Cascade Sang Noir - Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub

brewandbbq

New Hampshire

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

750ml bottle.

Pours dark crimson with a brownish tinge and a quarter inch head of bone. Erratic, short strands of lacing throughout the glass with a partial skim coat on the surface.

Aromatics lead off with red wine and cherries with hints of bourbon, chocolate, and light roast following through. Quite vineous and fruity with plenty of complex barrel character.

Medium bodied with a sharp-as-tacks mouthfeel. Slightly waxy but does not detract.

Sour stone fruit and red wine start the palate with a fairly intense lactic sourness attack quickly following through. The jowels do water with plenty of puckering tartness, but the beer falls short of throat burn. Hints of roast, chocolate, cherries, and bourbon linger.

Finishes with plenty of lactic sourness, soured fruit, and vineousity.

Wowza, what a beer. A real sour lovers specimen with plenty of intensity and complexity. Highly cellerable, for sure.

Serving type: bottle

06-02-2012 03:09:06 | More by brewandbbq

BigbROB

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

05-22-2013 15:43:27 | More by BigbROB

SpdKilz

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -5.1%

05-22-2013 13:12:12 | More by SpdKilz

PlinyBeMiney

California

5/5  rDev +11.6%

05-21-2013 07:35:25 | More by PlinyBeMiney

gonzowestwood

Connecticut

4.25/5  rDev -5.1%

05-20-2013 08:43:28 | More by gonzowestwood

Gtreid

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

05-19-2013 23:48:02 | More by Gtreid

ShawnMH

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

05-19-2013 15:53:32 | More by ShawnMH

eyeenjoybeer

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev -16.3%

05-18-2013 18:25:21 | More by eyeenjoybeer

chossboss

Oregon

4.25/5  rDev -5.1%

05-17-2013 04:38:00 | More by chossboss

BeerGut4Life

Indiana

4.75/5  rDev +6%

05-17-2013 00:17:30 | More by BeerGut4Life

bostonbeans

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev -5.1%

05-16-2013 23:29:08 | More by bostonbeans

moonknight31

California

4.75/5  rDev +6%

05-16-2013 05:35:16 | More by moonknight31

deekyn

California

4.25/5  rDev -5.1%

05-16-2013 04:04:04 | More by deekyn

jkane101

New Jersey

4.75/5  rDev +6%

05-15-2013 00:45:50 | More by jkane101

MinorThreat

Colorado

4.75/5  rDev +6%

05-14-2013 18:51:55 | More by MinorThreat

Bonko_the_sane

North Carolina

5/5  rDev +11.6%

05-13-2013 05:35:18 | More by Bonko_the_sane

coldmeat23

Oklahoma

4.75/5  rDev +6%

05-12-2013 15:44:35 | More by coldmeat23

lemongelo

North Carolina

4.75/5  rDev +6%

05-11-2013 15:50:30 | More by lemongelo

Treebs

Illinois

4.14/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Bottle shared by pmoney. Served in a FFF teku.

A: Pours a dark ruby color with a light tan head forming on the pour. It recedes to at thin ring that leaves some soapy lace behind.

S: Tart cherries with some light hints of bourbon. Sharp vinegar aspect to it with a oak barrel as well. Medium sweetness from malts run across the nose.

T: Cherry pie filling with tart cherry skins. Lactic sourness with some zingy vinegar notes. Sweet barrel finish with a combination of oak, vanilla and light bourbon.

M: Medium to light bodied, alcohol is well hidden with a zingy finish.

O: Sort of like a black cherry warhead in a sense with a less intense sour pucker. Zingy and tart with some sweetness from the barrel. Nice beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2013 12:57:36 | More by Treebs

Dreadnaught33

District of Columbia

4.05/5  rDev -9.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle shared thanks to Darrell (durwoodx), thanks for sharing! 2011 vintage.

The look is nice, it has a deep crimson look to it, very small ring of white head. Inviting look.

Smell is good, but not great to me. I get the cherries, a bit of oak, and then a hefty amount of funky cheese. For me it really has a ton of blue cheese/Camembert cheese to me, doesn't pop with lambic or wild smells but not bad.

The taste has a huge rush of sour cherry and vanilla/chocolate swirl ice cream, huge vinegar rush a t the back of the flavor that opens to a sweet corn type flavor. A ni mid flavor spiciness evolves with each sip which is nice, the flavor doesn't linger other than a vinegar type tartness that is palate numbing in some ways, feel is carbonated and decently bodied.

This beer is good but not great compared to the great sours out there.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2013 01:19:10 | More by Dreadnaught33

FranzBC

Oregon

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

05-10-2013 20:45:47 | More by FranzBC

BRoss242

Louisiana

4.5/5  rDev +0.4%

05-10-2013 09:49:04 | More by BRoss242

JamesGWittel

New Jersey

4.75/5  rDev +6%

05-09-2013 15:55:51 | More by JamesGWittel

SadMachine

New Jersey

4.78/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

Reviewed from notes from 5/5/13.

A- Pours a dark brown with ruby hues and a small off-white head.

S- The aroma is funky and sour. White grapes, tart cherries, fresh apple cider, and tart granny smith apples are all prevalent in the aroma. (My buddy who was drinking this with me jokingly said after smelling this "It smells like Jesus after he bathed in the Jordan."! Possibly the funniest thing I've ever heard in reference to the aroma of a beer!)

T- The flavor is nearly identical to the aroma with the super tart cherry and granny smith coming through as the primary flavors, and finishing with the apple cider and a dry, super sour finish.

M- The mouthfeel is near perfect for a sour, being light to medium bodied and moderate to high carbonation.

O- This is probably a top 2 sour for me to date! Absolutely superb, and hard to find flaws in unless you can't handle really tart/sour beers!

Serving type: bottle

05-09-2013 04:53:35 | More by SadMachine

bstyle

Indiana

4.75/5  rDev +6%

05-08-2013 06:27:41 | More by bstyle