Cascade Bourbonic Plague - Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub

Swimsum

California

4.18/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Newest vintage (12.1%) that was split with a buddy and poured into Bruery Tulip. Random side note: cork was super hard to get out and wasn't a gusher (maybe Vlad's the gusher, can't remember). Some lacing is left on the walls but not a lot.

Pours out a murky dark brown color that settles very dark brown in the glass. Damn can see yeast floating around, be careful on your pour if you don't want yeast in this. A nice foamy tan head emerges on one. About a half inch in height. No light is getting though the body of this one. Head settles to about half initial size and is still nice and foamy.

Acidic and sour smelling up front. Subtle cinnamon with a noticeable vanilla smell. Some sweetness, probably from the dates, also comes though. Not as complex as I thought it would be.

The cinnamon comes much more forward in the taste than it does in the smell. This is also a very sour tasting beer but it is a nice sour, not mouth puckering at all. At times dates comes though in the taste and some alcohol heat as well. The smell may not be complex, but the taste on this one is. There are a lot of flavors going on here.

Lots of carbonation in this one. While it isn't thin it at times feels a bit thin but overall is a medium bodied beer. Carbonation bounces all over the mouth as this one is sipped and swallowed.

There is a lot going on with this beer. Perhaps at times that isn't a good thing but I really enjoyed this beer and am glad that I have another bottle. I will let that one sit for another year or so (at least that's the plan). If you get a chance to try this I strong suggest you go for it. Would get this again no problem.

Serving type: bottle

01-30-2011 05:34:35 | More by Swimsum

UCLABrewN84

California

3.98/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to GRG1313 for sharing this one at his tasting.

2009 vintage.

Pours a murky brown with a foamy dark khaki head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is sour and tart with malt and bourbon aromas. Taste is much the same with fruit and bourbon flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of acidity bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a good beer that is tasty and interesting.

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2013 01:31:31 | More by UCLABrewN84

Beerandboards

New Mexico

4.44/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

2009 bottle

A - pours an opaque very dark brown, a little rose color at the edge against the light. Gushed a little bit on opening. A medium pour produces about an inch to an inch and a half of loose large bubbles, dissipates to a very thin crown of bubbles.

Smell - kind of muted. Definitely bourbon, red wine, oak, sourness, touch of vinegar

Taste - damn good. Up front there is a big kick of bourbon, then the wine barrels, then the dry oak and sourness. It was interesting how perceptible and separate each of the flavors were. Finishes super dry with tannins and oak.

M - changed over the course of each pour. The first sip was a blast of wild carbonation, but letting the pour sit for 30 minutes, it flattened out to a very creamy low-medium carb. Didn't get syrupy like a lot of sours do for me.

O - If you like bourbon and sours, you'll like this beer. This was the first beer I'd had where the complexity was really pronounced as very separate and distinguishable flavor profiles. It really was a lineup of flavors that came and went distinct from each other. Not something I would want every day, but something I would gladly buy multiples of. I've never had this fresh, but I have to think that 3.5 years of age did it quite well.

Serving type: bottle

04-17-2013 03:49:16 | More by Beerandboards

bsuedekum

Missouri

3.5/5  rDev -17.1%

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meatyard

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +6.6%

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resistdefy

District of Columbia

4.5/5  rDev +6.6%

03-31-2013 02:48:56 | More by resistdefy

mendvicdog

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -17.1%

03-19-2013 02:31:23 | More by mendvicdog

PEIhop

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +6.6%

03-16-2013 19:10:43 | More by PEIhop

Mbrown44

Delaware

4.25/5  rDev +0.7%

03-16-2013 17:26:52 | More by Mbrown44

Patrickbrusil

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -5.2%

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BeerThursdays

Delaware

3.75/5  rDev -11.1%

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Colosdog

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +0.7%

03-16-2013 12:05:45 | More by Colosdog

bifrost17

Washington

4/5  rDev -5.2%

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Zman632

4/5  rDev -5.2%

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Psychmusic

Rhode Island

4.25/5  rDev +0.7%

03-15-2013 22:43:29 | More by Psychmusic

Mike

New Hampshire

3.75/5  rDev -11.1%

03-15-2013 22:41:01 | More by Mike

leedorham

Washington

4.25/5  rDev +0.7%

03-11-2013 14:57:42 | More by leedorham

harrymel

Washington

4.25/5  rDev +0.7%

03-10-2013 02:42:27 | More by harrymel

DarthKostrizer

California

4/5  rDev -5.2%

02-08-2013 07:44:34 | More by DarthKostrizer

yourefragile

District of Columbia

4/5  rDev -5.2%

02-06-2013 18:11:21 | More by yourefragile

Retail1LO

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +6.6%

02-02-2013 23:15:17 | More by Retail1LO

spycow

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +0.7%

01-30-2013 05:20:54 | More by spycow

jbuddle

New York

3.75/5  rDev -11.1%

01-24-2013 19:37:19 | More by jbuddle

kscaldef

Oregon

4.5/5  rDev +6.6%

01-21-2013 20:31:07 | More by kscaldef

eawolff99

Minnesota

4.75/5  rDev +12.6%

01-20-2013 01:45:49 | More by eawolff99