Russian River Temptation

beautiful clowdy straw/honey color, tight white head hangs out for a bit. thin traces of light elegant bubbles. smells like a gueze, citrius, spice/clove, mandarine peel, meyer lemon. flavors of meyer lemon, faint pith, light stemmyness, intreaguing sourness and earth. Bright, crisp, refreshing. This beer is a Beautiful thing.

A rare treat. Brett blended with oak and grapes. Good tartness. An excellent sour ale.

Batch 004x4 bottle. Appearance: Pours a bright cloudy yellow with a tight sudsy head. When I hold it up to the light, I see swirls and bursts of yeast. Aroma: Lemon and wood (oak and cork), Brett whiffs and old clothes. Taste: Woody, oaky astringency, tart citrus fruit, unripe berry. Some real nice funk in the aftertaste. Mouthfeel: Medium body. The head never goes away completely, and gives a little creamy texture before sipping the body, which isn’t creamy at all. Overall: A really excellent beer, with a great woody presence.

Batch 002

7/30/2009: Russian River Temptation... Aroma: Moderately sour with some maltiness and subtle oxidation. Appearance: Cloudy and opaque marigold color with a large, foamy, light yellow head; hanging lacing. Flavor: Dry, floral sourness, slight creamy cherry oakiness (like wet wood), extremely balanced. Palate: Medium-light, well-carbonated but not fizzy, somewhat calm actually. Overall: Damn fine and super well-balanced.

12.70 fl. oz. corked and caged bottle (7.25% Alc. by Vol.) shared by alexdad06. Thanks Brad! Rating #490 for this beer.

Tap at Stone Sour Fest 09. Cloudy yellow color, funky citrus, tart, very smooth sour. Very well done beer.

375 ml bottle acquired via trade and shared with my buddy Lemur. Poured an effervescent golden color with big white champagne bubbles. Aroma was full of lemons and horseblanket and some light oak. Flavor is sour lemon, yeast, funk and light oak. Thin to medium mouthfeel, dances across the tongue at the end. Another winner from RR.

Tap at 2009 Stone Sour Fest. Pours a cloudy straw yellow. Tart, lemon cleaner, Brett funk. Not too bad.

From the giant ƙL?) batch 2 bottle opened by Vinnie at the brewpub during RBSG09. Hazy blond with a big white head. Funky, grainy, and tart lemon aroma. The flavor was a pretty straight-forward tart lemon with light grainy malt and light oaky vinous character. Some age seems to have smoothed this out, though I can’t say that I’ve had it right after release. Medium-light body with medium carbonation. More mellow and drinkable than I was expecting actually. Very nice stuff. Draught at Russian River, batch 4. The grapes and sourness are much more forward here than the batch 2 that I had a couple months ago. Very vinous and oaky with a sharp acidity. Highly carbonated and champaigne-like. Everything is more vidid and less rounded in this fresh sample. I may like the aged stuff better but this is still great.