Consecration - Russian River Brewing Company

flexabull

California

4.72/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Hopefully a fitting beer for my birthday, (3-3-09... a square root day!) I am thinking this will be a good one to finish off the day.

Pours a dark and bright amber/brown color with a nice solid off white head.

Aromas are of very bright fruits, almost a cranberry like character, sour, tart, and with a faint hint of vinegar. A little lighter than other Russian River sours I have tried, but still quite pleasant.

Taste and character come off on first sip as SUPER dry. Beer then settles into some bright fruit flavors, cherries, currants, and cranberries. Finish is very tart, crisp, and with a light wine like bite, and some nice cider vinegar sourness. The sourness is very nice, I really like how the fruit flavors dominate more than the sourness, which is more like an interesting backdrop. Dang... another top notch tasting sour from Russian River.

Wonderful mouthfeel, maybe a touch to dry. But still has a great full feel.

Drinkability is exceptional. If I didn't notice the bottle, I would have never guessed this beer pushes 10% ABV. It drinks more like a 6% or 7% beer. This is more of a refined sour, not like the big blast of sour you get from something like the Supplication and Beautification. It's like this one is better "put together". Wow... yet another super offering from Vinnie and crew. It's currently my #2 sour from them, Sanctification still wins by a nose though.

Serving type: bottle

03-04-2009 04:50:09 | More by flexabull

thegoon55

South Carolina

4.25/5  rDev -4.9%

05-23-2013 22:04:51 | More by thegoon55

randylangford

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev -4.9%

05-22-2013 22:05:19 | More by randylangford

KANE3

California

4/5  rDev -10.5%

05-22-2013 21:23:28 | More by KANE3

BAsbill

California

4.75/5  rDev +6.3%

05-22-2013 21:04:45 | More by BAsbill

CEDAMA

California

5/5  rDev +11.9%

05-22-2013 20:20:52 | More by CEDAMA

pmoore311

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev -4.9%

05-21-2013 22:06:57 | More by pmoore311

dcloeren

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%

05-21-2013 20:50:11 | More by dcloeren

Beerandboards

New Mexico

4.25/5  rDev -4.9%

05-21-2013 19:02:22 | More by Beerandboards

drrone

Arizona

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%

05-21-2013 05:56:45 | More by drrone

Envelopes

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev -4.9%

05-21-2013 05:47:06 | More by Envelopes

CosmoHopHead

Kansas

4.75/5  rDev +6.3%

05-21-2013 04:13:51 | More by CosmoHopHead

ackeeper

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%

05-21-2013 01:48:34 | More by ackeeper

baybum

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%

05-20-2013 17:16:45 | More by baybum

Daniellobo

District of Columbia

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%

05-20-2013 15:24:52 | More by Daniellobo

AL89BR

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%

05-20-2013 14:55:03 | More by AL89BR

Ctrauty

Minnesota

4.75/5  rDev +6.3%

05-20-2013 01:30:17 | More by Ctrauty

jloomis

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%

05-20-2013 00:23:45 | More by jloomis

GuzzLah

Illinois

4.46/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A - pours a fairly clear dark amber with an ephemeral head. No lace. No bubbles.

S - pedio/lacto sourness, big oak, vanilla, currants, pineapple and red wine.

T - follows the aroma. Acetic. Assertive barrel note. Very smooth 10%.

M - light-medium body. Creamy and slightly oily. Dry. Sour, but not super sour.

O - I consider this to be an Imperial Flanders with a twist and a very tasty one. Certainly not the most extreme sour, but that isn't a negative coming from a sour head. Brewed with careful restraint, but far from being bland. Very good beer!

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 18:39:28 | More by GuzzLah

jl28r1

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +6.3%

05-19-2013 18:03:47 | More by jl28r1

Kreko7

California

4.75/5  rDev +6.3%

05-19-2013 16:20:10 | More by Kreko7

ShawnMH

Indiana

4.75/5  rDev +6.3%

05-19-2013 15:10:42 | More by ShawnMH

RichardMNixon

Delaware

4/5  rDev -10.5%

05-19-2013 04:10:10 | More by RichardMNixon

alanv

California

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%

05-18-2013 21:28:28 | More by alanv

eyeenjoybeer

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev +0.7%

05-18-2013 16:48:47 | More by eyeenjoybeer