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landhoney · 04-15-2009, 12:44 PM

I had a bottle of Russian Rivers Temptation last night:
http://russianriverbrewing.com/web/barrel.html
The cigar/sour beer pairing did not go as well as I hoped. I had a Upmann Corona and the cigar seemed to mask the subtleties of the beer. To me, sour beers like this have more in common with sparkling wine then other beers. Supposedly the Champagne/cigar pairing is a good one (have not tried it), so I thought this would work. Oh well.
All in all a great beer though. Very sour and refreshing, not high on the 'funk' level, pretty clean and fruity.

04-15-2009, 12:44 PM	#498
landhoney Mr. Charisma Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Seth Location: In the forest Posts: 2,639 Trading: (32)	Re: What beers are you enjoying? I had a bottle of Russian Rivers Temptation last night: http://russianriverbrewing.com/web/barrel.html The cigar/sour beer pairing did not go as well as I hoped. I had a Upmann Corona and the cigar seemed to mask the subtleties of the beer. To me, sour beers like this have more in common with sparkling wine then other beers. Supposedly the Champagne/cigar pairing is a good one (have not tried it), so I thought this would work. Oh well. All in all a great beer though. Very sour and refreshing, not high on the 'funk' level, pretty clean and fruity.