Cascade Blackberry Ale

Brewed by Cascade Brewing
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Poured a hazy pink-brown color with a pinkish-beige head. Bitter chocolate aroma with some sweet berry and a light tartness. The flavor is of chocolate and tart berry. Semi-dry finish with a light-medium body. Very lively mouthfeel.

Thanks to beastiefan2k for sharing. Deep ruby colour with a large pinkish head. Aroma is quite vegetal and leafy. A bit of chocolate and raspberry. Strange mustiness and a kind of non-descript flavour that doesn’t really do it for me.

From hannont. It pours nice enough when it comes to colorful fruits, a dark purple color with a dark pink hued small head. Aroma is a leafy berry, more like the green leaves at the base of the berry than actual berry. Some sweet-less jam in there as well. Taste loses the vegetal (good), and there is a hint of tartness present and there is just a little bit of tickling acidity. Its rather nice, full mouthfeel ands to the heft of the beer. Get rid of the "green" from the nose and sour it up a bit more and you got a real winner here.
750mL dark green capped and waxed bottle, Rodenbach GC smaller tulip.

Bottle shared by BeastieFan2k. Very green blackberry leaf aroma, a bit of white pepper. Not finding too much going on. Flavor has a fairly solid malt body with a lot of berry up front, finishing slightly tart. Not very sour at all. Doesn’t work nearly as well as the kriek, but still an enjoyable brew.

750ml bottle from Yonkers65. Good Sour, but I was hoping for a little more tartness and a bit more fruit. Slightly tart aroma of blackberry skin, wood tannin, vanilla and plastic. Pours a nice looking deep ruby/purple/brown with a good lasting pink/white head of decent retention and light spotty lacing. Flavor is lightly tart and acidic. Just a hint of blackberry, mild wood tannin. Medium bodied, slightly creamy with nice carbonation. I’d like to see what this one does with a year or two on it. Thanks Bruce!

Getting this beer out of the bottle was a real adventure. The cap was firmly secured with wax and the beer gushed as soon as the cap was loose. I eventually got it under control and poured the purple-tinged dark brown liquid with a nice tan head. This beer tastes like a Belgian sour brown with a blackberry finish. I have attempted refermentation with fruit, so I know how difficult it is to achieve the smooth balanced flavor evident in this ale. Thanks for sharing this hard-to-find beer, Bill.

Bottle shared with Marcus. Thanks for the hospitality. Bottle conditioned. Aromas of blackberry and lightly roasted malt. Brown color with a decent tan head. Medium body with mild carbonation (though persistent in climbing out of the bottle). Flavor is tart berry, roasted malt, and a bit sweet. Finishes a little flat - not spectacular. Some yeast comes out at the end. Mild version of a Flanders sour ale - imagine a sour brown.