Consecration
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Rotating|
Score
8.04
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Ale with currants added and aged in oak barrels.
When we made the Toronado’s 20th Anniversary Ale, we had no idea that it would turn out to be one of our favorite barrel aged beers we would ever make. With that said, we have always wanted to make a dark barrel aged beer using 100% Cabernet Sauvignon barrels but, we never were inspired. That is, until we blended five different beers to make the Toronado beer, the tobacco character from the the dark malts blended nicely with the furit character that developed in blending. So, with Concescration we set out to make a barrel beer using all Cabernet Sauvignon barrels. No, we are not saying that this is a replica of the T-rooms anniversary beer, after all, a beer like that can never be duplicated, and, there was no fruit added to that beer as there is with this one. All we are saying is that it gave us great inspiration to brew Consecration.
When we made the Toronado’s 20th Anniversary Ale, we had no idea that it would turn out to be one of our favorite barrel aged beers we would ever make. With that said, we have always wanted to make a dark barrel aged beer using 100% Cabernet Sauvignon barrels but, we never were inspired. That is, until we blended five different beers to make the Toronado beer, the tobacco character from the the dark malts blended nicely with the furit character that developed in blending. So, with Concescration we set out to make a barrel beer using all Cabernet Sauvignon barrels. No, we are not saying that this is a replica of the T-rooms anniversary beer, after all, a beer like that can never be duplicated, and, there was no fruit added to that beer as there is with this one. All we are saying is that it gave us great inspiration to brew Consecration.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Draft served in a tulip glass. Dark ruby clear. Resinous red wine and oak aroma. Great sour and tart taste and finish, Flanders style. Pricey but top shelf stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Oct 2018
at 01:43
7/10
reddish, cherry, vinegar tartness
Tried
on 22 Sep 2018
at 17:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
0,375l bottle at home shared by me. Bottled 11.09.2017. dark brown color, small off white head. smells of banana, dried fruits, marzipan, raisins, earthy, bit medical, spices. very nice smell, rather unique. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes earthy, citric, some banana, spices, bit lactic, peppery, grassy, wood, some grape notes. finishes rather dry and medium sour with notes of white wine notes, grass and some lactic notes. rather unqiue, bit weird and rather lactic but overall very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2018
at 18:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Courtesy of Brian, corked, bottled 071816
Brown colour, cloudy, small head. Aroma of malt, sour, dark fruit, wine; elegant. Good body strength, nice malt base, with strong vinous character, grapes, wood, and astringency, moderately sour, light apricots, light residual sweetness.
Excellent.
Brown colour, cloudy, small head. Aroma of malt, sour, dark fruit, wine; elegant. Good body strength, nice malt base, with strong vinous character, grapes, wood, and astringency, moderately sour, light apricots, light residual sweetness.
Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2018
at 16:54
9/10
Slodka becka w kwasnym owcowym piwie. Jprdl
Tried
at
Mikkeller Bar Warsaw
on 22 May 2018
at 20:36
8/10
Ciut octowo, ale poza owem zaje
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from Bottle
at
Przystanek Anielewicza
on 14 Apr 2018
at 22:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. A- Grapes, plum, oak, vanilla, tannins. A- Dark copper color, clear liquid, tan head. T- Funky, grapes, oak, alcohol. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, complex finish. O- At 1.5 years old this was good. Part of me wished we could have saved it to see how to matures. Really had that wine feel to it. Rich, complex, and tasty. Too hard to describe. A menagerie of goodness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2018
at 01:07
9/10
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2018
at 14:42
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2018
at 15:31
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Taster at brewery. Dark amber with small ring of head. Soft, fruity aroma, Brett. Taste is smooth and sweet, mildly tart. Subdued, but complex. This is what sours should be. Simple and clean, approachable.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2018
at 03:13