. Good lacing. 2cg pour had the sediment and was a rusty brown color. Sharp fruity flavor, like aroma with a little more about it. Medium body, creamy smooth mouthfeel, dry fruity finish. Tasty thought the dryness muted some of the flavor though.

(Bottle) Shared at the PNW Christmas 2006 party at Oakes on December 9th. Lasting medium-sized almond head with a deep mahogany. Pine hops, rose water in the aroma. Smooth malt, good alcohol. Chewy tart cherries and brown sugar. Good but expect more from this superior brewer.

750 ml bottle. Batch 003. Deep amber/orange colour approaching brown, but not quite there yet. White head. Great nose with a strong brandyish aroma, prunes, burnt sugar, toffee and a heavy toasted maltiness. Herbal notes, rum and brown sugar, light woodiness/plummy sweetness. Quite vineous. Warming brings out some orange citrus and a lovely ginger/cardamon spiciness. It’s a fantastic yeast they’ve got here. Flavour really shows off the allspice, ginger and clove along with the lightly burnt sugar. Rum and banana as well. Cooling mint and alcohol on the finish. Herbal hops and ginger retronasally. Another killer brew from the folks at Russian River.

Sampled at Brickskellar in Washington, DC. Pours a dark brown with some red hues with a toasted head. Sweet, fruit malt nose and a little spicy. Taste is full bodied malt with tangy malt and sweet fruit. Strong alcohol.

750mL bottle, Batch 003, bottled 15 NOV 2006. Pours a clear brownish red with a creamy two finger very light beige head. The first whiff reminds me of Unibroue La Fin du Monde or Maudite--I don’t remember which. Aroma of some candy sugar, yeast, apricots, and a fair amount of indiscernible spices. There is also some scorched syrup and there might be some citrus. Flavor is fruity and vinous, with the aforementioned candy sugar, spices and yeast. I can’t taste any alcohol, though in the mouth I can tell it’s fairly high. Highly carbonated with a medium-full body. Pretty good beer.

Dark brown with a beige head. String lace. Caramel malts with bitter hops. Some notes of figs. A little bit of cinnamon. Alcohol is present as well. Finishes a touch tart.

Hazy cherry-brown colour. Brown sugar for light toffee. Starts sweet with plummy notes, hints of brown sugar, alcohol/pepper. Somewhat toasty and seems quite a bit drier than the one I had seven weeks ago. Same exact score, though.

Dark dark purple pour with a thin creamy head. Some chunks floating. Aroma is rich and a little sour. Flavor is well blended, sour. Dry finish with only hints of alcohol.