Russian River Supplication

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

Light brown/amber color with smallish light tan head. Aroma defintely has some funk, lots of bretty character, with wet leather, horse hair, sharp lactic acid tangyness, hints of vanilla, cherry, apricot, oak, light caramel. Flavor is tart, sharp, acidic, hint of vanilla, caramel, cherries, and a faint note of alcohol. Finish is slightly sour, smooth, with the slightest hint of bitterness, and very dry. I felt the flavor could have had a bit more depth, but that is truly being a nitpick. A fantastic brew overall. A true accomplishment.

Thanks to grbdg for sharing! Pour is dark plum and hazy. Nice initial head fades to a small white ring around the glass. Aroma is funky yeast, cherries and citrus...i get some lemon. Very sour with, again, a sour cherry quality. Good body and mouthfeel. Like this more every time I get a chance to drink one.

Pours orangish-amber color, supple yellowish-white head with ample lacing. Loads of peach/cherry in the nose, some citrus, really slight must, some lactic notes, faintly sweet, vinous notes with warmth. What!? 10/10. Flavor is a step down but is still great: more orange citrus to couple with the peach, lactic notes and wine lingering on the tongue, slight wood hiding out again. Palate is top notch, so smooth and simultaneously so vibrant. It’s really enjoyable to see another bretty beer where the extra pieces all snap together in the end.

The color was cloudy and dark amber/brown. The head was creamy, very thin, and off-white. The aroma was cherry, tart, aged, and wine. The flavor was tart, cherries, yeast, aged, and wine. The palate was medium-bodied. The finish was tart.

Big tart cherry aroma. Flavor was tart cherry and slightly cream cheese. No sweetness at all, but this was very good. Reminded me of a cherry cheesecake without the sugar.

Bottle batch 003. I’m new to sours and not really sure what to expect but this was very tart and acidic. It was almost too tart at the beginning but as it warmed up it mellowed greatly and became much more drinkable. The cherries were very noticeable. Different, but right now I would not buy again

Batch 3. Poured a slightly cloudy orange, with just a little foam on top. Aroma is as expected: RR Sour-ness and a little light fruit. Flavor as expected again, but gladly with a little more complexity due to its medium amount of alcohol. In other words, it’s very similar to Beatification, but has a little more flavor simply because it’s slightly heavier. Palate medium, par. Overall, good. Top 50 material? No.

Bottle@RBESG ’05. Pours a red’ish light brown. Aroma is oaky, sour, with notes of cherries. Taste is sour, cherries, strange. Perhaps it’s the lactobacillus that gives me the idea of yugurt really good, but strange :-)