Pours a dark red with thin head. Strong sour blueberry aroma. Strong bite taste with long lasting blueberry and sour flavors. A little different then most sour ales, but overall a good, must try beer. I’ll be looking into this brewery some more. Update: 2016 draft at Hop and Hound. Fun to revisit this 6 years later, after many other Cascade experiences in between, including every single Portland trip. Fantastic sour, nice blend of mixed berry and a wine like barrel linger. Huge sour up front, dried up a touch by some wood character. Most excellent.

750 ml corked and caged bottle, 2012 Project. Pours hazy ruby red with a purple-white head with decent retention. Aroma is blueberry-packed. Taste is sour (7/10 on a sour scale), acidic, blueberry fruit (but not as strong as the cherries in the Cantillon we had before this). Foamy champagne-like mouthfeel. Really good beer, but it can’t compete with the Cantillon.

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, 2012 vintage. Pours lightly hazy ruby red color with a 1-2 finger foamy light pink head with decent retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Slight spotty lacing on the glass, with tons of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of big tart blueberry, green apple, cherry, pear, raspberry, pepper, hay, funk, oak, clove, leather, red wine, light vinegar, and yeast earthiness. Fantastic aromas with great balance and complexity of blueberry notes with fruity/spicy yeast and barrel presence; and big strength. Taste of tart blueberry, blueberry skin, green apple, pear, raspberry, pepper, hay, grass, oak, clove, funk, leather, red wine, light vinegar, and yeast earthiness. Good amount of fruity tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of blueberry, apple, pear, raspberry, pepper, oak, clove, hay, funk, red wine, light vinegar, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic balance and complexity of blueberries with fruity/spicy yeast and barrel notes; with a fantastic balance of malt/acidity and zero cloying flavors after the finish. High carbonation and medium bodied; with a very crisp, prickly, and moderately acidic mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic Blueberry sour ale! All around great complexity and balance of blueberry with fruity/funky yeast and oak character; and very smooth and crisp to drink with the moderate acidity. A highly enjoyable offering.