Salvation
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Rotating|
Score
7.50
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This beer has nice fruity and spicy notes from the Belgian yeast used in fermentation. The chocolate and raisin flavors are well-balanced with a lingering dry finish. Excellent on a cold winter night and paired with heartier dishes like stews and roasts. Also excellent with chocolate desserts.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Location: Bottle shared by NickD717, 6/2/12
Aroma: The nose has lots of spice malts, cinnamon, and caramel
Appearance: It has a caramel brown colored pour with a small beige head
Flavor: The flavor, like the nose, has some sweet malts and spice to it
Palate: This one is medium bodied with a nice feel, and an average carbonation
Overall Impression: Thanks for flying this one across the counrty Nick! This one was another really solid, interesting offering from Russian River.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2012
at 13:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
2 oz. sample draft at the brew pub in Santa Rosa, California. The pour is a brown copper, lightly hazed with a small off white head. The aroma is nutty toast, smoke dried fig and a faint roast earthiness. The taste has ester yeast spice, cinnamon, malt caramel sweetness, nutty, some raisin, all flavors melded well. The palate is medium bodied, bright carbonation and a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Apr 2012
at 05:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from a trade. Pours a hazy deep chestnut brown with a thick tan head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has lots of dark fruit with some notes of sweet chocolate and sweet bread backed by a hint of flora. Flavor start with light fruit and flora. The finish has notes of smooth chocolate, sweet grains and light yeast notes with a hint of alcohol. Seemed a bit muddled to me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2012
at 08:40
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 21:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pow! Man, that cork flew across the kitchen. Very heavily-carbonated beer--good thing they put a wire cage on the cork on these. Pours a dark brown with a huge, frothy head that threatened to overflow the glass I put it in. Aroma was floral and fruity and maybe just a touch soapy, too. Nice combination of sweet, bready flavor with some touches of fruit in the flavor. Very smooth finish to it.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2011
at 13:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, Batch #010, shared by badnewsbeers. Deep orange-brown body, medium-thick off-white to tan head. Fruity nose with pear, grape, and red grapeskin, not too funky, also featuring toffee, candi sugar, alcohol, toast, and spice, including pepper and clove. Hints of wet socks and cola. Complex. Body with grape, brown sugar, and toast, also spice (pepper, clove), sweat, and bitterness, finishing somewhat tart.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2011
at 12:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375mL bottle, split with Matts_Property, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small ring of tan head. Delicate aroma of dark fruits, spices, butterscotch and brown sugar. Flavour brings out bananas mixed with dark fruits, toffee and some Belgian spices. Finishes with bananas and brown sugar. Medium complexity with low carbonation (especially for a Belgian Strong Ale). Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2011
at 22:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
7th December 2008
Cloudy brown ale. Malty and slightly chocolately like a Scotch ale but with the crispness and sourness of a Belgian. Dry semi sweet finish.
Cloudy brown ale. Malty and slightly chocolately like a Scotch ale but with the crispness and sourness of a Belgian. Dry semi sweet finish.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2011
at 04:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Batch 001. 750 ml. This beer has held up surprisingly well. Big, frothy tan head, lasting. Brown body. The aroma has notes of cherry, caramel, toasted grain, plums, raisins, flowers and mustiness. The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter and lightly acidic. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet, lightly bitter and lightly to moderately acidic. Medium body, watery texture and lively carbonation. Slight oxidation with some port notes, but the dominant aroma and taste is of tart cherries balanced with sweetness of dark fruits. Dry finish with some alcohol warming. Very nice. Thanks TAR.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2011
at 17:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Blind tasting with tarheels86, thank you sir. Called "Salivation" by the gf. Clear reddish maroon, scant tan head. Taste is bitter cocoa, black pepper, with a bitter chocolate finish. Simple and straightforward.
Tried
from Can
on 18 May 2010
at 20:08