Cascade Elderberry

This live barrel of NW style sour red ale was initially aged for six months in French oak wine barrels, then additionally aged on elderberries. Sharp wine, dark raisins, red grapes and cereal notes greet you on the nose. Tart dark fruit and grapes on the palate lead to a sparkling crisp dry finish with hints of fresh elderberries and grape skins.

3.8

234 reviews

Portland, United States

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3.3 Brown bottle, 750 ml, 2015 vintage, via Réjean Doiron (merci!), savoured on June 23 2017; eye: seal brown, opaque, ring of tan head, slight lacing; nose: acidity, sourness, fruity, slight wild yeasts; mouth: acidity, sourness, fruity, small dark berries, slight wild yeasts, finale in acidity with presence of sourness, full body, good carbonation, slightly sweet, vinous texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, millésime 2015, via Réjean Doiron (merci!), savourée le 23 juin 2017; œil : brun joint, opaque, anneau de mousse fauve, très légère dentelle; nez : acidité, aigreur, fruité, très léger levures sauvages; bouche : acidité, aigreur, fruité, petits fruits noirs, très léger levures sauvages, finale en acidité avec présence d’aigreur, corsée, bonne carbonatation, très légèrement sucrée, texture vineuse; en résumé : correct

3.6 Draught @ 8th. BBF 2016 [ 8th Borefts Beer Festival 2016 ] @ Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands. [ As Cascade Elderberry ]. Clear medium brown red colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, caramel, elderberries, tart, sour, unriped grapes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, tart, elderberries, sweet malt, carmale, unriped grapes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160923] 7-3-8-3-15

3.6 [2015] 750ml bottle. Reddish brown with a foamy beige head. Flavors are toasted cereals, berries, lemon, oak and spices. Aggressive lactic acidity. Medium body, moderate carbonation, smooth texture.

4.0 Draft at the Cascade Barrelhouse. Dark purple in colour with medium carbonation. Aromas are of dried tart purple berries, chocolate, violets, and oak barrel. Very concentrated and tart berries dominate the palate, backed by elements of dark chocolate and earth. Sourness builds as I drink, but in a good way. Excellent stuff.

4.0 Fra flaske på Mi2 Cardinal, mai-17: klar mørkerød mahogny med flott skum som varer. Saftig og lekker aroma og smak med hyllebær og andre sure bær, citron og bringebær. Ren, intens smak med skyhøy forfriskningskoeffisient. Tannpuss blir overflødig i kveld. En av kceldens absolutt beste.

3.6 Aromat kwaśny, mieszanka bzu i octu balsamicznego, melasy. W smaku wysoka, czysta, mlekowa kwaśność, nuty ziołowe, na finiszu cierpki posmak bzowy.

4.0 Shared bottle at Mi2 at Cardinal 08.05.17. Dark brown. Small beige haed. Fine and acid aroma of acid fruits. Similarly dry and acid taste. Very, very good! Elderberries are evident.

4.2 Shared bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours clear dark brown with little beige head. Aroma of lemons, raspberries, effervescent powder, plums, grass, spices, a little mint. Tastes sour with a little sweetness and some salt. Medium bodied.

3.7 Bottle: Poured a dark cloudy copper color ale with a small foamy head with limited retention and some lacing. Aroma of tart and sour elderberry notes is interesting. Taste is a mix of vinous notes with some oak and tart notes of elderberry with light acidic notes also noticeable. Body is full with limited filtration and good carbonation. Well done with intense flavours while retaining some drinkability.

3.4 75cl bottle via Grand Cru. It pours a deep amber red color with a small beige head. Aroma Is sour and acidic with notes of lemon juice balsamic vinegar cherry pits tart cherries and grapes. Taste is very sour, verging on the acetic side of the spectrum, with more notes of lemon juice, tart cherries, in ripe grapes, slight spices. Medium bodied with good carbonation. Overall, lacks balance

3.2 750 ml corked & caged bottle, as Cascade Oak Aged Elderberry Northwest Sour Ale, ale aged in oak barrels with elderberries and spices, 2015 Project. ABV is 7.0%. At Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Fairly dark brown colour, huge beige head. Aroma of sour (black) elderberries, lemons, farmhouse kitchen, spices and malts. Sour / acidic, tart and astringent flavour, loads of lactic acid, notes of lemons and sour elderberries.

3.7 Bottle. Elderberry, caramel malt, and straw aroma. Amber with small head. Moderately sweet elderberry, caramel malt, moderately sour vinegar/citric acid, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body. Nice beer - impossible to drink without quoting Monty Python.

3.7 Towering tan head over opaque red-brown beer. Nose like blue/billberry, but also lactic acid, wood, and something strong fusely:estrery that betrays the true elderberry smell. Very sour, lactic, dark/red fruit, lemon, and a wild, spicy character. Bit of rotten fruit, too, in the background - again the elderberry, which sports this pugnancy (which drove me mad in my youth, being forced to down elderberry syrup against colds...)? The taste of (unripe, IMO) grapeskins, as suggested, is also very remarkable. Very tart, dry-out effet, acidthinning and -burn. Again a very tart USA sour. A bit of balance wouldn’t hurt, I would dare to suggest.

2.3 Bottle shared @Pułapka, Gdańsk Old socks, wet rug, fart, cat pee, dirty underwear aroma. After a couple of minutes it fades and floral and fruity take over. Sour red fruit

3.8 Pours prune juice colour with an initial head that goes away quickly and no head. Nose is berries. Flavours of raisins, red grapes, vinous. Taste light/medium sweet, medium tart. Medium slick body with medium carbonation and a lasting sour finish.

1.1 Horrible aroma, Rag, old sweat socks and toitoi, in the end elderberry. In taste kinda similar, rag, sourness and elderberry.

3.5 Aroma: elderberry juice, toilet notes, blueberry, blackberry, wine, oak, vinegar Taste: heavy sour, elderberry juice, tannin, oak, vinegar

4.1 Brune opaque. Nez de fruit. Bleuet. Boisé. Chocolat noir. En bouche. Très boisé. Belle acidité. Surette. Fruité. Cassis. Groseille. Excellente.

3.8 Rami Rami is drinking an Elderberry by Cascade Brewing Company (USA) at BrewDog Warszawa 2015. W pierwszym niuchy toitoi. Ale po chwili fajniej, morwy, drewno, figi (!), jakis smrodek. W smaku slodkawe, tylko kwaskowate, sciaga Rami Rami: Bardzo ciekawe jak dla mnie

3.7 Butelka w brewdog. Aromat owocowy ( jezyna), beczkowy. W smaku intensywna nuta owocowa. Beczka po winie. Wysycenie w kierunku wysokiego, ściągające, cierpkosc na końcu, kwasne posmaki, winne, taniczne na finiszu, ktore na poczatku nie pojawiaja sie.

4.0 Brown liquid without head. Aroma blackberry, dewberry. Taste has blackberry, heavy sour. Medium body, long finish.

4.2 Bottle. Pours dark cherry red with small head. Aroma: blueberry, wildberry, blackberry, blueberry sweet wine, balsamico- nice and nostalgic for me. Taste: bluberries with cherries, blueberry skins, medium sour, acidity burns your lips. Medium plus body. Acidity finish. Not for weak ones. Nice.

3.9 (Draft at Brookland Pint, DC) Dark red, no head. Strong red wine- or balsamic-vinegar aroma, apple. Powerfully tart vinegar flavor that puckers your lips, oak barrel, grape, wine, tannins; fruity, tart, acidic. Medium body.

3.6 Sample at Borefts 2016. Poured a hazy reddish brown with a round white head. The aroma is yeast, light elderberry. The flavour is light to moderate sour with a light bubbly fruity light biscuit yeast palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

3.8 On tap at Borefts Bier Festival, 2016. Pours brown with medium beige head. Fruity, elderberry, flowery, grapes, oak, sour, vinous. Medium bodied.

3.6 Keg at Palm Tavern, 9/30/16. Dark red-brown, medium foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of sweet and earthy elderberry, Concord grape, raspberry, hints of tartness. The taste is elderberry, grape earth. Strongly tart. Medium-full bodied.

3.6 Pour on tap at HopCat, hazy dark reddish brown pour with thin off white head, aroma brought notes of sour fruit, caramel, red grape, hints of oak, earth, funky notes as well. Taste was a mix of lemon, oak, dark fruit, some berry notes into a bit of spice, slight funk, finishing tart.

3.8 Draft @ Rare Beer Breakfast 2016. Pours a hazy dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity sour tart woody elderberry aroma. Fruit sour tart woody berry flavor. Has a fruity sour tart woody elderberry finish.

3.2 Sampel at Borefts 2016. Amber beer, Aroma is elderberry, sour. Taste is the same. average

3.6 Draft at Borefts De Molen Beer Festival 2016 Bodegraven, The Netherlands. 23.09.2016. Pour it dark color with small white head. Aroma dark frutis, some woody oak feel. Taste tart dark frutis, grapes little bit like wine, smooth and dry finish, interesting, basement aromas, lively, sticky, medium body, long finish.