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
Bottle at craig’s. Pours hazy orange, nose is light cherry, funky, taste is quite funky, tart, cherry, sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2016
at 12:50
8/10
Tried
on 19 Mar 2016
at 12:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at De Garde quarterly. Pours a cloudy orange gold with medium frothy off white head that lasts. The aroma is strong brett, funk, oak. Thin mouth, nice tartness, light acidity, oak, lemon, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2016
at 17:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at the brewery taproom. Pours unclear ruby with a slight, creamy topping. The nose holds tart berries, lemon and subtle funk. Light sweet flavour with assertive acidity, lemon juice, faint vinegar, tart cherries. Light bodied with average carbonation. Super tart on the finish, fairly refreshing, but bracingly acidic. A little intense, but nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Feb 2016
at 06:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
[1/30/16] Bottle sample at the Encomium bottle share, after RateBeer Best awards ceremony at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Hazy orange. Sour, fruits, oak, some funk, vinegar. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2016
at 08:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at EBF 2016 Somewhat golden color for a beer with two kinds of cherries in it. Hints of cherry amid a huge bit of tart and funky flavors. Decent enough beer, but really where are the cherries?
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2016
at 20:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at RBWG. It pours a hazy orange color with an off white head. The aroma has some graham cracker with a little apricot and peach. Very low barrel notes. The flavor is intensely sour with lots of lactic acid, hints of herbals and sour peach, oranges and lemon. A little biting in the finish, but still mouthwatering. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 19:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Rare Barrel. Almost clear amber liquid with minimal white head. Aroma of lemon, oak, light caramel and apple skin. Taste is dry and medium sour with notes of lemon, apple skin, light oak and grain. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Nice.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2016
at 22:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at the rare barrel. Aroma is funky, lemon citrus, horsey. Bright golden orange coloured pour with a small white head. Flavour is citrus lemon, tangy, horsey, pithy Leon. Rind, palate is crisp tangy citrus. Lemon, highish carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jan 2016
at 19:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at the rare barrel. pours out copper amber topped with a tan head. nose is cherries barrel notes and lots of tart. Taste is very pucker tartness cherries a little sweetness but lots of pucker.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jan 2016
at 19:38