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Russian River Beatification (Batch 001)

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Russian River Beatification (Batch 001) - Sour Ale

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Formerly brewed at Russian River Brewing
Style: Sour Ale

Santa Rosa, California USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1964.17/5.04.13/5.0Special5.5%97.5Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Blonde Ale aged in New Belgium La Folie barrels for 23 months. Batch 001 is softer on the palate than Batch 001 - PH1. The PH1 batch was aged in one of New Belgium's favorite barrels. Refermented in the bottle.
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 mcbackus (725), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/519/20
Aug 20, 2007    Updated: Nov 28, 2007
bottle batch 001 boboski again on this one. pours honey golden with thin white line of a head. aroma of sour, honey, and sour grape like aroma. flavour i sour brettyness, jusst under ripe apple, touch of sour grape and just all around fantastic. would love to write more but sadly my glass is empty.


bottle from bobo ph1: no change in score pours a ginger gold hue with a line of white around the edge. aroma is very sour with some great fruit also. a wonderful wonderful sour aroma, grapes and honey float in after it warms. flavour is a fruity apple white grape like sour. very smooth and no astringent. finishes of touches of sweet honey. i love this beer.


 KAME (156), California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/103/518/20
Aug 18, 2007  
Batch 001. Pours a dark amber with a small slightly off-white head. Aroma has a nice oaky funkiness with a linger citric tartness. Very dry and brut champagne-like. Probably could have used a bit more carbonation. Another kick-ass creation from Vinny at RR.


 nahthan (129), Oakland, California, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/519/20
Jul 9, 2007  
PH1 acquired directly at the brewery about a year ago. Pours clean and simple with a nice thick head that dissipates quickly. Nice tight carbonation. Sour and brett up in the front of the tongue, super clean finish at the end. Very wonderfully complex, low alcohol and drinkable. 10/10 on the belgian "digestability scale". Outstanding.


 bu11zeye (5430), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Jul 7, 2007  
(Bottle, PH1, courtesy of Walt) Pours a hazy golden orange body with a small off-white head. Aroma of citrus, oak, and sour funkiness. Flavor is of sour organic lemony funkiness and with a subtle dry, oak finish. Thanks for sharing Walt!


 scraff (1921), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Jul 2, 2007  
RBSG 2007 Overnight Tasting - Hazed dark gold, fizzy white head. Nose was loaded with deep lemony oak notes with additional underlying tones of citrus and honey. Well integrated sour oak flavors sit softly on on a base of citrusy (grapefruit), lemon and sweet honey notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry, sour oaken finish. Freakin awesome! Thanks for sharing Walt...


 JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/518/20
Jun 12, 2007  
Batch PH1. Courtesy dsnowden. Poured a murky dark straw color with an even, thin off-white head. Mellow funky aroma with deep tart notes within. Nice tannic aromas present also. Intense sour taste aided by a pleasant tannic finish. A superbly executed Flemish Sour.


 TheCheeseMan (538), Saint Cloud, Florida, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/104/519/20
Jun 9, 2007  
Batch PH1. Aroma when the bottle is opened is not subtle, causing me to salivate almost immediately. Head settles in, almost protectively. Aroma in the glass is full on funky. Citrus, hay, grass, sour cherries, hints of spice and that barnyardy funk. One taste and I know I may have just consumed a once in a lifetime beer. I have to paraphase boboski, it was so tart it hurt, you could feel the back of your jaw ache in ecstasy. Flavor is simply amazing.


 henrikb (1298), Aarhus, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
May 8, 2007  
PH1 - Deep beautiful dark golden to amber body, huge big bubbled yellowish head falling quite fast; Fresh very bretty nose, almost a bit closed or not yet perfectly settled, at least it doesn’t have the perfectness that I expected, lemon grapefruit like very fruity touch, but it also has something malty/grainy sweet, the barrel aromas are a bit to present: Huge soft carbonation in a soft textured body, it has quite a bit of very mild lactic acid and quite a bit of sweetness; The finish is long, starts out quite lactic and bretty dry, but it never truly reveals itself and slowly mellows out dry and sweet, lots of aroma, barrel, lemon etc but they never reveals them self either. It seems very much like a wine that is drunk to young or at a moment where it is closed. I expected more from this beer and I am sure it has it, I just popped the bottle at the wrong time. Thanks 1000000000 Walt.



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