Cascade Bourbonic Plague - Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub

zhanson88

Montana

3.98/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Big ups to Rbald42 for popping this one open.

Appearance: Pours a dark brown color with maroon highlights. About 1" of tan head forms, which has very nice head retention. Very nice looking wild.

Smells of dark fruits, general tartness and lacto sourness. Not a ton of barrel in the smell or sourness that is necessarily easy to pick apart.

Taste: Dark fruits and slight roast initially, followed by lacto sourness and tartness. Some wood and slight bourbon character shine through on the finish. Definitely easier to tell the elements apart on the palate than on the nose. Very nice.

Mouthfeel/Overall: Very creamy sour with ample carbonation. Maybe a touch heavy for the style but a nice feel nonetheless. Overall, a very unique sour that I would have again for sure. Not my favorite sour but nice.

Serving type: bottle

07-11-2012 03:05:24 | More by zhanson88

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%

04-05-2013 18:06:13 | More by bsuedekum

meatyard

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +6.6%

04-01-2013 13:07:08 | More by meatyard

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%

03-16-2013 14:07:26 | More by Patrickbrusil

BeerThursdays

Delaware

3.75/5  rDev -11.1%

03-16-2013 12:26:05 | More by BeerThursdays

Colosdog

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +0.7%

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

bifrost17

Washington

4/5  rDev -5.2%

03-15-2013 23:24:17 | More by bifrost17

Zman632

4/5  rDev -5.2%

03-15-2013 23:04:02 | More by Zman632

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