Russian River Damnation

(750ml bottle) Pours a pale hazy yellow, good lasting head and excellent lacing. Nose is plastic, hay, sweet malt and very low hop presence. Taste is nicely sweet balanced with a low amount of hops, spicy yeast and velvety mouthfeel. A perfectly balanced beer in my opinion.

(bottle). Cloudy, light golden color with particles floating. Large off white head, which is frothy/rocky. Light hop and lemon aroma. Light hop, apricot, and alcohol flavors. Avg duration. Very light alcohol on the finish. Slick texture. Moderate carbonation. Good lacing.

From bottle. Pours golden with a small white head. Smell is of coriander. Eh I hate coriander. Taste is of coriander as well. If I didn’t know any better I’d think my glass had soap in it. Horrible beer. Will never drink again.

From tap at the brewpub. Pours hazy orange with a dense and white head. Aroma is light wheaty and estery. Fruity and wheaty flavoured. Mild citrusy hoppy and fruity. Ends slight citric and bitter.

On tap at the brewery. Pours a slightly hazy golden with a white head. Sweet and fruity. Hints of berries and bog myrtle. Grassy hints too. Some residual sugars. Tiny hints of metals. Medium to full bodied. Medium carbonation.

Draft at the Falling Rock Taproom in Denver. Cloudy yellow, fruity in aroma, this Belgian Golden is so flavorful with fruit and spice and has a nice yeast flavor along with some biscuit malt. This like all RR offerings not only compare, but out-do most of their Belgian counterparts. A wonderful beer.

Decent belgian that’s very traditional and I guess a bit uninspired. Warm soft palate that’s great and feels fluffy on the swallow, but the flavors are all ordinary banana, clove, corriander, etc. It’s well done and a nice beer, but I’ve had this beer a hundred times from other brewers, and at $9 a bottle it’s just a tad underwhelming.