Temptation
(has 8 batches)
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating|
Score
8.02
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Blonde Ale aged in used Chardonnay barrels from local Sonoma County wineries. It is aged for about 9 to 15 months (depending on the age of the barrel) with lots of brettanomyces, lactobacillus, and pediococcus added to each barrel. Medium bodied with hints of oak and Chardonnay, funky brett characteristics, with a nice, long sour finish.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
First ratingBottle thanks to Reza! Sampled on May 24, 2011Clear pale honey yellow color, small white head. Acidic to sour scent, some cheese and oak. Moussy mouthfeel, acidic aftertaste. Acidic to sour taste, some apples and wood. Very low bitterness. Somewhat metallic and unripe red berries character.6/3/7/3/12=3.1RerateBottled 375 mlat the epic sour beer tasting at _angst_ place, on February 11, 2012Brought by tkrjukoff, thanks!Marked 7.5% ABVHazy yellow to golden color, white head. Acidic, sour, oak scent. Light, acidic, sour, oak taste. Sour aftertaste. Medium low mouthfeel, very low bitterness.8/3/7/3/14=3.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2011
at 23:50
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle from a trade with wavers1. Pours slightly cloudy pale yellow color with white head. Slightly musty aroma with brett, oak, wine and some floral scents. Tart flavor with some oak ane wine aith a good dose of brett funkiness. Light and crisp mouthfeel. Lots of effevescence. An excellent brew. Thanks Baker.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2011
at 18:11
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
at a tasting, many many thanks mom and dad, hazy lemon yellow colour, aroma of tropical fruits, lemon, unripe fruits, oak and butteriness,flavour of tropical fruits, chardonnay vinousity and that oak and butter in the back, mellow smooth sourness, light long sour aftertaste. Exquisitley smooth, mellow and balanced brew, an amazing marriage of beer and wine.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2011
at 01:29
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft at Falling Rock, Denver. Filtered golden-tan with a creamy white head. Harsh funky lemon sour notes under some creamy malt. Pretty nice, sort of incorporates a the funky sourness quite well into the malt base. Medium bodied, very drinkable for the ABV. Tart and refreshing. Lemon funk notes dominate. Superbly melllow, great stuff. The white wine really becomes apparent the more it’s sipped. White wine and beer hybrid.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2011
at 21:22
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
bottle(thanks to Mlunger12) at my leaving FL throwdown(17Dec10)pours light yellow with a thin white head. Loads of bubbles very champagne looking. Aroma is floral with only thin tart lemon hints that this is a sour. Flavor is again floral with chamomile and dandelion ending with a sour finish that seems equal parts vinous and wild yeast. Very good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2011
at 12:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bouteille 75cl, batch 004X2 Couleur dorée comme les blés avec une très légère brume, le col est blanc et effervescent. Arôme, de suite je note le chêne français/aigreur ainsi que des raisins verts laissant échapper un nez de vin blanc. En bouche, pas mal d’aigreur et vinaigre qui font ressortir le chêne et laissent une fine note d’épice/bois. Ce mélange en tonneau est subtile et laisse percevoir de bonnes notes de vin Chardonnay; raisin vert avec en du zeste de citron. L’usage de Brettanomyces donne un fini aigre mais qui est tout a fait dans le style de cette bière et reste appréciable au palais. Le niveau de levure est moyen et renforce ce goût de Brett, au palais la bière est bien effervescente laissant passer un aspect de levure type champagne.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2010
at 11:12
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Russian River, pours a cloudy dull copper with a small white head. Aroma brings out big time Chardonnay barrels, light wild yeast, and some light zesty fruits. Flavour is similar and very complex, bringing out notes of citrus zest, prominent white wine barrels, and wild funky yeast notes. Awesomely complex, with a very dry, zesty, vinous palate. Classic pinnacle American sour.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Dec 2010
at 18:57