Russian River Sours

There's no difference between them because THEY'RE ALL GOOD!

 

Lol to add to my comment above, if you check his beer reviews, he reviewed 93 beers in a day.
Isn't 93 beers in a day bad? Just wondering.

 

I'm not sure that you know what a lurker is.

 

Because he's an asshole!!! :-)

 

Edit:

Supplication is a brown ale aged in French Oak Pinot Noir barrels with cherries
Consecration is a dark ale aged in American White Oak Cabernet barrels with currants
Temptation is a blonde ale aged in French Oak Chardonnay barrels
Beatification is a spontaneously fermented ale aged in oak wine barrels that previously held other RR sours.

Why does the type of wood matter? New oak holds more critters and gives off more oak flavor making a more sour beer. American Oak is less porous than French Oak so less critters there too.

Different base beers each one

 

For me its someone who adds no info or substance to the convo when they could've easily skipped over the thread. So IMO you lurked on this one...CHEERS

 

I hate these threads where a bunch of morons simply talk shit about OP's post and why or how they are entitled to do so instead of give a useful response. Now that I've said this, I suppose I'm the critical bastard in the thread. Anyways, for OP they use different barrels and bacterias.

 

You'll never find Beatification. You'll always find Supplication. You may find Temptation, Consecration, and Sanctification from time to time. Those are the differences

 

So, no, you don't know what a lurker is.

 

Visited the Russian River Brewery in summer of 2011 with wife
Wine Country and San Francisco epic trip. I had a few pints,
gave the keys to my wife, to our rental car, convertible, red Ford Mustang
and I order the 16 sample (if I recall) to try all the various sours and other RR beers.
What a great day!

 

Ya lurkers don't post, or even have an account usually

 

Consecration has the most booze.

 

I have no idea what the OP's knowledge level is but what I do know is that when I was green, this type of response would have been greatly appreciated and would have made me feel welcome. I wish more people would take this approach, especially with new members. Big ups to 1up and Johnnyramirez.

 

Edit on my edit, heh: this was my source and it's a really great read
http://byo.com/aging/item/1274-professional-barrel-aging

 

Glad to help! On a related note, Consecration and Beatification are the two I don't have if anyone wants to help

 

From a homebrewing perspective I do know that american oak is pretty aggressive and can overpower something liike a blonde or saison and would be better used for dark strongs, imperial stouts and barleywines. French oak is a more subtle oak that is delicate and better used for saisons and other light bodied and delicate flavored brews. Same goes for used barrels, you don't want to use a bourbon barrel on a light base brew. Once I get my brewing fine tuned I can't wait to bring wood into the mix!

 

Roger that! Just go to the Russian River Brewing web sight they explain everything very clearly. He said, DO YOUR HOMEWORK.

 

Agree.....they fly off shelves here in the west coast.

 

RAWR!