Blackberry Ale
Cascade Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.18
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Cascade Blackberry Ale spends over 6 months of lactic fermentaion and aging in small oak barrels. This "Belgian Flanders Style Red Ale" is refermented with fresh whole Northwest Blackberries and then hand bottled. Cascade Blackberry Ale is bottle fermented and should be refrigerated or stored at cellar temp and served at 45-50 degrees.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pretty red-purple with a low, thick head. Funky nose, blackberry, citrus, leather, horse blanket. Fruity and lactic flavor, bretty, berries, lemon, leather. Nice stuff. Not as sour and acetic as Cascade can be. Maybe because of the age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2020
at 05:28
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
750ml bottle, 2014 vintage. Pops open with a small gush. Violet/ ruby body, fizzy head. Tart, funky aroma with berries on the back end. Taste hits with both sweet and tart simultaneously. Big berry/ jelly jar flavors with a sharp pucker that will leave you licking your gums. Ages well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2020
at 01:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
New Beer Distributors, New York City bottle at the liquidation sale: bright red type of situation with a fizzy head. Aroma is vinegar, woody, blackberry or some other berry. Light sweetness. The age did not make it much sweeter. Quite sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2018
at 03:53
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Sampled at the tderoeck tasting for adamchandler. Pants are optional ! Pours unclear peachy red/purple. Small white head. Smell is sour, dry, mild fruits. Taste is intensely sour, dry, oak, bit lactic. Mild fruityness ( fleshy fruits ) very dry ending.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2017
at 17:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
75CL. How have I now had this one? Pinkish Purple Appearance. Smells insanely sour like a nectarine and grapefruit aroma. Holy moly, this is sour. Like biting into a lemon with chalk, blackberry jam, juicy fruit and vinegar. remaining flavor is all oak.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2017
at 06:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Thank you kraddel! 750 ml. bottle sampled @ "Adam Chandler Visiting (for real this time)" Tasting. 2014 Vintage. Dark berry red, head fizzes away. Nose is mellow vinegar, blackberry skins, acidic, blueberry pulp with vinegar qualities. Taste is puckering medium vinegar blackberries, acidic, acidic vinegar. Too carbonated, some vinegar fizzy. Not the best Cascade but a decent USA Vinegar forward sour, bit too fizzy. Simple but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2017
at 07:28
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Cascade Blackberry Ale (by Cascade Brewing):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 4/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 7/20, MyTotalScore: 2.3/5
27/V/17 - 75cl bottle @ Adam Chandler Visiting (for real this time) Tasting (home) - BB: n/a, 2014 vintage (2017-669) Thanks to kraddel for sharing the bottle!
Little cloudy rusty red brown beer, small creamy off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: acidic, vinegar, fruity, funky. MF: no carbon, medium body. Taste: lots and lots of vinegar, mouth puckering, some lemon juice, some tannins. Aftertaste: same, very dry, slightly fruity in the finish, mainly vinegar.
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 4/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 7/20, MyTotalScore: 2.3/5
27/V/17 - 75cl bottle @ Adam Chandler Visiting (for real this time) Tasting (home) - BB: n/a, 2014 vintage (2017-669) Thanks to kraddel for sharing the bottle!
Little cloudy rusty red brown beer, small creamy off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: acidic, vinegar, fruity, funky. MF: no carbon, medium body. Taste: lots and lots of vinegar, mouth puckering, some lemon juice, some tannins. Aftertaste: same, very dry, slightly fruity in the finish, mainly vinegar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2017
at 17:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle (thanks finol). Nice sweet and fruity aroma with a small berry seed-like dryness. Crisp, tart taste with a high fruitiness and sweetness. Small vinousity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2016
at 15:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours dark copper without a head. Aroma of blackberries. Tart, fruity lambic like taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2016
at 14:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle - pours reddish white head - nose and taste of blackberry, oak, sour lactose - med body
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2016
at 18:54