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Russian River Toronado 20th Anniversary

Russian River Toronado 20th Anniversary

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A Sour Ale brewed by
Russian River Brewing

Santa Rosa, California USA

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1304.14/5.04.12/5.0Special10.43%93.7Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
The Toronado blend was 5 different beers blended together disproportionately:

1. Belgian style Quadruple aged in Firestone Walker (used) Double Barrel Ale barrels
2. Belgian style Strong Dark Ale – batch A in red wine barrels
3. Belgian style Strong Dark Ale – batch B in red wine barrels
4. Belgian style Pale Ale aged in wine barrels with Brett
5. Sonambic 100% spontaneously fermented ale – this was used to add acidity to the beer.

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 DA (2468), Portland, Oregon City, Oregon, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Aug 7, 2008  
Thanks to Odeed for getting this one at Toronado at RBSG. This beer just rocked it, and I had just had Cable Car right before, so it had some big shoes to fill. This turned out to be the beer of RBSG for me, just brilliant. Tart cherry nose, woody and acidic. Funky and delicious from start to finish. Hints of cheese, plum, bretts, and grape, blended with wine barrel. Really outstanding and one of the best beers I can remember having.


 TURDFERGUSON (1153), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Aug 5, 2008  
Bottle shared by eclectic at BCTC. Thanks so, so, so, much Kevin! This was probably my most wanted beer on the site and boy did it live up to my expectations. Pours dark reddish brown with a small off-white head. Nose is heavily funked and oaked, with some nice dark fruits, layered malt, and just so complex I can’t do it justice. Flavor is delicious funk blended with mild quad-like flavors so perfectly. This is probably the best russian river beer I have had and that’s saying a lot as I rate them all pretty darn high. Don’t know if I’ll ever find a bottle of this stuff, so I can’t thank Kevin enough for being so generous to share it with me. An awesome final beer of a great Belgium Comes to Cooperstown experience. Is this the perfect beer? For me, at this time and place, it was and is.


airforce1 (61), Atascosa, Texas, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jun 24, 2008  
Simply put....a perfect five. Sherry amber in clour, applesauce, champagne, slight funk thats barley noticeable. This is the greatest "blended beer", I’ve ever had!


 badlizard (1523), San Diego, California, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/105/519/20
May 25, 2008  
bottle from Toronado SD at $60! Cloudy medium brown with a fluffy white head. Sour apple, oak, and Brett. aroma. Tangy palate. Sour caramel apple, vanilla, red wine, and oak with a dry finish. A damn fine beer.


 hellomynameis (743), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/105/519/20
Jan 12, 2008  
Funk and sour and fruit in this lovely orangy small headed beer. The flavour is really wonderful with a bunch of fruit and sour and funk and everything else. Chewy palate full of flavour, nicely complex. I’m not doing this justice but trust me, it is good.




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