Russian River Beatification (Batch 001)

Formerly brewed at Russian River Brewing
Style: Sour Ale
Santa Rosa, California USA

Very fruity aroma and kind of different to all the other ones and good bottle.

Thanks Dickinsonbeer. PH1. Apple and grape filled with vinous, oak, and funky qualities. The orange amber explodes with a medium to heavy based sour and tart flavor. Little head with apparent carbonation.

Thanks to Stall for sharing this one! Hazy orange pour with thin fizzy off white head. Funky fruit aroma which was quite nice. Airy mouth-feel with loads of tart. Big dry grape finish!

PH1. Cloudy apricot orange pour. Mildewy vinegar aroma, old salad greens, orange peel, caramel, balsamic and lemon. Healthy apricot and lime fruitiness, and consistent traces of that la folie barrel in acidic, sharp red fruits and wine like character. It’s a touch sharp, with a steady stream of phenolic action lending an almost off-putting variety of funk, but this is brief.

Tangy apricot and nectarine flavors sunny and fresh, glazed in balsamic vinegar and fresh lemon juice; the funkiness is wholly subdued by this vibrant fresh fruit character, so summery and refreshing and pure. The la folie barrel seems to encourage that jagged edged red wine vinegar acidity, though it consistently lingers just beneath the surface, never arriving in any sudden burst or seeming too dominant. More consistently, the simple sweet-tart of lemony fruit flavors and the punchy brett presence crafts a likeable, subdued, friendly sourness.

Light to medium body is sharp and dry; finishes with a long golden kiwi sweetness and some bitter citric acids; wholly drinkable, while completely satisafying to the sour tooth. Thanks Ryan!

Bottle at Valley Brew(ery). Pours a hazy orange with almost no head. Moderate sweet- and bitterness with slightly lighter sourness. Aroams of squeezed lemons, vinegar and cask wood. Also hints of cheese and leather. Light to medium bodied with a lively carbonation. Dry, citric finish. Thanks!

Thanks a ton to Turdferguson for sharing this gem, a PH1 no less. Pours a nice soft orange gold with a beautiful carbonation and a very thin head. The nose is very tart, vinous, fruity, some grape in there. Flavor is similar, lots of tartness and acidity, citrus, vinous, grape. Very tart and carbonated mouthfeel and a tart, lasting finish that fades to a dry grape feel.

Bottle (375ml - corked & caged). Shared with Garthicus, courtesy of Irishboy - thanks again, Richard!. Batch 001 PH1. Pours murky orange/gold, small head - still look awesome. Aroma - lemon tartness, soft oak tanin, funky acidic yeast, sweet apple/peach malt way back there - tastes that way too - sweet and incredibly woody/sour, balanced, oaky, hardly any alcohol to it - superb. Acidic, thick, long tingling finish to it, beer of the night. I just don’t have the words to describe the massiveness here.

Batch 001 PH 1. Shared with HogTownHarry, Harrys bottle, sent to him by Irishboy (so a double whammy!) Cloudy grapefruit colour with a small whispy head but a lot of carbonation. Aroma: Can an aroma be juicy? If so, then this is juicy! Makes my saliva glands go into overdrive, grapefruit and pine, malt too. Flavour: Wow, grapefruit-lemon-kiwi, sour, sweet, volitile, incredible, a serious palate wrestle! Hairs actually stood up on my neck. Superb!!! A nice sour-bitter aftertaste, dry finish, just superb