Russian River Supplication

Brewed by Russian River Brewing
Style: Sour Ale
Santa Rosa, California USA

Fantastic beer. I had to trade to get this one, and it absolutely lived up to expectations. Cherries, apples, and love are the secret to this one’s success.

Batch #3. Pours orange with thin white head. Aroma of sour cherries, vinegar and oak. Love the funky nose on this one. Flavor is very sour with cherries and apples with a long, tart, dry finish. Tons of brett in on every sip. These sours are growing on me everyday. This is very good!!

Bottle, batch 003, about a year after bottling. Pours orange with an off white head. Tart fruity aroma with rhubarb, cherry and a touch of brett. An initial fruity tartness gives way to oak, brett, and must, followed by a dry bretty finish. Pretty good, but maybe would be better with another year or so of aging.

Bottle shared by BlackForestCO. Pours a reddish golden with a small foamy head. Aromas of tart fruit, barnyard funk and a bit of oak. Flavors are tart fruit, sour bretty components, and a nice dry finish. Palate is awesome. Fantastic Beer! Thanks again Jake!

Batch 3 375ml bottle. Sourness is big, tight and some tannin. Felt this needed to age for 2 or more yaers to really shine. Still super complex, though to drink because of the sour, the super long finish, and wrapping your head around what you are drinking. Great texture, sharp acidity, funk and fabulous! Very much anticipate other bottles years down the road.

375ml batch 003 thanks to DRINKNDRIVE thanks man. I took the cage off this sucker and admired the label, bad idea. The cork blasted out of the bottle with a fury and I was scrambling for my snifter as this precious beer began spraying my kitchen counter... The label says this is a brown ale but it sure looks orange to me. The smell leads me to believe this will be very sour. I can smell some oaky-woodiness and a wine like smell but not really any funk or must. The first sip I took was very meager and still exploded in my mouth hitting one side of my jaw with sourness and then leaving a cherry note. The smell keeps drawing me back with an interesting note they makes me think I have either had this beer before (GABF?) or it is very similar to another sour? This beer also coats the mouth very well, despite the tiny carbonation bubbles, which leaves a flavor that seems to evolve after you swallow. The flavor also reminds me of sour candies, lime pixie sticks (do those exist?). This is an excellent beer and perfect for those who enjoy sours because this is a serious mouth puckering beer. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 05-21-2008 02:46:26

Thanks go out to JVD for this long time want. Batch #003 bottle poured into a snifter produced a finger worth white head that went to a good layer of lace. The body of the brew was interesting reddish brown/ amber, if that’s a color Aromas of sour cherries are really evident. Nice wood aromas as well as wonderfully funky yeast. It reminded me a lot of a Rodenbach Flavors of a dry white wine and sour cherries this stuff is great. Light, crisp and dry in the mouth Drinkability on a sour is a strange question; yes its drinkable but how much sours can one take. I’m glad I decided to crack this one open tonight I have been really missing the sours and it was easy to finish this bottle of myself

Bottle, shared with CaryTheDude and JakeBra, who hooked me up big time with this one. Pours a dark orange with a fizzy head. Aroma is dusty, funky, with wood, cherries, citrus. Flavor is a rush of sour cherries, deep sourness, citrus. Incredible flavor. JakeBra says its like "a really good warhead" and I agree. Mouthfeel is wonderful, bringing a rush of saliva. Incredible experience. Thanks, Dude and JakeBra!.