Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Supplication from Russian River Brewing Company 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Backlog November 2009. Almost clear reddish golden body under a small off-white head. Aroma is acidic with oak, barnyard and funk. Taste has a nice and well made combination of malt, acidic berries, oak, caramel and funk with an alcoholic touch. Medium body with a pleasant, long lasting aftertaste. Well made and balanced.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home, 19th October 2025, picked up at Bottle Craft, Little Italy, San Diego - great beer
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Poured up on tap at Shoots where it exhibits a crystal clear pure gold colored body that supports a nice white head that leaves behind some spotty lacing. The modest aroma offers up spicy to woody hoppiness followed closely by various berry fruitiness and a bit of melon. The taste delivers tart to bitter spicy and woody hops nuanced by fairly sharp, largely bitter, berry like notes. It ends nice and crisp and killing any chance of any sweetness welling up. That works.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at home with Johnny. Hazy pale yellow color, medium sized white head. Aroma is pretty citrus hoppy forward with some tropical fruit peel notes. Flavor is lightly malts, bitter hops, citrus hops. Alright, not great.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Happy Hops IPA from Russian River Brewing Company 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home shared with Johnny. Hazy yellow color, medium sized white head. Aroma is malts, hops, fruity hops. Not that special, but nothing wrong with it either. Flavor is malts, hops, fruity hops, old school fruity-bitter hops with pine notes and maybe light resin, firm bitterness towards the end. Solid, not great.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home shared by Johnny. Yellow color, white head. Aroma is lightly malty, fruity hoppy, fruity hoppy bitter, light mango notes, lingering bitter finish, old school hoppiness it seems. Oh god I love these bitter IPAs. Lord knows how much much I have missed these. Lovely beer.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home shared with Johnny. Clear yellow color, medium sized white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, hops, tropical fruity hops, hoppy bitter, lingering bitter finish. Lightly hayish too. Very nice. Really like this one.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Mind Circus from Russian River Brewing Company 1 month ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared by Johnny. Ugly murky yellow color, full sized white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, pleasantly hoppy, somewhat fruity hoppy, decent to medium hoppy bitterness. Medium to full body, decent to medium carbonation. Solid. Ugly but solid.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Docta-Ron from Russian River Brewing Company 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared with Johnny. Clear yellow color, full sized white head. Aroma is malts, hops, piney hoppy. Flavor is malts, pine, piney hoppy, lots of hoppy bitterness, dry grass, hoppy bitter finish. Dry finish as well. Quite nice.
stevoj (18327) reviewed Mind Circus from Russian River Brewing Company 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
500ml bottle from John's Marketplace Beaverton. Hazy orange golden pour, one finger fluffy white head. Mild grapefruity aroma, fruity. Taste brings minor citrus zest, juicy flavors. So well balanced and really tasty. I expect nothing less from the masters at Russian River.