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Russian River Beatification (Batch 002)

Russian River Beatification (Batch 002)

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A Sour Ale brewed by
Russian River Brewing

Santa Rosa, California USA

bottled
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Although we enjoyed aging Batch #1 in used La Folie barrels from New Belgium Brewery, one of which was the renowned PH1 barrel, Batch #2 is something completely different. After a trip to Belgium in 2006, Vinnie successfully tried his hand at spontaneous fermentation using traditional, and not so traditional, Lambic methods. Out of respect for our Belgian brewing friends, we call this style “Sonambic”, a portmanteau between Sonoma and Lambic.

We stole this term from our friend Brian Hunt at Moonlight, our local farmhouse brewery. In 2007, we executed a second spontaneous fermentation, making yet another batch of Sonambic. This year, we blended those two batches to create our second bottling of Beatification which we are very excited about! Batch #2 has a big grapefruit aroma and grapefruit rind flavor with funky Brettanomyces and a tart finish.


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 StFun (298), Indiana, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/56/102/510/20

Jul 9, 2008  
Oh man, I *just* missed having the lowest score out there on this one. HUGE thanks to DTM for hooking me up with the RRs. I truly, trul appreciate it. I’ve had sours I’ve enjoyed before (JP Grand Reserve), but this one...not so much. Looks good when poured, and I was fully expected to love this. Aroma is funky Fruity Pebbles with dirty ass scented marshmellows. And some rotting cheese. Lots of funk in this one, floating around in the beer, stinking up the beer, and in the taste for sure! This one is sour as all hell, and will turn your mouth inside out. They weren’t lying about the grapefruit rind flavor! Very, very acidic grapefruit, with copper and sour milk. I wish it wasn’t so sour, because it would be nice to actually taste this one. Thanks to DTM again for hooking me up with lots of RR, even though this one wasn’t for me, I’m still dying to try the rest!

 sunevdj (1384), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/103/516/20
Aug 31, 2008  
@ home with the club. From Ledger´s Liqour. Pours a clear golden with no head. Sour freshness. Aromas of berries. Hints of vinegar and medicine. Medium to light bodied. Medium carbonation. Good.


 Mette (110), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/516/20
Aug 29, 2008  
Her har vi en Sune ting, smagt til klubaften. Uklar gul og intet skum. Madsser af eddike, sure stikkelsbær og citrus i duft og smag. Der er også noget sært tis og oste duft. Stiker godt i næsen.


 maniac (1976), Richmond, Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/59/104/517/20
Aug 29, 2008  
Bottle at Toronado during the RBSG Pub Crawl Tour on 08/01/2008. Cloudy golden body with a small white head. Big sour fruit aroma. Huge sour flavor with light fruit. Light body with moderately high carbonation.


 sleepylopes (281), New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 21, 2008  
tap, tartness and carbonation dominate this brew. the big bret flavors are well ballanced with a good amount of citrus and pith.


 jcwattsrugger (3942), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 20, 2008  
@Richmond/Williamsburg Gathering-12.7 oz bottle-pours a white ring and gold color. Aroma is sour grain, wet wood/barnyard, tart lemon, dry, bretomyces-funk. Taste is nonstop sour, grain, wet wood/barnyard, tart lemon, dry, brettanomyces-funk. Tart and sour doesn’t stop. Great beer to the style. Occasional. Thanks Chris for sharing.




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