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* Beatification - Aged with wild yeasts
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Russian River Brewing Company
Russian River Brewing Logo
Location725 4th Street
Santa Rosa, CA, 95404
United States
Opened1997
Annual production volume1,500 barrels
Owned byVinnie Cilurzo, Natalie Cilurzo
Websitewww.russianriverbrewing.com
Active beers
Name Type
Pliny The Elder Double IPA
Blind Pig IPA
Damnation Golden Ale


Russian River Brewing Company is a brewery and brewpub located in downtown Santa Rosa, California.

History

Russian River Brewing Company was created in 1997 when Korbel Champagne Cellars of Guerneville, California decided to try their hand at brewing beer.[1] Brewer Vinnie Cilurzo was hired as brewmaster. Korbel quit the brewing business, and sold the brewery to Cilurzo and his wife Natalie in 2002. Vinnie's Blind Pig brewery changed names to Russian River, remodeled and expanded in 2004, eventually moving to Santa Rosa, at their current 4th Street location. Cilurzo is regarded as one of the most innovative microbrewers in the country[2] and credited with inventing the beer style Double India Pale Ale, known alternately as Imperial IPA, when he was the head brewer at Blind Pig Brewing Company in Temecula, California.

Production

In addition to the 20 barrel brewpub (capable of about 3000 barrels per year),[3] Russian River also has a 50 barrel production brewery, originally from Dogfish Head Brewery.[4] Russian River has distributors in California, Colorado, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. A coolship is used to cool the wort for some of the beers.[5]

Beers

California style

  • Aud Blonde - Blonde Ale
  • Beer Esteam - California Common Steam Beer
  • Blind Pig IPA - India Pale Ale
  • Dead Leaf Green - English-Style Pale Ale
  • Gaffers - English-Style Pale Ale
  • Great Beer/Great Wine - Winemaker Session Ale
  • Happy Hops - Hopped-up Blonde Ale
  • Hop2It - Single Hop Ale (Rotating)
  • Hopfather IPA - India Pale Ale
  • HUGElarge Pils - Pilsner
  • O.V.L. Stout - Dry Irish Stout (100% nitrogen)
  • Pliny the Elder - Double India Pale Ale
  • Pliny the Younger - Triple India Pale Ale
  • Row 2 Hill 56 - American Pale Ale (Single Hop: Simcoe)
  • Russian River IPA - India Pale Ale
  • Russian River Porter - Porter
  • Segal Select - Pale Ale (Hops from Segal Ranch)
  • Shadow of a Doubt - Imperial Porter

Belgian style

  • Damnation - Golden Ale
  • Defenestration - Hoppy Blonde Ale
  • Little White Lie - Witbier
  • Mortification - Quadruppel
  • Perdition - Bier de Sonoma
  • Redemption - "Single" Blonde Ale
  • Rejection - Black Ale
  • Salvation - Strong Dark Ale

Barrel aged

(All of Russian River's barrel-aged beers contain brettanomyces, many contain lactobacillus and pediococcus)[6]

  • Beatification - Aged with wild yeasts
  • Compunction - Aged with pluots
  • Consecration - Strong dark ale aged in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels with black currants added
  • Damnation Batch 23 - Belgian gold aged with oak chips
  • Deification - Barrel-aged Pale Ale
  • Erudition - Saison
  • Framboise For A Cure - Blonde ale aged in chardonnay barrels with raspberries
  • Publication - Saison
  • Propitiation - Porter aged in barrels
  • Supplication - Brown Ale aged in pinot noir barrels
  • Sanctification - Blonde aged in stainless steel tanks with 100% Brettanomyces
  • Temptation - Blonde Ale aged in chardonnay barrels
  • Toronado 20th Anniversary - A blend of 6 aged beers

Collaboration

Awards

Russian River Brewing Company and Vinnie Cilurzo have won numerous awards for their beer.

Individual beer awards

See also


References

  1. ^ "Russian River Brewing Company -- About Us".
  2. ^ Anderson, Lessley (September 08, 2008). "Vinnie Cilurzo Gets Funky: The daring beers of Russian River Brewing Company". CHOW. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Brew-Monkey's Brewer Interview of Vinnie Cilurzo from Russian River Brewing Company". Brew-Monkey.com. May 02, 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Russian River's First Brew Day, Part 2". Brookston Beer Bulletin. May 09, 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2012. The new brew kettle, formerly at Dogfish Head Brewery in Delaware. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Roberts, James. "The coolship is landing". Anchorage Press. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Barrel Aged Beers". Russian River Brewing Company. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

Vinnie Cilurzo Interviewed, retrieved 2010-02-20

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