Russian River Supplication

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

Bottle from the RR store. Thanks. I have wanted to try this one for a really long time, for a few reasons: one - its from Russian River, and two - its a sour ale aged in red wine barrels. Plus the added bonus of some cherries! Pours a dark brown color with a thick yellow head that disappears as quickly as it forms. The smell is sour cherries, some red wine notes, but mostly it smells like you chopped open an oak tree and smell into the middle of it. Fantastic smell. Taste is full of sour and oak notes, with a little bit of cherries but mostly it is dominated by the pinot barrel flavor. Very light and easy to drink, this is really good stuff.

Hazy orangey brown with lots of head. Some nice caramelized malt aromas, with something funky, barn like brett and cherries. Flavour was much similar to a flemish sour ale, as there is cherry and acidic sourness.

Bottle. Hazy brown color with a beige head. Light cherry notes on a light sour body.

Thanks to footbalm for sharing this one. Pours a hazy amber brown color with a tan head. Aroma is sour cherries, wood, and funky brett. Flavor is woody, tart cherries, and a dry tart finish.

Bottle, batch 003, about a year after bottling. Pours orange with an off white head. Tart fruity aroma with rhubarb, cherry and a touch of brett. An initial fruity tartness gives way to oak, brett, and must, followed by a dry bretty finish. Pretty good, but maybe would be better with another year or so of aging.

Small offwhite head, retention is fair as is the lacing. Lightly hazy orange color starting to turn brown. Lightly fruity nose, pears, vinous and wood with faint oxydation. Body is medium, soft carbonation, lightly acidic and puckering. Smooth wood and fruit flavors, tartness is subdued, cherry notes, spicey, lightly vinegery, musty and funky. Tart, funky fruity finish. Surprise, surprise, nice. Props to FlacoAlto for the bottle he bonused me in a trade we did in Jan. of 07. Thanks Bro!!

thanks to enniskillen for the hookup.poured a murky orange with a small white head.aroma was tart cherries and wine.im impressed with how the oak aging blends in with the tartness.tasty stuff.(BATCH 003 RATED ON 4-22-08).cloudy orange with a nice white head that leaves thick webbing on the glass.i pick up seltzer water,cherries,funk,and sourness in the aroma.flavor is dominated by brett.i also pick up some metal,cherries,and lemons.its good but i cant pick up much of the barrel aging in this batch.the funk overpowers it for sure.

Batch 002. 375 ml bottle shared by John Bryan, enjoyed at my Holiday Mini Tasting. Pour is hazy orange-ruby with a quickly fading off white head. Aroma of flowers,cherry fruitiness and cotton candy sweetness. Taste is big sour black cherry fruit, woodiness is present throughout. Super great acidity and bight sourness. Everything is perfectly smooth and in balance. This was one helluva beer. Right up there with Castleton as the best Sour I have tried to date.