Supplication
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Rotating|
Score
8.20
|
|
Brown Ale aged in used Pinot Noir barrels from local Sonoma County wineries. It is aged for about 12 months with sour cherries, brettanomyces, lactobacillus, and pediococcus added to each barrel. Flavors from the cherries, Pinot Noir and oak balance each other nicely with a little funk from the brett.
Sign up to add a tick or review
7.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Backlog November 2009. Almost clear reddish golden body under a small off-white head. Aroma is acidic with oak, barnyard and funk. Taste has a nice and well made combination of malt, acidic berries, oak, caramel and funk with an alcoholic touch. Medium body with a pleasant, long lasting aftertaste. Well made and balanced.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2026
at 18:27
7.4/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
bottle from 2017 batch - shared with friends for Dart Night. Lovely - a little sour, good funk. Complex
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2025
at 20:58
8.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
375mL bottle. Pours a dull ruddy brown with a slight haze and minimal head. Loads of musty red wine grape skins and red berries on the nose. Flavour has musty grape skins, dried berries, dark fruits, very gentle balsamic. Good level of funk; the pinot noir barrels work very well with the base beer. A work of art.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Chuck's Hop Shop - Seward Park
on 11 Dec 2025
at 23:18
7/10
Bottle from Philadelphia. Clouded maroon pour. Wine grapes, funky brett notes. Sour, cherry, acidic
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:37
9.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Batch 002, courtesy of Irishboy, thank you!!!
pours an amber/orange color. nice finger of head. Aroma is very much like a lambic. Sour and funk, and barnyard with a tinge of cherry, and some flemish sour all combined in one. Flavour is sour, and tastes just like a good lambic, but its smooth, and the finish is big on the cherry. The finish is also very fresh, and the cherry lasts a long time. Wow, what an amazing beer!
pours an amber/orange color. nice finger of head. Aroma is very much like a lambic. Sour and funk, and barnyard with a tinge of cherry, and some flemish sour all combined in one. Flavour is sour, and tastes just like a good lambic, but its smooth, and the finish is big on the cherry. The finish is also very fresh, and the cherry lasts a long time. Wow, what an amazing beer!
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:01
8.6/10
—
Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap at North Park Brewing, North Park, San Diego, 14th February 25. Pours a reddish brown. Aroma is cherry, berries and fruit. Taste is tart cherries, funk, yeast, complex, refreshing, musty. Fantastic. With a Pliny The Elder on the side
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2025
at 20:38
9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from Russian River, Santa Rosa. Aroma is huge Bretty barnyard funk, fruits, oak, wine, pinot barrels, tart cherries, malt, apricot, tart red fruits. Flavour is tart and medium sour. Body is medium. Amazing balance and drinkability. Superb American Sour, world class status well-deserved. Incredible, I wish I had bought more bottles!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:45
8/10
Tried
on 10 Oct 2024
at 22:27
6.8/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottlecraft, Little Italy, 2/24. Dense, hazy, dull cherry, lacy, stagnant pour. Cherry medicinal, herbal hop nose. Deep cherry, vinous, soda burn, lime, slightly medicinal. More tart then sour. Bruin finally comes through on the finish. I remember this being better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2024
at 02:52
8/10
Botella de @Big Bear Wine & Liquor, Inc. 18/10/2023. Color rojizo espuma blanca aromas y sabores ácidas, madera, cuerpo medio.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2023
at 20:28