Russian River Temptation

Hazy yellow with medium white head. Sor aroma with notes of wood, brett, leather grapefruit. Flavour is sour with brett, lemon, barnyard and woody notes. Finished sour.

5/16/08. It pours a peachy amber color with a fluffy, white head and it leaves amazing lacing on the glass as I drink it. This smells absolutely incredible. It has a very nice subtle sourness and an extremely inviting sweetness behind it. I could smell this all day long. The taste is predominantly of sour fruits but it is not so overpowering as to cover up the nice oakiness and light malt sweetness. This is best described as subtle but amazing. At first I had the taste as a 9 but it just got even better as it warmed and had to change it to a 10. The mouthfeel is great for a sour,very dry and wine like. It is extremely drinkable and the alcohol is just non existent in the taste. I wish I had bought many more of these babies. Highly recommended.

This is a nice big sour ale. Complex and flavorful. On tap at Stone. Pours a deep hazy gold, with thick off-white head. Tastes like a strong gueuze. citrus lemon zest, sour apple, white grape, oak, funk, and some dry bitterness. Excellent sour, quite complex.

Thanks to whoever sent Rustychiles this, and double thanks to him. I’ve been trying for a long time to get some Russian River and I was not disappointed. Pours a luminescent yellow with huge frothy head. Aroma is of intense, delicious lambic stank featuring acetic acid aromas, lemon, grapes, and warheads. The taste was like a cantillon gueuze on steroids with some extra hints of taste in the background (I’m guessing the wine barrels and special RR blend). Very sour. Very Delicious. Can’t wait to go to Cali myself.

Batch 3 bottle- appearance is a murky golden with three finger head and excellent lacing. Nose- sweet white grapes, lemon rinds. Taste- champagne like carbonation, blast of white grape sharpness and green apple sourness. Has a wood/ mineral like dryness to the finish. Really dries out the mouth. Having had the previous two batchs, the brett is definitely more prounounced each time out. Great stuff

Good clarity, pleasing pee-yellow color from batch 3, bottle. Lemon/Mineral Orval-ish aroma. Sour dominates but does not overwhelm, with flavors of crab apple, cherry, unripe apple and oak. Extra punch from effervescence lasts. Not a clone, but first cousin of Orval: less cherry, more explosive finish. Aligned and sublime.

Ratebeer dropped my rating after I typed and I don’t feel like typing the full rating again. Overview: Batch 003 Pours golden with light white head. Aroma is oak and grapes like a white wine more than beer. Flavor is sour but well balanced with the oak and doesn’t make you pucker after you drink. Finish is oak and sour but not lingering too long. Will review more when I get another in a trade.

From a bottle poured a slightly hazy golden/orange color with a good amount of head. Nice tart flavor with a lingering aftertaste.