Elderberry
Cascade Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.51
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This live barrel of NW style sour red ale was initially aged for six months in French oak wine barrels, then additionally aged on elderberries. Sharp wine, dark raisins, red grapes and cereal notes greet you on the nose. Tart dark fruit and grapes on the palate lead to a sparkling crisp dry finish with hints of fresh elderberries and grape skins.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Shared bottle at Mi2 at Cardinal 08.05.17. Dark brown. Small beige haed. Fine and acid aroma of acid fruits. Similarly dry and acid taste. Very, very good! Elderberries are evident.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2017
at 14:16
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Shared bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours clear dark brown with little beige head. Aroma of lemons, raspberries, effervescent powder, plums, grass, spices, a little mint. Tastes sour with a little sweetness and some salt. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2017
at 14:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a dark cloudy copper color ale with a small foamy head with limited retention and some lacing. Aroma of tart and sour elderberry notes is interesting. Taste is a mix of vinous notes with some oak and tart notes of elderberry with light acidic notes also noticeable. Body is full with limited filtration and good carbonation. Well done with intense flavours while retaining some drinkability.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2017
at 19:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
750 ml corked & caged bottle, as Cascade Oak Aged Elderberry Northwest Sour Ale, ale aged in oak barrels with elderberries and spices, 2015 Project. ABV is 7.0%. At Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Fairly dark brown colour, huge beige head. Aroma of sour (black) elderberries, lemons, farmhouse kitchen, spices and malts. Sour / acidic, tart and astringent flavour, loads of lactic acid, notes of lemons and sour elderberries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2017
at 09:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Elderberry, caramel malt, and straw aroma. Amber with small head. Moderately sweet elderberry, caramel malt, moderately sour vinegar/citric acid, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body. Nice beer - impossible to drink without quoting Monty Python.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2017
at 19:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Towering tan head over opaque red-brown beer. Nose like blue/billberry, but also lactic acid, wood, and something strong fusely:estrery that betrays the true elderberry smell. Very sour, lactic, dark/red fruit, lemon, and a wild, spicy character. Bit of rotten fruit, too, in the background - again the elderberry, which sports this pugnancy (which drove me mad in my youth, being forced to down elderberry syrup against colds...)? The taste of (unripe, IMO) grapeskins, as suggested, is also very remarkable. Very tart, dry-out effet, acidthinning and -burn. Again a very tart USA sour. A bit of balance wouldn’t hurt, I would dare to suggest.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2017
at 15:06
7/10
2015. W pierwszym niuchy toitoi. Ale po chwili fajniej, morwy, drewno, figi (!), jakis smrodek. W smaku slodkawe, tylko kwaskowate, sciaga
Tried
at
Brewdog Warszawa
on 07 Mar 2017
at 19:56
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at Borefts 2016. Poured a hazy reddish brown with a round white head. The aroma is yeast, light elderberry. The flavour is light to moderate sour with a light bubbly fruity light biscuit yeast palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2017
at 05:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Borefts Bier Festival, 2016. Pours brown with medium beige head. Fruity, elderberry, flowery, grapes, oak, sour, vinous. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Dec 2016
at 09:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Palm Tavern, 9/30/16. Dark red-brown, medium foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of sweet and earthy elderberry, Concord grape, raspberry, hints of tartness. The taste is elderberry, grape earth. Strongly tart. Medium-full bodied.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2016
at 20:25