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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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured into a plastic cup showing translucent rims and an opaque center. The nose shows intense blackberry notes. The palate is light to moderately carbonated, full bodied with a perfect fruit forwardness of black berries and a perfect tartness. Slightly too easy to drink and missing complexity and depth in flavors some would want from most sours but given this is the only blackberry sour that I know, this is very well done and surpassed my expectations.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2015
at 03:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Nicely integrated black berry and modest sourness. Lovely deep purple only color.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2015
at 00:52
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sample from bottle at Aces and Ales South Nellis. Pours a slightly hazy reddish-purple color with a medium white head that diminishes quickly to an outer ring. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of tart berries, yeast and malt. Medium body with flavors of tart blackberry, herbal yeast, oak and doughy malt. The finish is moderately tart with a lingering blackberry aftertaste. Solid beer all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2015
at 14:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled on June 29, 2015. At the brewpub in Portland.2014 vintage.Clear cherry color, pink head. Berries, tart taste. Sour, berry aftertaste. Fizzy mouthfeel, no bitterness. Berries scent.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2015
at 02:39
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours hazy candy apple red, large pink creamy head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is fructe de padure, a hint of must. Flavor is light tart, blackberries, stems, a bit of must, oak tannins, light funk. Medium body. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jun 2015
at 19:12
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear ruby with small pinkish head. The aroma is strong berry, funk, oak. Thin mouth with jammy blackberry, light funk, oak, tart finish, really enjoyed this one.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2015
at 16:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from 2008 Pours a deep reddish purple with a huge off white head that slowly recedes to a cap. I can smell the berry aroma as soon as I pop the cap off the top of the bottle. Sweet light sugars with a hint of tart and funk round out the nose quite nicely. Nice fruity tart flavor with a moderate amount of puckering. Sweet stone fruit flavor with a hint of sweet sugary malt and a touch of funk. Medium body with a moderate to high level of carbonation and a tart puckering mouthfeel. This tastes a lot better than it smells. I actually really enjoyed this beer while watching zombies on the sci fi channel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2012
at 18:38
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
24th June 2009
Cloudy purple - brown beer. Dry palate. Sharp and sour with a very dry finish. Not my favourite style but this is quite drinkable. No lemon acid and a decent amount of blackberry fruit coming through. Quite minerally in the finish.
Cloudy purple - brown beer. Dry palate. Sharp and sour with a very dry finish. Not my favourite style but this is quite drinkable. No lemon acid and a decent amount of blackberry fruit coming through. Quite minerally in the finish.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2011
at 03:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled (thanks after4ever). Quite much close to black colour, big brown head. Aroma is sour and wooden along with some mild berryish hints. Flavour is berries, sour wooden notes as well as some mild acidicness. Very pleasant sour ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2010
at 01:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
bottle at the Tally tasting. Pours dark purple with a thin off white head. Aroma is strong berry and wild yeast. Flavor is dark berry, mildly sour until the finish which lingers with sweet blackberry jam and tart berry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2010
at 08:14