 f351c4v (404), Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 13, 2009 On tap @ RR. Pours a clear blonde color with a small white head. Very tart, sour aroma, a bit of funky barnyard. Very sour body, some woodsy flavors. Tart, sour finish. Stellar beer.
jbye4334 (652), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Sep 12, 2009 (draft). Clear gold color. medium white head. Moderate sour aroma. Sour flavor with light apple. Avg duration. Smooth finish. Slick texture. Moderate carbonation. Fair lacing.
Indra (2018), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
Sep 12, 2009 750ml bottle. Astounding aroma, with funky, farmy yeast, floral notes, wood, honeyish sweetness, faint winey tones, grassiness and straw. Light yellow color, cloudy, with a lasting, fine head. Flavor profile is impressive as well, dry, very lightly winey, tart, woody, leafy and gently bitter, in turns. Nicely refreshing palate, very light feel and moderate effervescence, body is medium. Really nice!
stefanje (937), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
Sep 6, 2009 750ml bottle from Bev4less in Santee. Pours a cloudy dark yellow with a big fluffy white head that clings to the glass. The aroma is overtly funky with sour grapes, hay, sawdust, spices and lemons. The flavor is complex and tart with granny smith apples, grapes, gingersnap cookies, thyme, white pepper and lemons. The palate is full and malty. The finish is long and extra dry with lingering sour grapes. Overall: A very tasty sour, well done RR.
Gypsy19 (602), California, USA
Sep 5, 2009 Pours a light orange with a medium white head. Aroma is of sour fumes, white wine fumes, and fumes. Flavor is a little more elegant: The fruitiness here actually differentiates it from the other 500 Russian River sours. Other than that it’s just another sour. Medium body/mouthfeel. Overall good.
SuzyGreenberg (1318), Seattle, Washington, USA
Sep 4, 2009 375 ml bottle - batch 2; glowing, hazy light gold; huge foamy white head settles quick leaving lace; apples, pears, oak, brett; sweet and mild sour; drinks dry and sweet with sour apples, mild funk, lemons and a bone dry finish; killer nose and lovely texture; perfectly sweet and never acidic; fruity sourness blending together
draft @ Brouwers Big Wood - cloudy light orange with thin white head; apples, oak and brett; absolutely crushed the deviation in a side by side, which seems to have temptation as part of the blend; not sure how fresh this keg was, but on this day it was without a doubt my fav sour; unbelievably good this day
750 ml bottle - batch 4; reasonably fresh as opened right after it hit the seattle market; big pop and thick eggy white head settles slowly; sour apples, grapes, oak and plenty of sweetness and brett; texture is soft, subtle and delicate; richness comes out as it warms; fruit goodness and bone dry finish from the brett; fresh is certainly where it’s at with this one IMO b/c you get that big burst of fruit before the brett takes over completely
alagnak (296), Littleton, Colorado, USA
Sep 3, 2009 Hazy gold in the glasss, nose is green apples, a little lemon, and a nice barnyard-y sourness. Taste is really complex alll t through - sour apples and grapes up front, melding really nicely into an earthy brett-y funkiness and a crisp lemon-pepper finish. Bottle didn’t last through 4 rounds of my fantasy football draft. Well done, RR.
thenick (742), North Bellmore, New York, USA
Sep 2, 2009 Bottle @ Monk’s Cafe, Philadelphia. All I can say to this is WOW....Pours a hazy golden color (at least it looked that way in the low light) with noticeable lacing and a small white head. Aroma is lemon, earth/grass notes, and a definite brett characteristic toward the end. Taste is the same, with an incredible citrus/earth characteristic, a very tart finish (though not distracting), and a wonderful dryness throughout. I think I got a little sweetness and an ever-so-slight bitterness in there - it’s so sublimely balanced and complex. I love it, I absolutely love it, and I need to get more from these guys STAT.
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