Russian River Toronado 20th Anniversary

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

Dark color with faint head. Faint sourness on a fruity Belgian aroma. Sour with oaky hints. barnyard funk, wood, spice, and strong Belgian yeast.

bottle shared at "An Evening w/ Pantanap #1"...that still cracks me up...appearance: cinnamon brown with a heaping off-white head....aroma: a funky sour tartness which i somewhat expected that was also big on sour cherries and apples. very fruity nose on this one. fantastic....taste: doesn’t stray too far away from the characteristics of the nose. woody, sour oak and then the fruits come into play. can’t detect much heat from the alcohol at all.....the unanimous winner of the evening. a job well done by the folks at RR. bravo.

Sampled at "An Evening with Pantanap #1": thanks to kan for this favorite of the night. Pours an amber orange with a beige head. Funky nose. Yeast, citrus, oak, barnyard. The tongue is not let down wither with the complexities of citrus, yeast, oaky, earthy, green and red grapes, grapefruit, and barnyard funk. Really tasty.

Appearance: Pours a cloudy, amber-colored body with a fizzy, full off-white head. Smell: Gracious, here’s an aroma overflowing with sour Brett notes. Beyond that there’s mild caramel malts, oak barrels, cherries, and vanilla. Taste: Light caramel maltiness along with flavors of vanilla, dried cherries, and maybe even a spritz of lemon juice. Nice mild oaken character to it. Earthy yeastiness. There’s definitely plenty of sourness crammed into this beer. The alcohol is very temperate and only provides a little heat to the sour, drying finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Moderate carbonation. Drinkability: Quite nice! Russian River really did a bang-up job of blending.

sampled at "An Evening with Pantanap #1": Thank to kan for sharing this rare gem. pours deep amber-red with beige head. nose is really funky, and fruity, cherries, oaky, vanilla, wow! flavor sour and really funky, cherries, grapes, oaky. just an awesome, perfectly blended beer. this one stole the show for the night. i need to find more!

Thanks to AlanC. The beer pours a dark reddish brown copper color with a small head that sticks around in a medium lacing. Aroma is very strong on grape skins and brett that’s surrounded by malt sweetness. The aroma does come off as a blended beer, it’s a compilation of unrelated profiles, sour, barleywine strong maltiness, and a Belgian sweetness. Taste is much lower on the sour stuff, comes out with just low tartness and a bit of sour cherry covered by thick chewy malts. Rather easy drinking for a strong sour beer. It would be easy to sit there and finish a whole bottle by yourself.
750mL cork&cage, St Paul snifter/tulip glass. 9/4/7/4/16

One year old bottle, shared my mreusch. Foams out the bottle. Aroma is light black cherry sour and oxidized barrel. Really mellowed out, none of that barleywine or strong Belgian left. Taste has a bit more sour kick but as it warms the oxidation just grows and grows. Oh man, the sour helps but all that barrel and age coming through, aging too fast. 8/4/7//3/15

Thanks to beastifan2k for sharing - hazy red beer,with a foamy, lasting head - nice funkiness in the aroma, with some barnyardy qualities - flavors of cherry pits and skins - dry sourness, with moderate to high acidity - some grape skins - just the right amount of oak to make it present, but not overpowering - soft mouthfeel - how do these guys do this?

Bottle. Poured red-brown with a thick frothy tan head. Earthy, tart, woody, funky aroma. Tart and acidic, with wild yeast, earth, herbs, wood, and alcohol. Dry finish, with alcohol most notable towards the end. Excellent sour. A huge thanks to my cousin Greg for sharing.