2011 Symposium Sour Brown
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Special Out of Production|
Score
7.26
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
375ml bottle pours out amber brown color topped with a sand head. Nose is nice big funky basement musk oak wood and some fruit. Taste is more of the nice funky musky notes wood and a little sweet tart fruit.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
19th October 2017
Level 42 Bottleshare. Thanks to Paul. Hazy amber beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, very mild carbonation. Tangy fruits and a touch of vanilla. That's about it. Smooth finish. Tangy linger. Simple stuff but quite approachable for a RR beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle split at L42, many thanks to Scoopey, 19/10/17. Light haze on a brown pour with a decent beige cap. Nose is funk, wood must, toffee, berry fruit on the turn. Taste comprises stale fruit cake, funk, damp wood, barnyard notes, mellow oak, candied fruits, sweet and sour bite. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Decent well balanced sour.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared on Level 42 19/10/2017. Many thanks to Paul . A clear light chestnut brown coloured pour with a loose greyish head. Aroma is nice semi sweet sour, vinegar, woody, lacto, mixed layered funk, lots of wood, leather and vanilla. Flavour is composed of semi sweet and sour, tangy apple, lacto, woody mould, shoe leather, woody must, light wood. Palate is woody tannin, moderate to low carbonation, tangy, . Nice complexity.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at level 42 shared by me. Pretty sure acquired this in a trade many moons ago. It pours lightly hazy mahogany brown with a bubbly beige head. The aroma is bitter – sweet, juicy, jammy, very fruit indeed, funky, vanilla oak, gummy bread, sweet – sour character, sour candy and fizzy cherry cola bottles. The taste is bitter, - sweet, sour, earthy, rather funky, musty, sour cherry cola, touch of malt vinegar, sherbet, vinous character, oak, earth, vanilla and tannic black tea. Medium body and fine carbonation. Has aged gracefully. Good depth and rather well – rounded. Tasty stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Toronado, February 2014. Sold as CBC Sour Brown 2011. (rating number 3900) Hazy orange with a small head. Tart with oak, funk, berries, hay and some notes of wine. Fairly light with low carbonation. Easy to drink.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared by the Sierra Nevada rep at RBWG 2014, thanks! Pours a clear amber brown with a tan head that dissipates completely. Aroma has a nice sour red fruit note with a good amount of acid with a bit of bread backing. Flavor starts with red fruits that grow in sourness with a bit of acid and a light bread backing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
RBWG14 Trip Rating #134. Bottle shared at the Grand Tasting. Pours a dark amber color with a thin frothy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of earth, funk, stone fruits. Taste is bright citrus, stone fruits, earthy funk. Medium bodied.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at RBWG Asheville Grand Tasting. Thanks fella! Pours murky golden-brown with a frothy off-white head. Acetic aroma, some tart citrus fruits, berries. Light sweet flavor with good, balanced tart bite, light leathery fruits, modest funk. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Moderate acetic finish, further tangy berries. Good stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On 06/18/2011. Cloudy orange body with a small frothy white head. Big tart fruit and light caramel aroma. Big tart fruit flavor with pear, apple, and light spice. Medium light body with moderately high carbonation.