Russian River Supplication

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

375ml bottle from RR online. pours a hazy orangeish red with an off-white head that stuck around longer than most sours i’ve had. nose has wonderful brett to it works very well with sour cherries, lots of oak, and subtle hints of yeast and pinot. flavor is very oaky and bretty, sour, cherries, and pinot rounds the beer out. not as watery as other RR sours seem to me. easily my favorite RR i’ve had yet. well done Vinnie!

Pour was nice amber with a smallish off white head...smell was strong of citrus and yeast...taste was sour citrus with some brett for sure...mildly tart finish...good...

12oz corked & capped bottle This pours an opaque honey color, musty, slightly sweet aroma, with a nice vinuous & somewhat sweet flavor. Finishes smooth & clean. great beer.

Bottle at a beer tasting; didn’t realize this was that highly rated. Lucky get. Color was orange with a white head. Good aroma; some funk and cherry with a bit of woodiness. Flavor didn’t have as much cherry as I would have liked; good funky and yeasty notes. Starting to like these more, but have had some that I found better.

Batch 002

7/30/2009: Russian River Supplication... Aroma: Awesome tart/pie cherries, slightly acidic and sour. Appearance: Murky honey color, minimal beige head. Flavor: Rich, deep cherry; caramelized maltiness and mild, well-blended sourness. Palate: Medium-bodied; moderately carbonated, smooth. Overall: Another damn fine brew! Great balance, wonderful tart cherry pie, slightly sour and acidic without being puckery; very enjoyable; excellent!

12.70 fl. oz. corked and caged bottle (7.00% Alc. by Vol.) shared by alexsdad06. Thanks Brad! Rating #508 for this beer.

Tap @ Toronado. This was the first beer of the ten Russian River brews at the tasting that ran out. It was also the first time it was ever poured. A cider and Rodenbach like flavor with a light cherry and vinous flavor. The brown ale adds some depth to the pinot wine like elements. Smooth and semi-sweet.

Hazed, tawny, deep amber/orange, under a fizzy slab of off-whitish foam... Oooo...sow-wer aroma, wild and funky, citrus and spice at play in the great outdoors...oooo...aaahhh! A most unusual taste. Full bodied, and utterly weird. Bold fruit, forward and beautifully blended. Cherries are on top, but don’t dominate, there’s a greater complexity, made more confounding by the tartness that abounds. Gets mellower as we sip, and wider, too...more open, spacious, ...with incessant bursts of cherry-licious flavor...me, oh, my... This beer requires a larger bottle, and a momentous occasion, to share with special someones...drinks down deliciously... A most stupendous creation.

Bottle at Capital Ale House after a day of mediocrity at the Shockoe Beer Festival. Medium amber, slight head faded quick. Good sour aroma of cherry and bacteria funk. Flavor matched, with a bit of horse and wood - really did remind me a bit of Pinor Noir to my surprise. Nice. Pedicoccus sounds like athlete’s foot. Yummy!