Deviation
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour Ale Special Out of Production|
Score
7.84
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Bierkoning (17781) reviewed Deviation from Russian River Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Sample from bottle, kindly donated by US BBF 2011 visitors. Orange color, cloudy. Toffee, lemon, grapefruit and oak in the aroma. Sour lemony flavor, limoncello. Amazingly complex beer, hard to get all the flavors and aromas.
Kermis (23414) reviewed Deviation from Russian River Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared at the Moeder Lambic cellar session 2015. Pours very hazy amber with a small off white head. Aroma of dusty funk, cobwebs, peppery notes and light tart fruits. Flavour is above light sweet and over moderate sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Lovely to try and certainly on of the best US sours I’ve tried at this time.
djd07 (26386) reviewed Deviation from Russian River Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
600th sour rating. Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with medium off white head. The aroma is funk, cherry skin, wood, brett. Thin mouth, lots of brett, nice funk, oak, tart cherry, stone fruit, low acidity, really enjoyed this one.
Kraddel (15451) reviewed Deviation from Russian River Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 10
Pours unclear yellow/amber . Small white head . Smell is sour, bit wood . Smell is Sharp , very sour , intense , bit woody , some fruity finish . Sharp carbo , dry . Good mouthfeel .
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle kindly shared by Dennis. Pours amber peach with white head. Nose/taste of sour peach, aged cheese, oak, cherries, wild yeast and ripe peaches. Medium body. Lots of peach still on the palate. Finishes mildly acidic.
cagarvie (26394) reviewed Deviation from Russian River Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
sample from bottle at De Molen 2011 ... ligth murky amber ...sour barnyard funky nose ... soft fruits ... yeasty soft fruits ... yeasty barnyard funk ... not my thing at all
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10
Bottle. Oh my goodness. This is the shit!!!!! Hazy burnt orange pour with a frothy white head. Wonderful funk, brett, and mild barnyard aromas. Tart but not overly sour and very refreshing. Lemon zest, wet barrel, sour cherries, bret, a hint of oak and vanilla. Dry and crisp. Out-freakin-standing.........
fonefan (62248) reviewed Deviation from Russian River Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle 750ml.[ Trade by Bobby91w ]. Light unclear medium orange color with a average, frothy to light creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy, tart, berry - fruity, grapefruit, barnyard, funk, sour, wood. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, moderate to heavy acidic and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20100416]
omhper (39870) reviewed Deviation from Russian River Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled, thanks marsiblursi! Lightly hazy golden, mid-sized head. Concentrated lemon and old hay aroma. Dryish and tart, well rounded with marked vinegary acidity. Some caramel and slight vinous oakiness adds complexity to the acidic flavour. Finishes with stale hop bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Big thanks to 5K (apparently almost everyone has to). Pours with an orange shade of amber colored body with a small head that quickly fades. There is a nice ring of bubbly lacing left. The body glows but does not allow one to see through it. Aroma starts with a nice sour twang. It’s an earthy - faintly musky and sweaty - citric lemon, sort of sourness; presently strong sourness. Taste is a bit grapefruit skin-esque bretty sour. There is a short burst of the sourness and then very light acidity and a drying light rubber and leather. It is very smooth for a sour beer, the acidity is barely there. I am surprised that it does not come off obviously blended like the Tornado. It seems to be very dominated by the Sonambic part, which is awesome.
750mL bottle, Derlirium Tremens snifter.