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 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Many thanks to kappldav123 for sharing this bottle! Nice funk in the nose. The beer starts fresh sourish. Very sourish deep, lots of funk and slightly grainy. Sourish, fresh but nothing "special" in this aroma. Complex, but not too intense, refreshing and easy to drink though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2018
at 18:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle looks simple but really good. Beer in the glass deep golden, nice small head. Fruity sour aroma. Starts intense sour, notes of lemon, grapes, bitter background. Finish milder, less sour, light salty hints. Quite drinkable. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2018
at 12:56
8/10
0,37 litre Bottle, greetings Bergstaden. Cloudy light Golden with white head. Yeast, grapes, malts and hops aroma and taste. Dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2018
at 22:45
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2018
at 16:57
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pours clear blonde, medium white head. Some lacing. Smell is nicely tart, very balanced. bit of the wine barrel rising to the surface later on. Taste is tart, well balanced to the barrel ( very oaky ) mild wine aspect. medium mf, med-high carbo. Mildly dry, very mild oxidation ( madeira ) drinkin' very great, still !
Tried
on 09 Jan 2018
at 13:21
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tasting at Tokyo Midtown. Batch 051517. Light hazy yellow, bit of white foam, leaving nice lacings. Nose has good acidity, grape peels and white currants, funk. Good balance, not too acidic. Taste is mellow sour, good bitterness, balanced pretty well with sourness. Acidity kept in control. Woody and spicy with white wine characteristics. This one is GOOD, light bitter dry aftertaste. Autumny and oaky linger.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2017
at 21:28
8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft at the brewpub. Aroma of soft tart, white grape, green apple, citrusband horseblanket. Taste has soft white grapes, oak, vanilla, soft sourness, tart horseblanket, green apples and citrus. Long tasty finish. The white wine aging rounds off the sourness in a fantastic way. This is extremely balanced and flavorful, a true masterpiece.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jul 2017
at 00:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
375ml bottle shared at Brian’s. Bottled on 2016-05-06. Pours a hazy blonde with a white head. Aroma is funky, a little bit dirty, fruity, slightly woody and winey. Similar taste with some odd sour bitterness. Quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2017
at 01:40
8/10
Taki lambik. Z biala porzeczka i agrestem. Umiarkowanie kwasny, dosc duzo tanin... Eytrawny. Robi wrazenie
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at
Chmielarnia Marszałkowska
on 29 Oct 2016
at 18:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle into a wineglass showing moderately filtered neon yellow with quickly dissipating foam lacing. The nose shows clean chardonnay - lemon meringue, light citrus. The palate is well carbonated and light bodied. Lightly tart with light citric zest around the edges. Light white wine bitterness on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2016
at 18:14