Salvation - Russian River Brewing Company

Douglas14

California

4.35/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a dark, dark brown with an awesome head that has great retention and lace. The smell is sugary and malty. The taste follows the smell. Very rich malt and brown sugar. God this beer is awesome...ridiculously awesome

...poured at the Stone Brewery.

Serving type: on-tap

08-26-2008 16:07:53 | More by Douglas14

gtank

California

4/5  rDev -2.7%

06-14-2013 06:10:33 | More by gtank

cosmonick

Indiana

4/5  rDev -2.7%

06-13-2013 22:05:59 | More by cosmonick

Texasfan549

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -8.8%

06-13-2013 20:38:40 | More by Texasfan549

djre4orm

Virginia

4/5  rDev -2.7%

06-13-2013 18:45:02 | More by djre4orm

RBassSFHOPit2ME

California

3.75/5  rDev -8.8%

06-08-2013 00:25:57 | More by RBassSFHOPit2ME

Seanniek91

New Hampshire

4.16/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served from a 375ml C&C bottle from Batch 11. Around 50 degrees.

Appearance- Dark, hazy greyish/brown with two fingers of off-white head that left gorgeous lacing.

Smell- Sweet, boozy raisins, candy sugar, dark caramel malts, prunes, bready yeast. Very much quad-like.

Taste- Raisins, pipe tobacco, plums, earthy/bready yeast. No real booze presence. Mildly sweet, not as much as it smelled.

Mouthfeel- Rather heavily caarbonated. On the thiner side. No mouth coating.

Overall- Another winner from Russian River. Haven't had a bad beer by them yet!

Serving type: bottle

06-06-2013 16:42:26 | More by Seanniek91

DeutschesBier

Maryland

4/5  rDev -2.7%

06-04-2013 20:50:57 | More by DeutschesBier

Bildo

Minnesota

4.75/5  rDev +15.6%

06-03-2013 12:38:32 | More by Bildo

Paccamacca

California

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%

06-01-2013 22:21:19 | More by Paccamacca

MadeInOregon

California

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

06-01-2013 05:08:38 | More by MadeInOregon

Boilerfood

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

05-29-2013 00:12:47 | More by Boilerfood

Kreko7

California

3.75/5  rDev -8.8%

05-28-2013 18:56:35 | More by Kreko7

JF1917

Georgia

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%

05-28-2013 02:25:04 | More by JF1917

warnerry

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

05-26-2013 18:37:19 | More by warnerry

SCZ

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

05-24-2013 23:35:07 | More by SCZ

InspectorBob

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -2.7%

05-23-2013 20:58:31 | More by InspectorBob

MinorThreat

Colorado

4/5  rDev -2.7%

05-23-2013 16:45:54 | More by MinorThreat

kevanb

Illinois

4.05/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4

375ml bottle, batch 011, poured into a Russian River "Tion" stemmed glass.

The beer pours a deep burgundy color, touches of garnet and amber with a fluffy 2 fingers of off white head that has very good retention and leaves just a spot or so of lace behind. The aroma is fairly tame, dark pitted fruit, raisin, clovey yeast with some tannins and tobacco with some pepper on the finish, alcohol is masked nicely. Lots of plum and raisin on the tongue, backing dark grainy malt and cracked peppercorn with a bit of chocolate and leather at the finish. The body is nice, rich yet silky with a moderate level of carbonation that is just lively enough to dance on the tongue and it finishes with a nice smooth creaminess and warms slightly as it goes down.

Verdict: A nice Belgian Strong Dark Ale from Russian River that vastly improves as it warms. It does lack the deep complexity from a more authentic Belgian Dark, but this is one of the premier examples made domestically and a worthy brew for any Belgian lover.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2013 01:12:38 | More by kevanb

mxchap

California

4/5  rDev -2.7%

05-21-2013 04:13:14 | More by mxchap

GuzzLah

Illinois

3.68/5  rDev -10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A - pours a dark brown with almost no head and poor retention. No lace. Light bubbles.

S - low intensity until swirled. Raisin, bready malt, chocolate malt and cherry ester.

T - is similar to the aroma. Mostly raisin and mild chocolate.

M - medium-full body. Oily. Warming, boozy finish, but not harsh.

O - a well made BDSA that is relatively conservative in flavor and aroma. Not nearly as impressive as Rochefort, etc.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 01:22:39 | More by GuzzLah

Photekut

Azerbaijan

4/5  rDev -2.7%

05-19-2013 01:14:06 | More by Photekut

MrNate

Florida

4/5  rDev -2.7%

05-18-2013 22:18:06 | More by MrNate

KevinGordon

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

05-14-2013 15:56:48 | More by KevinGordon

2dogbrew

Virginia

4/5  rDev -2.7%

05-13-2013 22:08:48 | More by 2dogbrew