Cascade Mouton Rouge

Brewed by Cascade Brewing @ Raccoon Lodge
Style: Sour Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Date: September 23, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear dark red, fine beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: big tart cherry aroma, nice musty woody character
Flavor: huge rich cherry flavor, initial sweetness is balanced by a big tartness, light woody character, hint of dark caramel
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Bottle: Pours a dark ruby mahogany with nice white head. The nose is tart and fruity with lots of cherry and black berry, the oakiness is up front but a little lighter than I like. The flavor is mostly tart, a touch of maltiness and sweetness, but the sour dominates. Finishes pungent and funky. A nice sour from portland.

Growler delivered by Reuben thanks Mofo. Pours a red ruby body with a thin off white head. Come up with a Flanders red aroma, tart with vinegar, and lacto notes. Sour cherries with a relatively low acidity, oak seems to be in hiding. Overall nice, it lost a bit of carbonation though.

On tap at Raccoon Lodge Portland, Pours out a brown with some red highs topped with a small tan head. Aroma was very nice lots of cherries, oak, sweet vanilla and some tartness. Taste was all the aroma and more. the right amount of sweetness. The cherries and oak made a good combo. A tast treat. I did have them fill a 0.5 flip top to bring back to Boise but the bar tender poured it in a pitcher and then in to the bottle. Needless to say I just drank it that night at the hotel. Because I didn’t think it would make it home with any carbination. O well next time.

On tap at Raccoon Lodge on 6/27/09. Beautiful ruby brown with lasting frothy eggshell head. Hints of cherry and oak. Tastes a little sweet with vanilla, then the tart fruit kicks in and provides a smorgasbord of flavors of raising, grapefruit, vanilla, cherry and red grap. Very complex beer with a great sour finish.

Tap at PIB. Deep red pour with a small and thin tan head. Aroma is hefty on the cherries, with some vinous notes and a light oak. Flavor puckers you up immediately with cherry and vinous notes, and finishes with a bit of oak bite. Solid beer, though perhaps not quite worthy of the hype.

Draught. Poured read with thick white head. Oakey and malty aroma. Tasted like cough syrup, with tinges of vomit. Oak finish. Disgusting.

On-Tap @ Concordia Ale House poured into Snifter glass. Pours a clear, deep ruby complextion with a thin and fizzy tan head that quickly dissolves and creates a swirling thin layer atop the glass. The aroma is tart cherries, general sourness and some touches of oak. The flavor is very tart upfront with cherries and rounds out with some hints of the oak. Its medium bodied and is very effervescent. I thoroughly enjoyed this beer sitting outside in the sweltering sun. Thirst-quenching and refreshing.