Russian River Consecration

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 9

(Bottle from 001X3). Good Lord this had some serious carbonation. The pressure behind the cork was more than one of France’s best champagnes. Unfortunately, it also started to foam up out of the neck and a some drops made it to the carpet. Pours very carbonated into the bottle with effervescent head that you can hear in the glass. It falls quickly like a glass of cola. Aroma not huge, but you can smell the bugs in the whiff. Flavor is interesting. Clear sourness of the brett/lacto/ped mixture, especially when you role it over your tongue and its gazillion taste buds. You also have a finish of the currants it’s supposed to have. Clean palate with no real lingering. The description says it is fermented in Cabernet Savignon barrels, which I can taste (or perhaps it’s just my imagination?). Kind of surprised in that I’m not getting any warming effect despite the alcohol is 10%. Also, it’s a very lightweight body beer.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Small tan head with good retention, minimal lace. Lightly hazy amber body, red hued. Tart funky nose light vinous notes, pleasently musty, fruity. Medium body, gently carbonated, tart but not overly, the way i enjoy them. Dark fruit flavors, raisins, berries, gentle woodiness faint caramelly malts, cherries, spicey with a just right alc. warmth. Nicely tart fruity finish. Props to Gabe/Steve(cougar killer) for sharing this @ the Sour tasting! Thanks guys! Batch 001-4x. Nice...

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

375ml bottle (004X5) from City Beer in SF
Appearance: Pours clear dark copper/amber with a small off-white head that recedes to just a small ring in the glass, no lacing
Aroma: Tart dark fruits, peppery & dry wine
Taste: Tart fruits, some sweet malts. Finishes off with a nice tart fruits with a dry wine finish
Very nice Sour, probably the best I’ve had.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Big thanks to Gillard for bringing this 2L growler to the weekly tasting. Pours clear deep brown with copper hues and thin tan head. The aroma is full tartness and aspirin. Behind that I get faint sweetness and a touch of fruitiness. The taste has solid tartness that over powers the milder notes of fruit, wine grapes, tannins and wood barrel notes. Nice palate cleanser. I was tasting the Brett a good 15 hours later.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Bottle batch 008 thanks to timfoolery: Poured a clear brown red with a thin whisper off white head. Aroma is very wine like with fruits, currant, and leafy malt. Taste is sour up front that opens the tongue up to that fruit however it subsides fast to sweet malts. I really am against sour/wild ales until a gem like this comes around.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours fairly clear mahogany with a nice pale tan head. Fruity aroma has notes of dark fruit plus some apple, and a bit of malt. Tart flavor pleases with notes of apple and cherry as well as hints of plum, banana and malt. Firm body titllates with a persistent and satisfying tingle. Consecrate a glass today.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Good friend Dale brough back from a recent San Francisco Trip. Medium brown beer with a hint of red in the sunlight. I want to decribe it as light bodied, but it managed to carry some type of hidden wieght with it. Sour and tart, but not overly so, and fantastic aroma with hints of blueberries and currants. Some cask and wood like notes come through. There seems to be a lightly tannic quality. Otherwise overbearing flavours I think we tempered and scolded into place by the barrel aging, and I think that made this decent beer quite fine indeed. Enjoyed, glad to be shared, but didn't impress me enough to seek out again.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Embrace the Funk Fest - several times. Wish List beer. Surprised to see a case of this one. Reddish light amber pour, tight white cap, some lacing, great carbonation. Tart berries, funk and new red wine in the initial nose and flavor, nicely sour then sweet on the near end, more funk and cherries, then sour again. Sour linger with funk, earthy. Excellent. Want more...

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Another in the RR lineup from Dave. Pours dark red brown, no head, and sour as all hell :) Reminiscent of a Monk's Cafe, only even more sour. Fun stuff, looking forward to the rest.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

First off, big thanks to pfoxyjohn for bringing these out last night at the Barrn. I have always wanted to try Russian River brew and finally got the chance yesterday. Thank you sir! This may have been my wife's favorite (a huge fan of the sour/wild category). Pours a cloudy reddish, copper colour into my glass. Huge foam head which seemed to be the theme with the other two I had as well. Nose is very complex. Lots going on here. That sour, grape-blackberry-currant nose is something that you can't avoid. Taste is equally complex. dates, raisiny, tart cherry and maybe a hint of smoke.