Cascade Sang Royal

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

Bottle 75cl. [ As my rating # 11000 on ratebeer ].
Unclear medium amber brown color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, berry sour, cherry, wine, wood - oak. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, moderate acidic and moderate to heavy bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090913]

Deep ruby tinted, deep brown pour. The nose is loaded with sweet cherry and a bit of rich tartness. Fairly fruity nose with a lot of cherry character over a bit of sweet toasted maltiness. Fresh and chewy with a nice balance of malt and sweet/tart fruit. It remind me some New Glarus fruit beers, although it doesn’t quite rise to those heights.

Bottle @ Paul’s big thanks to Reuben for the share. Ruby brown pour with some tan head. Cherry, citrus, brett, and flavors and aroma. Very nice, cascade sours are awesome.

Dark red pour with a reddish brown head. Aroma of blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, all kinds of berries and yeast. Flavors are the same with added notes of blood orange and grape skin balanced by a touch of funk and horseblanket. Pretty complex stuff.

Purchased and received a 750 ml bottle via internet sales at Cascade Brewing. Pours a semi-hazy reddish brown colored brew with a fast dissolving off-white head that leaves behind a film top. Aroma of tart cherries, vanilla, yeast and a hint of plums. Taste is medium bodied, plenty of carbonation with flavors of tart cherries, vanilla, some light horse blanket and yeast. Finish remains tart with a cherry and Pinot Noir wine aftertaste that slowly disappears.

Bottle at Paul’s place for Kan’s visit. Missed this at Where the Wild Beers Are, so I was glad to see it. Pours a hazy and murky crimson hued brown. Funk, soft stone fruit, sweetness. Light sourness, old fruit. Delicious sourness and tannins.

Aroma is sour cherries, a swirl of vanilla and spices with a cherry pit/woody finish.The flavor doesn’t seem as complex as the aroma, it’s a bit two dimensional with sour cherries and light vanilla notes, still quite tasty, though (looking back on this, I am totally nitpicking here, for the style, this is shown up only by very, few beers). Higher abv gives it some weight on the palate which is counterbalanced deftly with the champagne-like carbonation. Nice balance of tartness and light cherry sweetness. Very nice beer.

750ml bottle. A very well done sour ale. Reminiscent of Consecration. Kickass dark malt/cherry/soaked wine barrel aroma. Little acetone, and plenty of tart acetic and very tart cherry skin. Tons of sharp barrel notes as well. Pours dark brown/red with a lasting dark, off-white head. My notes are pretty shoddy for this one, but read as follows: kickass flavor! awesome barrel/tart fruit/dark malt. Fruit, barrel and malt in excellent unison. Plenty, but not overbearing acetic notes as well. Lively carbonation with a very pleasant, balsamic finish. Excellent stuff. Thanks Todd!