Russian River Sanctification Blonde Ale
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Pintley
- Brewery
- Russian River Brewing Company
- Style
- Ale > Wild Ale
- Location
- Santa Rosa, California
- ABV
- 6.25
- Popularity
-
8.4
- IBU scale
- 27
- AVG Rating
- 4.2
- Ratings
- 350
- Taste Notes
- 22
About Russian River Sanctification Blonde Ale
Who's afraid of the "big bad BRET?" We'll tell you who: winemakers! Because of our close proximity to several hundred wineries, we often get winemakers visiting our brewery. (After all, it takes a lot of great beer to make great wine!) Because we use 100% Brettanomyces yeast to ferment Sanctification, most winemakers will only smell the glass, and only a very few will venture to taste the beer. They think the Brettanomyces will attach to their clothing and end up in their winery. A simple solution was offered: keep a smudge pot burning at the door of our brewery so they can burn their clothes when exiting, but even that was not enough. After giving it more thought, we concluded that winemakers think Brettanomyces might scar their taste buds and possible even permeate their skin? Either way, Sanctification is one of the most unique beers you will ever taste! It is fermented with 100% Brettanomyces, rather than the traditional Saccharomyces.
