Quite Something
The Rare Barrel in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.77
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Quite Something is a golden sour beer aged in French Bordeaux wine barrels. Fermented with a collection of special microorganisms, this beer presents subtle notes of oak with nuances of crisp grapes and fresh berries. Complex and refined, these flavors dance somewhere between beer and wine.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle pours a crystal clear, buttery yellow with just a little white head. Natural wine, apricots and fresh oranges on the nose. Big body for 5%. Creamy like Chardonnay. Apricots and white orange. Juicy. Loads of Bordeaux. 9 3 9 4 15
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2023
at 14:05
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle @ Kill’em All 2016 thanks to hoprider and motherbrother. Pours light hazy golden with a small white head. Aromas of peaches, vinous, grapes, green apples, citrus, oak, some lactic tartness, funk, macarons. Taste is tart, grapey, citrus, oak, sweet vinous, peach, lemony.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:54
9/10
Sweet sweet golden syrup
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2019
at 19:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle sample at Heist bottle share. Hazy golden color small white head. Aroma of tart fruit. Taste is very tart and acetic. Kudos for the humble name.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2017
at 09:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Diego. Pours a hazy gold with small white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is oak, funk, grape and berry. Thin body, grape skin, oak, nice tartness, acidic, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2017
at 00:03
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours clear golden, very small fizzy white head, dissipates quickly, minimal lacing. Aroma is stonefruit, white grapes, vinous, oaky, funk, horse blanket, delicate stonefruit notes. Flavor is medium tart, medium funk, clean and vinous, peaches and basements. Medium body. This beer is Grate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2017
at 10:02
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
750 ml red waxed bottle shared. From a split Ambassadors of Sour 2016 membership with a friend, thanks Ed! Slightly hazy golden yellow with off-white head. Aromas of funk, cheese, wine, stone fruit. Tastes of stone fruit, funk, wine, tart acidic notes, light floral and hay. Light body with a dry and puckering sour finish. Quite fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2017
at 22:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
[1/28/17] Bottle/Draught at RateBeer Best festival in Santa Rosa. Golden. Gunk, oak, fruits, bright, vinous notes, sour, vinegar, cellar. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2017
at 16:27
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of mybestfriend. Pours hazy vibrant deep yellow with a frothy and fizzy white head that doesn’t leave much trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is fruity and funky with crackers, lemon juice, lime juice, yellow tropical fruits, lychee, grapes, rose hips, hay, dry soil, barnyard and lemon zest. Taste is heavy sour, fruity and funky. Mouthfeel is dry, tart, mouth-puckering and light to medium bodied. Finish is sour with mixed citrus juice, yellow tropical fruits, fleshy grapes, wood, minerals, barnyard and lemon zest. High acidity mouthwatering sour. Complex tropical fruit, grape and barrel notes. Great beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2016
at 10:24
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks darrel. Pours out a golden with a ring of a head. Nose is citrus wine barrel vanilla a great tartness. Taste is more of the citrus wine barrel vanilla tartness funk and a very nice end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2016
at 20:31