Russian River Temptation

From 1.5 L bottle, batch 1. Pours hazy orange with a lacing white head. Orange fruity and mild acidic. Smooth and orange fruity light tart and smooth finish with a light acidity.

~RBSG ’08~

Batch 1 bottle at Grand Tasting. Pours an orangish mango color, with creamy head and nice lacing. Funky cider nose, tart, apples, some cherries, wheat. Tart flavors, sweet fruit, noticeable hops, some sticky malts. Yum. Dry mouthfeel, very good, tartness is fantastically balanced with hops.

Cloudy yellow in color with a thin head (once it dissipated). The nose leads the way with a tart/sour/funky citric aromas. The palate is tart and sour but also incredibly balanced with yellow fruit dominating.

003 batch from 375. Aroma is captavating. Chardonnay influences come thru making this femenin, something tough to do with beer’s I’ve had lately. Oak is noticable but not with vanilla or smoke, but the texture is valvet for a sour. Sour gives lift and cleans the palate for a seemless and long finish. Could see how this can miss out on the WOW factor as it’s subtle and deserves to be aged a couple years. No real sweetness to note. Some yeast has settled but not much. Really amazing assuming you get it for the $12 per bottle or so retail price.

Pours golden with thin white head. Aroma has nice funky kick to it. Taste is light and refreshing. Mild sour notes that make this a good starter beer for 9am. Not too sour and very good.