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Russian River Temptation

Russian River Brewing Company
Santa Rosa, CA, United States of America


Vital Statistics

Type: Wild Ale
ABV: 7.5%
Original Gravity: 1.062 / 15.2° plato

From the brewer

Blonde Ale aged in used Chardonnay barrels from local Sonoma County wineries. It is aged for about 9 to 15 months (depending on the age of the barrel) with lots of brettanomyces, lactobacillus, and pediococcus added to each barrel. Medium bodied with hints of oak and Chardonnay, funky brett characteristics, with a nice, long sour finish.

Average Scores

Overall: 71 (logged 2 times)
Draft: 71 (logged 2 times)

Who's been drinking this

The better of the two sours in the flight - this had some funky yeast bitterness from the wine barreling, without overt wine flavors in the beer itself. Very sour, but with a relatively sweetish, malty finish.
The first sour I've ever tried. Huh. Not sour like lemons, sour like...sour. Puzzling, but not in a bad way. Not sure I'd want a whole one.