Cascade Strawberry

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Aroma of strawberry, tart bandaid funk and yeasty goodness. Pours bright orange with nice yeasty film. Tart and intense taste like an unsweetened strawberry lemonade. Great sour!

750ml bottle @RLRL A-sour strawberry, acidic, med malt. T-sour fruit, acidic, med malt.

Bottle 750ml. corked.

ABV: 7.39%. Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, tart, horse blanket, tart strawberry, funky, sulfur. Flavour is light heavy sweet and light moderate acidic with a long duration, fruity, strawberry, funky, tart, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121116]

Bottle:   Dirty amber, somewhat of a pinkish hue, sudsy white head, dies quickly leaving little lacing.   Fruity nose, strawberry stands out.   Tart and dry up front, strawberry flavors from start to finish.   Simple, yet just as advertised.   Make that very dry.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate to full.   While not as brash and sharp as their other examples, it hits the nail on the head with the strawberry flavors.   Simple, yet enticing.   Each sip I seem to want to try more.   This really is as advertised, strawberry flavors with a rather strong dry and tart/sour finish.   Simple, yet clean and elegant.   Reminds me of the wonderful shrimp salad at The Burgundian.   One of the better Strawberry fruit beers I have ever had.

Date: October 28, 2012
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: cloudy orange, wispy off white head
Aroma: sweet strawberry aroma, lots of musty funk, strawberry seeds
Flavor: big musty flavor, good dose of dry strawberry, just a hint of sweetness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with small white head. The aroma is a strong strawberry and candy. Thin mouthfeel with a sweet fruit and stawberry with light tart in the finish. Easy to drink, a very impressive sour ale from Cascade.

Usually strawberry beers fail but this one kills it. Super sour, tart, acidic, dry. Pleanty fo strawberry flavor. Plenty of lemon and grapefruit pith.

UPDATED: APR 2, 2013 Golden red pour, good lace. Super fresh strawberry aroma makes me think I’m actually smelling a fresh strawberry patch. Aroma is truly great. Taste is a tad disappointing as the strawberries get lost in the mix. Tart and refreshing, just lacks a strong fruit backbone. Slightly better from the bottle than it was on tap, still tastes young. Should grow into its own in due time. This would be a remarkable sour for most breweries, but Cascade set their own bar too high for this to be a celebrated beer. Update 3/23/13: Wow, this has aged marvelously! Aroma doesn’t hold the same magic it once did (9 --> 7), while the taste has matured like a champ (6 --> 9). Full depth of flavor, fresh & pungent. Might be the best strawberry sour I’ve had.

Bottle at the BA Buffalo bottle share. Golden amber hue with small white head. Nose of Brett. Taste is puckering with sweet strawberries showing on the finish. This is very enjoyable.

Very lightly hazed orange/amber with a thin off white head that soon clears to edge. Nose comprises light strawbwerry notes, tarte fruit, light vinegar tones. Taste follows nose, light tarte strawberry, sour fruit tones, light sugars. Medium bodied, light spritzy carbonation leading to a tarte finish.