Russian River Toronado 20th Anniversary

Formerly brewed at Russian River Brewing
Style: Sour Ale
Santa Rosa, California USA

On draft at O’Brien’s Pub during their anniversary week barrel aged night, shared with Goldtwins, DarkElf, Wetherl, and others. Poured into a Chimay coblet a slightly translucent red with a lasting white head. the nose was tart with brett and spice. The flavor was slightly weet with a great funk with wood, citrus, and vingerar. it had a great balenced, sour finish, and i sat enjoying this one for a good long time. A great brew. I only wish this was on tap all the time.

Draft@Liar’s Club Cloudy brown pour with a medium lasting head. Dry, sour (funky wild yeast), smooth on the tongue with a clean and pleasant aftertaste.

Bottle (750ml) shared with tupalev, swoopjones & rudolf -- courtesy of swoopjones. Batch 001. Pours a hazy dark ruby with an average size white head. Aroma of funky yeast, oak, citrus, other sour fruit and spices -- it’s so funky and sour! Flavour’s oh so funky along with some wood, caramel malt, tart fruit, light spices and vinegar. Medium bodied. This is very well made but there’s no way I could drink a whole bottle, I don’t think I could drink half a bottle, it’s just so intensely sour and acidic. Still, shared 4-ways, I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing Mike!

GABF 2007. Beer is clear, light brown. Head is small, brown, frothy/creamy, mostly diminishing but lasting.<P>The aroma is simple. Malty with light/moderate notes of toasted grain, caramel, biscuit; Hoppy woth moderate notes of lemon zest and herb; Moderate red vinous notes, sour cherry. trace of vanilla.<P>The flavor is moderately acidic, light/moderately sweet, trace bitter with a long, juicy, dry moderately acidic, lightly sweet finish.<P>The body is medium, the texture is watery and the carbonation is lively.

Bottle shared by swoopjones with myself, Rudolf and Blankboy (thank you Mike!!). Dark ruby, small white head. Sour aroma, nothing too strong but pleasing. Good taste - sour again, but an interesting sweetness kicks in half way through. This sucker gets a lot more complex as it sits - I went from thinking it was ok to loving it at the end, especially with the subtle bourbon and vanilla hints. Lovely stuff and a unique creation.

Bottle split with some people. Very buttery, oaky aroma, perhaps too much so, with a touch of sour peaches. Flavor is much more pleasing, lots of sour, horsey funk, cherry and apricot. A definite alcohol burn in the finish is surpising for a beer like this. Could be less big and perhaps bump up complexity and sourness. A bit dominated by oak, but still a delicious beer.

Giant thanks to Swoopjones for sharing. Cloudy golden brown. Grape, pineapple, brett. Flavor is tart pineapple, mango, some lactic twang. Light vinegar. Very nice!

Shared with cbkschubert. Pors a dark hazy golden color with a off white head, that dissapears quickly. Spotty lacing. Aroma of light cherries, oak, and light esters. Flavor of ligh cherries, very tart beer. Not my style of beer, but worth a try.