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Russian River Sanctification

Score
10097
OVERALLStyle
Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RATINGS: 506   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.94   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 202   ABV: 6.75%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Who’s afraid of the "big bad BRET?" We’ll tell you who: winemakers! Because of our close proximity to several hundred wineries, we often get winemakers visiting our brewery. (After all, it takes a lot of great beer to make great wine!) Because we use 100% Brettanomyces yeast to ferment Sanctification, most winemakers will only smell the glass, and only a very few will venture to taste the beer. They think the Brettanomyces will attach to their clothing and end up in their winery. A simple solution was offered: keep a smudge pot burning at the door of our brewery so they can burn their clothes when exiting, but even that was not enough. After giving it more thought, we concluded that winemakers think Brettanomyces might scar their taste buds and possible even permeate their skin? Either way, Sanctification is one of the most unique beers you will ever taste! It was fermented with 100% Brettanomyces, rather than the traditional Saccharomyces.


3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
BeerBoxer (184) - Sacramento, USA - FEB 6, 2012
on draft at the brewery. Pours yellow gold with a off white head. Flvor is a bit peachy and pineapple. Very wild flavor that finishes dry and sour.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
fonefan (23588) - VestJylland, DENMARK - FEB 5, 2012

Bottle 750ml.

Clear medium yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, white head. Aroma is light malty, moderate to light heavy, fruity, apricot, baking yeast, barnyard, pickles - pickled cucumbers, white wine notes. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration, fruity, baking yeast, dry, white wine. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. IMO: Not as complex a belgium sour. [20120127]

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Rasmus40 (2986) - Beder, Aarhus, DENMARK - FEB 4, 2012
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity, white wine and bretty. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate acidic. Rather dry and moderate acidic finish. 270112

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Dedollewaitor (9224) - Odense, DENMARK - FEB 4, 2012
Bottle @ Too many geuze’s only one toilet, Ulfborg 2012. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Nose is tart and bretty, Pickles, hay, brett and yeast. A bit of white grapes / white wine. Tart dry end. Nice.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
deekyn (135) - Yosemite, California, USA - FEB 3, 2012
UPDATED: FEB 7, 2012 A - pours hazy dark golden with low head and lacing. S - cedar and bretty on the front. Aromas of lemon, hints of orange. Sweet tarts. Subtle earthy yeasts. Nice funk. M - light medium body. High carb, lingering sour bretty ending. T- floral and orange peel on the nose, sweet sour bretts on the palate. Hints of cinnamon and cedar throughout. O - good less complex sour beer. I do love the sours. 7+\8- ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
oRos (94) - sacramento, California, USA - FEB 3, 2012
Old pineapple dick swill flavor. Color is cloudy. Slight sour taste. Not a fan. Bad pineapple

4.5
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
drunkenpolack (257) - Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA - FEB 2, 2012
Sanctification pours a clear golden straw color. A two finger fluffy white head pours. Great retention. Smell is out of this world. Can you say funky? Funky, musty, hay, citrus, lemon, apples, and earthy aromas. I just loved this aroma. Might be my favorite aroma of any Russian River sour. The taste is not as funky as the aroma but it’s still fantastic. Light brett taste, apples, lemon, and orange. Light grassiness. Small amount of tartness. Just a lovely taste though. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied. Very nice carbonation here.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
chrisv10 (4008) - DENMARK - JAN 31, 2012
Bottle @ FOneFan. Slightly hazy golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit and a little citrus. Flavour is malt, brett, dry, yeast, little citric, little citrus, little sweet and white wine.


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