Impossible Soul
The Rare Barrel in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.55
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Golden sour beer aged in oak barrels with tart cherries and sweet cherries. Fermented with Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus and some other special microorganisms
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at CBC 2016. Light amber with no head. Sour with berries, light vinegar, wood, citrus and some earth. The finish was long. Tasty.
Tried
on 16 May 2016
at 07:14
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
13.05.2016, 0,75l bottle sampled @ CBC:
No head. Aroma is mild sour-ish, oak, sour fruits, old leafs, mild vinegar, grain, caramel, sorrel, soda powder, citrus acid. Taste is acidic dry, soda powder, citrus acid, oak, sorrel, unripe berries, raw rhubarb, berry skin, mild vinegar. Medium bitterness, dry acidic mouthfeel. Nice.
No head. Aroma is mild sour-ish, oak, sour fruits, old leafs, mild vinegar, grain, caramel, sorrel, soda powder, citrus acid. Taste is acidic dry, soda powder, citrus acid, oak, sorrel, unripe berries, raw rhubarb, berry skin, mild vinegar. Medium bitterness, dry acidic mouthfeel. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2016
at 08:47
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @CBC 2016. Amber, reddish color with a thin white head. Bretta on the nose, hay, funk, stable. Massive tartness, super dry. Stable again, some apricots. Well balanced. Awesome stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2016
at 03:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. An amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of brett, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of brett, lemons, wood, and caramel, leading to a tart finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2016
at 03:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is dry sourish. Smooth fruity. Wooden.lingering smooth fruity and sourish. Crisp sour and dry. Smooth fruity far finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2016
at 03:23
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the brewery, 29/01/16. Rich orange amber with no head. Nose is tarte fruit esters, piss tinged straw, on the turn melon, funky citric shreds. Taste comprises musty wood, decaying apple core, strong acidic bite, vanilla, fruit balsams, lemon rind. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, sharp acidic rise in the close leading to a moderate throat scrape. Ok but over acidic and lacking balance.
Tried
on 11 May 2016
at 11:12
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Mechazilla event. Tart nose with cherry and gooseberry. Also some light vanilla and a bit of brett as it warms. Starts out with quite a bit of bold tartness and dry berry notes but as the finish comes in the barrels reign in that tartness and some light oaky, vanilla notes come out. Nice quiet finish that lingers and slowly fades away.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2016
at 03:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Golden amber color. Huge brett sour nose, dry funk with cherries. Big funky mouth very dry, very sour, with horse blanket and cherries. Fantastic.
Tried
on 04 May 2016
at 07:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craigs 2016 alldayer. Pours hazy copper with a thin white head. Aromas of cherries, Brett funk, sour. Taste is tart, funky, more cherries on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2016
at 02:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at home ... copper .. thin white lacing .. soft funk.. dry berries nose soft fruit ... funk fruits .. long dry cherries fruit .. soft toffee fruit .. ligth tart berries .. dry tart cherry ... not my knd of funk
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2016
at 12:51