The Rare Barrel Forces Unseen (Blend 1)

Forces Unseen (Blend 1)

 

The Rare Barrel in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer Series Out of Production
Score
7.46
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 32
Forces Unseen is a blend of different golden sour beers aged in oak barrels. The forces behind the complexities found in this sour include two strains of Brett, two strains of Lacto., and one strain of Pedio.
 

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9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is very oaky, vanilla, light vinegary, lots of stone fruits - can’t believe there’s no fruit in this! Wow. Musky basement, leathery, citrussy with a nice lactose tartness. Taste has the same jammy stone fruits and citrus going on. Oaky, funky, musky, lemon zesty, lactic in the back. Very surprised about this!

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Vintage tap. Pours lightly hazy golden apple, small white head, bubbly lacing. Aroma is oaky, bugs, lemon, bit of a geuzey sweat sock thing, basement, hints of stone fruit. Flavor is medium tart, medium funk, geuezy. Medium body, soft mouthfeel, low carbonation. Excellent

Tried from Draft on 21 Jul 2019 at 02:35


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Golden colour, hazy white head. Sour aroma, quite fruity, peach and yoghurt. Sour flavour, peach, fruit sours. Sour finish, apricot. Nice, balanced Sour Ale.
(from 75cL bottle @ RBBSG IV, the Hot and Sweaty Edition, Gent 2015. Batch #12. Thanks for sharing, JefVerstraete!)

Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2016 at 23:46


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

A golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of brett, straw, and lemons. The flavor is sweet brett and lemons, leading to a tart finish.

Tried on 13 May 2016 at 03:26


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

From tap. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is dry, fruity and slight citric, estery. Dry, sourish, citric and smooth lingerinh fruity finish.

Tried from Draft on 13 May 2016 at 03:21


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. A hazy golden yellow pout with an ample white head. Fruity nose up front, citrus, oak, light vanilla. Lots of tart sour fruitiness in the taste with moderate barrel hints. Finishes bright and dry. Really nice sour.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2015 at 18:25


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle in Canaan, NH. It pours hazy gold with a small white head. The nose is soft, juicy, peach, apricot, vanilla, nougat, funk and earth.the taste is crisp, tart, juicy, orange sherbet, good mouth - pucker, minerals, lactic, sherbet, lemon - lime and decent acidity with a dry, tart finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Decent sour.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2015 at 15:23


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared in NH. Thanks to Sander. Pours hazy gold with a creamy white head. Nice lemon squash and lemon aroma, some oak. Light-medium sweet flavor, light oaky dryness, more tart lemon. Light bodied with average carbonation. Quenching sour lemon finish, some further woody dryness, mildly acidic. Really drinkable stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2015 at 14:39


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Sample from a kind soul in the CBC2015 queue, Copenhagen - golden amber pour with white head. Sour citrus fruity aroma and taste, with some notes of peach, lemon, grapeskin, bretty, wooden note traces, tart finish.

Tried on 10 Sep 2015 at 12:54


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

bottle at a tasting. Cloudy orange color. Low carbonation. some peach. Yeast. the sour flavor is mild. A light, refreshing sour.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2015 at 17:16