Russian River Beatification (Batch 001)

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

An unclear orange beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet yet at the same time acidic with primary notes of wood. The flavor is acidic with notes of wood and grapefruit. Leading to a dry acidic end, where the notes of wood still lingers around.

(Bottle 37,5 cl) Courtesy of Sliffy. Very unclear amber golden with a small, off-white head. Distincly sour and somewhat rotten (in a positive sense!) aroma. Medium body with a distinct Brett-like sourness with noble rot. Not really any bitterness but acidic all the way through. Much closer to a Gueuze than to a Flemish Sour. Interesting indeed. 191206

Bottled, thanks cquiroga! Cloudy deep golden, brief head. Citric nose. Very dry with lively spritzy mouthfeel. Citric acidity mixes with wood and strawberry. Fairly light bodied with near Cantillon-like acidity. Fresh and flavourful. Really good, but yet not my favourite from this excellent brewer.

37.5 cL bottle, courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours hazy orange with a fizzy off-white head. Solid citric to acidic aroma. Barnyard and horseblanket too. Citric, orange fruity, apple and solid fruity flavoured. Lingering and smooth and fruity flavoured, citric and orange fruity with a nice wooden note following. Dry and wooden dryness into a lasting fruity and dry fruity finish. Lasting fruity impression, quite fresh. Biting acidic finish, quite tart.

Name: Beatification 001
Date: August 02, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Appearance: hazy orange, thin fine white head
Aroma: big musty funky aroma with a nice lemony aroma
Flavor: nice tart malt flavor with essence of lemon and spices, light spice and funk

Name: Beatification 001
Date: August 02, 2006
Words: ph1
Aroma: rich aroma with strong yet muted spicy funk, not as pronounced as the regular versoin
Flavor: however the flavor is more agressive with more lemony tartness and funk

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Cloudy dull amber. Big oaky, leather aroma with hints of grape, peach candy, old cheese. Really tart. Very leathery, oaky, a bit grapey flavour. Lively body. So dry and flavourful, very gueuze-like, but the carbo is a shade too high to bring out the best in this beer. PH1.

Hazy orange with medium off white heas lasting shortly. Sour aroma with with woody, barnyard and grapefruit notes. Sour flavour with wood, barnyard, leather brett and grapefruit. Excellent.

(375ml bottle, Batch 001, thanks kmweaver) Minimal off-white head with cloudy apple juice body. Aroma is medium sweet, orange, Bret/funk, chalky, light creamy. Taste is mild sweet, lemon, some funk, light orange. Acidic light-medium body.