Russian River Empirical 7

Brewed by Russian River Brewing
Style: Saison
Santa Rosa, California USA

(Draught) Pours a clear pale yellow body with a medium white head. Aroma of horse blanket, herbs, grass, leather, and florals. Flavor of citrus, brett, herbs, and earthiness with a dry, bitter finish.

Crushed with Honkeybra at GABF. Cool saison. Very nice with lots of grass and funk in it. Another great one by Russian River.

Farmhouse pils aroma with barnyard-horse aromas. Hazy yellow color. Tastes like a dirty pilsner. Notes: ’09 GABF

On tap at Stone a month or so ago. Pours cloudy orange/amber with a medium sized white head and good lace. Smells light and cereal malty, slight brett sourness with some hay and some barnyard. Tastes lightly fruity and lightly malty with a hint of sourness and hay. Pretty good, fruity and light. Light body, good carbonation.

Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 26/09/2009 Slightly sour aroma. Small white head. Golden coloured hoppy and sour with a little earthy flavour. A little dryness in a crisp and bitter finish.

GABF 2009. Pours hazy yellow with a small, fizzy white head, mostly diminishing with spare lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (hay, straw, cereal, meal), light hop (flowers), heavy yeast (horse blanket, barnyard, earth) with notes of coriander and ginger. Medium bodied, thin texture, average carbonation, and a chalky finish. Long duration, light sweetness, acidity, and bitterness. Heavy Brettanomyces character.

Sampled at GABF. Golden pour with lots of white head. Aroma is spicy, bretty, some leather. Flavor is dry, lightly funky, some horse. Leather, a bit tart. Nice mouthfeel. Could drink a lot of this

On tap at the brewpub. The look is slightly cloudy, golden in color with a good off white head. The smell is bretty, fruits, tart, yeat, and hops. The taste is yeast, fruits, bretty, very dry, some light tartness.