Russian River Supplication

Batch 002. Deep amber. Thin layer of off white foam dissipates to a ring. Nose of oak, sour cherries, bretty funk, subtle vinegar, cotton candy, and a toasted malt background. Flavor adds some complex fruity esters- past ripe, floral, berry-like, and more of the same oaky, sour goodness from the aroma. Medium body, juicy yet highly carbonated, very dry finish. Excellent.

2-24-08 bottle shared at tasting thanks to ChadSpivey
Clear pinkish amber in color with no head. Smells just like pixie sticks. Sour with a nice well balanced sweetness in the flavor. Overall, a very mild sour that doesn’t feel alien or foreign on the palate. Oaked flavor with a dry finish that leaves you wanting more.

375ml bottle thanks to chadspivey Reddish amber color with decent spotty head for the style. Intense Sweet Tart aroma. Sour candy. Generic fruit. Really extreme tartness, not as sweet as the nose. Generic sweet & sour fruity candy flavors ala Spree or Sweet Tarts, maybe cherry stands out a bt. Nice and refreshing. Great example of RR wild ale.

Rerate 3/16/08 - I’m raising my score to this to a perfect 5, the only one I’ve given so far.....if I could only drink one beer until the end of time, this would be it. It’s so good....once it hits your lips. This is crack in beer form, seriously. I think I could drink this for eternity. Tar cherries, some bretty action, acidic. Light head that quickly dissipates, leading way for the crack binge to begin. Awesome, awesome, awesome.

Bottle shared by chadspivey
Pours a rosey amber color with no head. More pleasant nose than most any of the other sours I sampled on the same evening. Nose of sourness, like funk and some dark fruitines. Taste is very tart, mild sweetness, and some fruitiness. Very oaky flavor and some dry, sour cherries as well. Quite tart indeed, yet still pretty drinkable. I can see this being really good, if Sours were my thing.

Poured a nice reddish brown with a very creamy soft off white head that stuck around for the entirety of the beer. Nice presence of oak, sour cherries, brett and lacto in the nose. A great funky bretty aroma with the cherries melding perfectly. The flavor profile is lots of tart acetic cherries with a soft undertone of wood tannins behind the tartness of the cherries. All the littles bugs and critters in this beer make such a wonderful compliment to this beer. The brettanomyces, lactobacillus, and pedioccus all play a part and make their presence known. The beer finishes very dry and clean. Fantastic brew!

Cloudy brown pour, gushing action (god it still pisses me off SO much) with a head that rapidly dissipates. Aroma is sour cherries, some barnyard action, caramel, various other fruits, very complex. Medium bodied, great sour kick that I’m lovin. If I didn’t get half of it on my pants I woulda scored it higher.

Batch #002. Copper color with an off white head. Strong oak, caramel and earthy funk aroma. Medium body and smooth. Taste is oak and caramel quickly snuffed out by a strong tart acidic sour cherry flavor. Love that oak barnyard smell here. 367