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Russian River Damnation

Russian River Damnation

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95
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A Belgian Strong Ale brewed by
Russian River Brewing

Santa Rosa, California USA

bottled
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5513.75/5.03.74/5.07.75%87.2Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
In the great beer producing country of Belgium, some brewers have made it a tradition to give their beers an unusual name. Sometimes the name is curious, now and then it is diabolical and other times it is just plain silly. Damnation is our brewmaster's interpretation of a Belgian style Strong Golden Ale. It has extraordinary aromas of banana and pear with mouth filling flavors of sweet malt and earthy hops. The lingering finish is dry and slightly bitter but very, very smooth.

Editor's Note: this entry is for all batches EXCEPT batch 23 (see separate entry).


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 santoslhalper (192), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/102/59/104/519/20

Feb 7, 2008  
Batch #32. Tons of thanks to Naka for sharing this bottle. Peach and brett nose, with loads of sweet sugar, bubblegum, and cotton candy. Cloudy gold with floaties and off white head. Tastes funky with a sour back, oranges, pears, and lemons. Super super dry finish that’s clean and crisp. Not as bretty as I expected. Honestly, this tasted like a saison to me, and a great one at that.

 Brock_Landers (723), Panama City, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 9, 2008  
On tap at the Falling Rock. Bright gold pour with wonderful white thick head. Nose of yeast, fruit and some grain. Flavor is sweet of yeast, cloves, spice, and banana. A very enjoyable quaff.


 FlssmrBrewAlum (245), South Chicago Suburbs, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/59/104/516/20
Oct 8, 2008  
Sampler at the RR Brewpub (Santa Rosa, CA). Nicely hazed light golden hue with a tiny head. A touch of Belgian yeast and banana in the nose. Interesting. Very mellow estery sweetness coupled with a bite of belgian spiciness and some bitterness up front. Refreshing, but a fairly big beer. I thought this was pretty special. Cheers!


 f351c4v (231), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 5, 2008  
On tap @ Toronado. Pours a cloudy golden color with almost no head. Yeasty, bready aroma, pizza dough and candi sugar. Thin body, spicy, sweet breads. I’m a dubbel guy, this just isn’t my style.


 carruthm (434), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 4, 2008  
on tap at hopvine
V - clear pale orange/yellow
A - belgian ale spices
T - typical belgian ales. I think best summarized as 3 parts Delirium Tremens, 1 part water
P - well balanced.


 iowaherkeye (1413), relocated to Santa Rosa f/Iowa, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Sep 30, 2008  
From a growler filled about 30 minutes ago. The chalkboard claimed only 7% ABV, also. Slightly hazy yellow golden with a one finger creamy white head, pretty good retention. Belgian yeast is dominant with banana and peach notes up front. Candi sugar and a hint of lemon are in the background with some herbal hops. Flavor has a little bit stronger banana and lemon notes (though the banana is stronger). The hops dry out the light to moderate sweetness down to the semi dry finish. Bitterness peaks around a 2/10. Light to moderate carbonation with a medium body--very smooth (as the commercial description says). A very good Belgian!



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