Cascade Cranberry

This NW style sour ale is a seasonal we produce once a year. It’s barrel aged seven months with 200 lbs. of cranberries, hibiscus, sweet orange peel and Thai cinnamon. Light sweet floral notes of citrus and pink candy are noticed up front. Tart, dry hints of sweet cranberries & wild strawberries on the palate give way to a pronounced dryness in the finish, with notes of cranberries & hints of vanilla and cinnamon.

3.7

200 reviews

Portland, United States

Community reviews

3.7 Bottle 0,75. Pours hazy redish with medium white head. Sour cranberries, vinegar, fruits, oak, some lemon. Nice mouthfeel, medium body and average carbonation.

3.8 Bottle @ Home. Pours hazy burnt orange with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, light sourness, spice, cinnamon, light vanilla, oak, tart berries, strawberry, cranberry. Flavor is light sour, malt, spice, cinnamon, vanilla, oak, flowers, tart berries, cranberry. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, light acidic finish. 060518

3.7 Bottle @ Saxo tasting. Hazy orange with a white head. Aroma is dry, malty, berries and light spicy. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish. 040518

3.7 Bottle, 6.9%. Slightly hazy amber/peach with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, berries, tart and vinegar. Flavour is malt, berries, lemon, tart, sour, spices, vanilla, herbs, vinegar and a little acetone.

4.2 Bottle @ Højbjerg tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich sour cranberries, fruits, malt, little caramel, lactose acid and has a nice sour finish. Lovely.

3.6 Bottle. Frothy wihte good mostly deminishing head. Reddish yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Sour notes. Moderate sour nice flavor. Cranberries nicely present. Average moderate bitter acetic finish. Oily palate.

3.6 Bottle pours amber with a off white head. Aroma of cinnamon, cranberries and some orange. Taste is tart cranberries and spices.

4.1 KRS 111117. THX to Meilby. Red orange color with a white head. Aroma is sourness, oak, cranberries. Flavor is sourness, oak, cranberries, vinegar, strawberries, spices, tea, orange peel, sugar, cinnamon, floral. Full body. Complex and a very nice beer.

4.0 Sampler at Liquor Express. Pours pink with a white head. Leaves trace lacing in the glass. Lots of cranberry and sourness on the nose and tongue. Finished clean. Very tart and refreshing.

3.9 2014 Bottle. Pours a cloudy rusty orangish brown with a thin white head. Some sediment in the pour. Crisp, tart, sour fruity aroma. Nice tart taste that is lightly sour with a dry cranberry flavor and lots of oaky wood notes. Nice long tingle on the tongue and a good lasting aftertaste. Great with a Thanksgiving meal.

3.8 Bottle 750ml @ gunnfryd Pours hazy deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma is tart with notes of cranberry, vinegar, cinnamon and floral. Taste is medium sweet and medium sour with a long dry, tart, cranberry, cinnamon, oak and floral finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

3.7 Bottle, 75cl corked. Courtesy of meilby. A hazy orange colored beer with a good carbonation and a dense, finger-thick off-white head. Flowery, lemony aroma with some vinegar. Some berries. There's a faint spiced touch too, both in the aroma and flavor. It's quite floral and berry-ish, with a bit too much vinegar in the flavor. Hints of strawberries, some powdered sugar and a flower touch. Sort of candy-ish, still on the tart side. Lasting finish. Very pleasant, sure a bottle that needs to be shared though. 171111

4.3 Rating #4300. 750ml brown bottle, corked and caged. 2015 Project. Colour is deep amber, a small clingy white head on top. Nose - big sourness, lemony and tart cranberries. Taste - notes of sweat, lemon and tart cranberries. Nice long and sour finish. An epic beer, lucky to have tried it for a milestone rating. Cascade is producing the best American sours right now.

4.4 Such an interesting beer. Never had anything like it. Pours a milky thick, pinkish red. Aromas of cinnamon hearts, tart cranberries, vanilla. Beautiful mouthfeel. Silky, which is rare for a sour. Flavours of tart cranberries, cinnamon and vanilla. Tastes like a scented candle might smell. Completely delicious.

4.1 From a 750 bottle into an Anderson Brewing tulip glass. Pours gold-orange with slight raspberry colors, head and lace. Aroma of lightly tart grain and citrus water. Medium carbonation and significant mouthfeel. Flavors of lightly tart citrus-cranberry juice with some lactic sourness. Overall very flavorful, balanced, and easy to drink relative to other Cascade mouth puckering sour tart delights.

4.2 Shared bottle at Cardinal, Mandag i annen. Pours hazy amber with cream coloured head. Aroma of red berries, horse stable, medicine, effervescent powder, spices, lemon, peppermint, cinnamon. Taste sour, with some fruity sweetness and a little salt. Complex.

3.3 OK, but I can't really warm to it. Taste is of Cranberry juice, some spice mainly cinnamon and much more subtle than you would expect, bit of orange zest as well. Aftertaste is sour, it had me puckering up like a little old granny giving a kiss to her god son. Tried at a tasting.

3.8 Bottle. Wine Rack, Sharrow, Sheffield. Pink hued amber. Thin, dense, lacing, lasting, white head. Nose has vanilla oak. Sharp fruit. Lemon juice. Ground peppercorn. Soft funk. Taste is tangy and sour. Faint sweetness on the lips. Mouthfeel is bright and sharp. Quite acidic. Prickly carbonation. Tangy sour finish.

3.6 Draught @ 8th. BBF 2016 [ 8th Borefts Beer Festival 2016 ] @ Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands. [ As Cascade Cranberry ]. Hazy matt medium red amber colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, tart, cranberry, moderate yeasty, leather, funky. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart, cranberry, funky, vinegar notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160923] 8-3-7-3-15

3.2 On tap Pours a muddy pinkish brown with moderate head. Aromas of apple pie and . Flavors of dull cranberries, pie pastry, and semi tart lemons What’s the fuss about?

3.6 Cloudy, pinkish with a thin head. Has a fair amount of cranberry on the nose, with light lactic and a bit of yeastiness. As it warms some spicier clove and star anise notes come out. Tart, cranberry-focused, just a touch of balsamic. Not the most complex Cascade- it’s certainly fruity but doesn’t have much sweetness nor barrel character.

3.5 Draught at Darby’s Gastown, Vancouver; 6.9% ABV Murky blood orange color. Some aroma of fruit pie, later I saw that they use cinnamon, and now it makes sense. Good body strength, not too dry; the juice flavor is nice, the cinnamon is delicate and fits in, it has a mild funky and vinous character, not too much complexity though. Very good.

3.9 Aromat owocowy, lekko słodka żurawina, wyraźnie ziołowy, niemal jak letnia łąka z nutą cynamonu. W smaku umiarkowana kwaśność i zauważalna słodycz, żurawina, czerwone jagody i dużo ziół, cynamon w posmaku.

4.0 [8798-20161021] Cask. Fragrant cinnamon sticks and nutmeggy fruit aroma. Murky, pink orange body with a quick foamy white head. Soured fruity cranberry sauce and cinnamonny cookies flavour. Medium-full body is quite smooth and sour. Delicious. (9/3/9/4/15) 4.0 (Cask Days @ Brickworks, Toronto, ON) Overheard: "Well you are a fussy."

4.0 Fra flaske på Mi2 Cardinal april-17: lett uklar oransjegylden med flott hvitt skum. Smak og aroma - o du salige! Bringebær, tranebær, vanilje, fersken og en hel blomstereng i saftig og lekker kombinasjon. Superfrisk syrlighet og elegant munnfølelse. Dette er balansekunst på sitt beste, og rundt bordet var det bare velvære å se.

4.3 Shared bottle at Mi2 at Cardinal 24.04.17 and 16.10.17. Cloudy orange. White head and lacing. Excellent acid and complex aroma and taste of cranberries, gooseberries, fresh citrus, tropical fruits and cocktails. Very dry, Superb!!!

4.0 Shared bottle at Cardinal. Pours hazy golden with a red hue, small creamy white head. Aroma is weak sour, with vanilla and cinnamon. Taste is fresh, crisp, dry & tart, very good and moreish, lots of cranberries, long lasting finish.

3.3 750 ml corked & caged bottle, as Cascade Cranberry Oak Aged Northwest Sour Ale, ale aged in oak barrels with cranberries and spices, 2016 Project. ABV is 6.6%. At Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Peach coloured beer, huge off-white head with a peachy hue. Strong sourish aroma of cranberries and spices. The flavour is moderately sour, far from extreme. Again notes of cranberries, hints of mild spices.

3.6 UFO galore into dense, dotted pink head over muddy pink to orange-amber beer. Fruit & lactic acid, red fruit, toilet soap, lemon, wheat, cranberryjuice and belatedly, cinnamon. Sour, acidic, again lactic & fruitacids. Not specifically cranberry taste, but definitely red fruit and -berries. Sharp, burning MF, acidburn and -thinning. Bit wheatslick, maybe. Good carbonation. In-yer-face sour. I would have suspected a certain bitterness from the cranberries, but no.

2.3 Bottle shared @Pułapka, Gdańsk A bit lacquer in the front. Some slight barnyard dunk (not funk). Spicy cinnamon and apple pie, some fruity citrus, medium sour. Cookies!