Rose City Sour
Cascade Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.41
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Celebrating Portland’s reputation as the City of Roses, we present Rose City Sour, a blend of wheat and blond ales aged in oak barrels and foudres for up to 14 months with rose petals, rose hips and hibiscus flowers. Rose City Sour captures the delicate floral aromas of fresh roses matched with notes of dried cranberries, pomegranates and hint of white pepper.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
On tap at Bear Naked Growler, Montpelier, VT.
Poured into a tulip.
Appearance: dark amber in color, no head, no lace
Aroma: sweet & tart cranberries, floral character, sweet & tart pomegranates
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a sweet to tangy to light spicy and sour to tart quality; finishes with a tangy sour to tart cranberry & pomegranate note
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper! Some smoothness but also an ample amount of tart and sour aggression
Overall: a very nicely done sour/wild ale with the fruits acting more as additions.
On tap at Bear Naked Growler, Montpelier, VT.
Poured into a tulip.
Appearance: dark amber in color, no head, no lace
Aroma: sweet & tart cranberries, floral character, sweet & tart pomegranates
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a sweet to tangy to light spicy and sour to tart quality; finishes with a tangy sour to tart cranberry & pomegranate note
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper! Some smoothness but also an ample amount of tart and sour aggression
Overall: a very nicely done sour/wild ale with the fruits acting more as additions.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Feb 2026
at 18:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at Haandfest 2019. Hazy pink body with a minimal white head. A bit light, but very nice aroma of pale malt, sour fruit and brett. Flavor is very refreshing, fruity acidic, some malt, floral, funky and smooth. Fine body and long lasting aftertaste. Nice one.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2025
at 05:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy dark orange pour, small off white head. Aroma is tart, sour wheat, lots of spice and floral herbs. The rose petals and hibiscus seem lost, but there is a distinct spiciness that is quite nice. It's sour, but not over powering, a solid pucker in the end. White pepper and red peppers corns with a tangy stone fruit finish.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Wow, a non-puckering Cascade Sour?! Fruity aroma with flowery notes, rose pedals, citrus, rose hips. Flavour is medium sour (mild for Cascade) and tart. Body is medium. Very nice flowery Sour, some fruits as well.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Cascade taproom. Red orange with small white head. Fruity, vinous, barrel, some red grapes, bit puckering, funky. Medium+ sourness, bit acetic.
Tried
from Draft
at
Cascade Brewing Barrel House
on 13 Dec 2023
at 17:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can 0.355l from SerVehZah, Las Vegas. More than one year aged. Cloudy, orange to red colored. AROMA- strongly aromatic pepper, sour tones, red wine, wood, hibiscus. FLAVOR- neutral, moderately sour and tart, pepper, wood, wine, hibiscus, dark grapes, maybe slight touch of roses?, nice aged and bit funky character. Medium bodied. Really good.
Tried
from Can
on 15 May 2023
at 21:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at MBCC Red Session. Pours a hazy ruby with small off white head. The aroma is floral, oak, funk, pomegranate. Medium body, funky, hibiscus, pomegranate, nice tartness, very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Apr 2021
at 04:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2016 edition, pouring a hazy golden-orange bright colour with a frothy, kind of creamy, warm, off-white cap, good stay and some thick creamy lacing. The wild ale sourness is in the nose, but blended with the petals and tea. Almost berries and red wine vinegar. The taste is sour, but not over the top, so again - well-balanced with rose hip, rose petals and hibiscus tea. And probably corn sugar, which is disappointing to see in here. Thankfully, not getting much, not too sweet. Overall, a real nice sour beer to try.
Tried
on 12 May 2020
at 02:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Süffiger, trocken säuerlicher Beginn. Trocken, Rosenwasser, hell holzig. Runder fruchtiger Mittelteil, langer Abgang. 10/9/11/11//11
Tried
on 04 Mar 2020
at 07:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
2-28-20 2016 Vintage
Tried
from
Craft Beer Cellar - DC
on 29 Feb 2020
at 02:22