Russian River Brewing Company Deviation (Bottleworks IX)

Deviation (Bottleworks IX)

 

Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer Special Out of Production
Score
8.19
ABV: 6.83% IBU: - Ticks: 34
In celebration of Bottleworks 9th Anniversary, we are proud to present Deviation - a beer unique in every sense. This remarkable blend combines the oak aged diversity of PHI, Orphan Ale, and Sonambic Ale with 100% Brettanomyces Ale (Sanctification) and is bottle conditioned with additional Brettanomyces. Thanks Vinnie. Your beer is a testament to the art of deviation.
 

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8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Big thanks to 5K (apparently almost everyone has to). Pours with an orange shade of amber colored body with a small head that quickly fades. There is a nice ring of bubbly lacing left. The body glows but does not allow one to see through it. Aroma starts with a nice sour twang. It’s an earthy - faintly musky and sweaty - citric lemon, sort of sourness; presently strong sourness. Taste is a bit grapefruit skin-esque bretty sour. There is a short burst of the sourness and then very light acidity and a drying light rubber and leather. It is very smooth for a sour beer, the acidity is barely there. I am surprised that it does not come off obviously blended like the Tornado. It seems to be very dominated by the Sonambic part, which is awesome.
750mL bottle, Derlirium Tremens snifter.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2008 at 22:32

9.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9.5
Cloudy pale beige with thick head. Complex bretty nose has leather, horseblanket, wood. One of those beers you want to sniff forever. Deep tartness on the palate. Loads of funk and fruit (peach, cherry). Genius plan! Exceptional balance, crazy tart. And it’s held up to a couple of samplings.
Tried on 08 May 2008 at 08:49

9.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
750 ml brought home to me by Enniskillen; Nose of funk, fruitiness, oakiness, and citrus; cloudydark gold with a small beige head; flavor quite tart, with apricot,(does it have Compunction with pluots in it), grapesfruit, and horseblanket. Finish is more funk!
Tried on 07 May 2008 at 22:30

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Thanks to beastiefan2k for sharing - this was the last beer in a long night of sour ale tasting, and it was STILL and stand out kick in the mouth - hazy straw-colored beer, with a small fizzy head - explosive aroma of light brett, oak, citrus, white grapes, mild sweetness, wheat - an acidic kick up front makes way for serious brett and lacto funkiness - loads of earthy complexities going on - a light sweetness tempers things, and carries with it some citrus and cherry flavors - really soft in the mouth - white wine grapes and wheaty/grainy character arrive late - the extreme acidity and funk never become overpowering or overburden the palate (I could probably drink this all night without palate fatigue) - awesome balance.
Tried on 23 Apr 2008 at 21:19