Cascade Bourbonic Plague - Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub

Overlord

California

4.6/5  rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Very pleased to get to try this at Stone sourfest! Thanks for putting on a great event, Bill.

Pours a dark brownish mahogany. Light tan crust. Surprising amount of sediment .. bit crazy, actually.

It combines wine-y, date/raisin, grape, and lingering bourbon with a nice background lactic punch. I didn't think this beer could possibly turn out good given the mixed heritage, but it really was quite special. Must have taken a lot of work to get the sour/dark fruit, lighter sweet notes, vinous oak touch, and bourbon to integrate. Extraordinarily complex, nice lively mouthfeel despite its stocky pedigree.

Serving type: on-tap

07-20-2010 06:39:40 | More by Overlord

jdense

Oregon

4.65/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

PIB, one of the 'mystery beers', went on tap at opening Friday and was gone in an hour!

One finger light tan head, quick dissipation with minimal lacing. Dark brown opaque body, some visible carbonation, some reddish highlights. Pronounced and deep barrel presence, very complex nose, dark stone fruit, cherries, plum-like esters, little if any hops. Taste mirrors the nose, very complex yet in perfect balance, picked up some chocolatey notes, a bit of tobacco, some horse blanket, one very funky beer. Mouthfeel is medium, not sticky despite fruity characteristics, minimal effervescence leading to a fairly dry finish. My understanding is that the base beer for this blend was a sour porter, interesting. Very drinkable, especially for the style and ABV, alcohol well hidden. Another world class sour from the mad ( :) ) scientist, Ron Gansberg, truly deserving of all the awards and accolades this beer has received. Can't wait for the bottle release next month. Absolutely superb, for fans of Wild Ales and Sours, an essential, and sublime, drinking experience.

Serving type: on-tap

07-19-2010 16:57:49 | More by jdense

wethorseblanket

California

4.6/5  rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

On-tap at Stone Sour Fest. One of the top highlights of the Fest. Pours dark amber brown with a fine tan head. Smell is complex with wild, sour, woody, stone fruit pits, cherry, and slightly sweet notes. Taste is even more intricate with a mild sourness, oak tannins, leather, slight tobacco smoke, sweet and dry. Tart in the back on the finish. Mouthfeel is smooth, full, and a little boozy with some tangy zip. Overall, just loved it. Should have gotten more, but too late, all gone.

Serving type: on-tap

07-19-2010 02:38:25 | More by wethorseblanket

slaintemhor

Oregon

4/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Had this on tap at Bailey's Taproom's anniversary in August '09. The colour was very dark brown with only a thin head. The nose was one heck of an acetic sour puss (and I mean that in a good way!). On the palate, WOW! Sweet and lightly cloying with loads of citrusy sourness that makes me scream for more. Woohoo!!

Serving type: on-tap

12-22-2009 04:15:02 | More by slaintemhor

Floydster

California

4.93/5  rDev +16.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Sampled at the brewery with Ron and Curtis, thanks again for the awesome hospitality guys and pulling this stuff straight out of the barrel, excited to try a sour porter and it did not disappoint in the slightest, reviewed from notes, color is a dark brown with some dark red edges, no head or lacing here, aroma consists of a large amount of bourbon, roasted malts, cherries, lacto, oak, cocoa,, and sour accents, flavor starts off with a nice warming bourbon welcome, immediately falls into a complex mix of sour flavors with cherries leading the way, interesting how the tart and roasty accents from the tart mix, finish has is a bit creamy with vanilla and chocolate rounding out the bourbon flavor which again melds with sour berry flavors and adds some crazy complexity, warm, tart, roasted, and slightly sweet, very interesting mouthfeel, medium to full bodied, could drink a good amount of this stuff considering what it was, do not know the ABV but it seems pretty high although you cannot really taste any of it, smooth all the way to the finish, would like to drink again and look forward to seeing what others think about this one, like nothing I have had before, this one is sure to turn some heads, recommended

Serving type: on-tap

07-03-2009 19:35:52 | More by Floydster