Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at O’Brien’s, San Diego. Clear deep golden, no head. Massive grapefruity hop aroma. Sweet with rounded mouthfeel and loads of perfumy hops. Striking bitter finish. A hop monster with finesse (and a fair bit of alcohol.)
Oakes (33770) reviewed Perdition from Russian River Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught, at the brewpub
Burgundy colour. Relatively mild nutty aroma, maybe some wishful malty accents. Notes of alcohol, light malt/caramel plus maybe some mild spices. It’s got a Belgian character and a complexity but in this instance it perhaps just doesn’t vibe with me.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Deification from Russian River Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Draught, at the brewpub
Hazy light amber colour. Soapy, perfumey hop character with strawlike pale malts adding to the mix. Fresh, fruity character with light dusty yeast notes, hints of pear and a good amount of brett. Great beer - takes the effort of a master and utilizes it in a beer for the proletariat without either dumbing it down nor pricing it up. Kick ass.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Rejection from Russian River Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Draught, at the brewpub
Dark brown colour. Sweet character with rich malts, luscious chocolate and spicy hops. Very spicy, rich and a little toffeeish. Wow. Great style, complexity. Nutty, chocolatey, toffeeish, spicy hops, foresty hops...what’s not to like?
Oakes (33770) reviewed Redemption from Russian River Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Draught, at the brewpub
Golden colour, with no particular effervescence. Fruity aroma - apples and pears. Light background malt. Sweet and fruity starter beer, not really any more Belgian nor unusual than Alexander Keith’s.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle courtesy of BeerandIT on 04/30/2009. Slightly hazy pale amber body with a medium frotyhy off-white head. Citrus, piney and resiny hop aroma. Sweet citrus pine and resiny flavor. Medium light body with moderate carbonation. 8/4/8/4/17 - 4.1 02/08/2006: Clear amber color with a cramy white head. Mild hoppy aroma. Bitter flavor while somewhat syrupy. 7/4/9/4/16 - 4.0
Oakes (33770) reviewed Blind Pig IPA from Russian River Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Slightly hazy light amber, tons of papaya, sugary pale malt. Dripping with delicious hops, slightly floral, hints of mango, mellow and sweet...this beer lives up to its rep.
Oakes (33770) reviewed IPA from Russian River Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught, at the brewery
Hazy light amber colour. Wonderful aroma - pine cones, lemon, cumin seed, mango. The flavours are the same megahoppy complex, fruity, piney, grapefruity characteristics. The malts are a bit thin, however, and this has a negative impact in the body and the finish.
Oakes (33770) reviewed O.V.L. Stout from Russian River Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught, at the brewery
Near black. Chocolatey aroma, slightly roasty. Full body, very mocha-like, with only a hint of roasty dryness. Creamy body. Standard stout.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Benediction from Russian River Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught, at the brewery
Burgundy colour. Sweet and bubblegummy and raisiny. A bit effervescent in the finish, which breaks up the rich sweetness. Fairly complex for the style, low on the yeastiness but with a fairly estery aroma. Not cloudy enough for me visually.