Russian River Supplication

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

Bottled @ Olfestival 09 pre-tasting. Aroma is quite fruity with orange and cherry. Has some wood. and tartness in it. Hazy, orange brown coloured with not much head. The taste is sour, bit tart, has the wood again and the fruitiness. There is some sweet orange maltiness lingering through the taste of the beer like a river. Has some carbation and a decent body. This is a truly remarkable and enjoyable beer.

On tap at Brouwer’s Sour Fest. Pours clear orange amber with a nice off-white head. Slightly funky, tart cherry/oak all the way through. Good stuff, but straightforward enough that it was eclipsed by some others for me at the Fest.

GNBO. Bottle, Batch 003. I was excited when I found this at the store and wanted to try it immediately so I put it in the freezer. We all know that anything put in the freezer gets forgotten for the night and found just after it is too late. The cork blew out but the cage hung on and held most of the beer inside. Once it warmed a little I got to enjoy it. Pours a beautiful red hued deep brown. Nose is full of cherry and oak. The carbonation jumps out of the glass and tickles the nose. Sour cherry flavors, warm oak, some red wine notes. Mouth is well carbonated, full, and sour. Excellent brew. This is my first sour and I can see how people can get hooked on these. Worth the higher price tag. Would love to get my hands on some more of this gem.

Draft for Sourfest 2009 at Brouwer’s for SBW. Pours a nice dark orange/red with a cream head. Citrus was the dominating aroma and grapefruit followed into the flavor. The yeast is more pronounced here as well and finishes long on the tongue. Similar to other Russian River sours, but great overall.

Tasted at SWB’s Sour Fest along with 15 others. Looks like I had this one at the end as my notes are sparse. Clear red gold that leaves lots of lacing. Smells of a red sour patch kid as well as molasses and peppery notes. Definitely a sour sour, with the cherry taste fading to just leave a lingering impression of sourness.

On tap at Brouwer’s for sour fest. Looks a super clear auburn color with a just coating of head. The aroma is unabashed sour with little else. Cherry elements in the taste.

Bottle. [thank you, skortila]
Pours deep orange, fine, staying, frothy, off-white head. Aroma is tart, oranges, some caramel. Low carbonation, fine dryness. Flavour is oaky, some citric malts, a bit of tart green apples. a bit too much alcohol. oranges. Very sour, but it still is a bit too centred on the citric acids. No balance from lactic acid or brett. Still, this is very nice.

[Bottle] shared by DeliriumFest on BA. Pours a glowing gold with a small effervescent white head. Aroma is really funky, tart, dry, and not much for cherries. Flavor is oaky and a little funky, only has a hint of cherry, and a great lingering lactic tartness.