The Rare Barrel Afterlight

Afterlight

 

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

  Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production
Score
7.44
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 17
Dark sour beer aged in French Bordeaux wine barrels. Fermented with Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus
 

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Tried on 17 May 2021 at 14:32


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

Bottle at ash's. Pours deep ruby, nose is berries, funk, oak, hint of balsamic, taste is juicy berry up front, balsamic, quite tart, dry.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2021 at 13:32


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle thanks to Stuu666. Appearance - deep brown to black with a tan head. Nose - funky, woody and dark fruits. Taste - blueberries , blackberries and cherry. Funky edge. Palate - tangy and medium bodied. Great persistence on the lightly sour finish. Overall - lovely.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2021 at 13:29


7

bottle at ashs... dark brown black.. thin tan lacing... soft earthy funk fruit nose.... soft mslts.. berries... balsamic.. soft funk

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2021 at 13:28


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled at Ash's. Pours dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of red grape, chocolate, sour notes. Taste has more sourness, wood and red wine. Light acetic. Sour finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2021 at 13:27


7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

bottle. Pours clear mahogany, small beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is tannin, roast, cherry, bugs, red wine. Flavor is light plus tart, light funk. Medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2020 at 00:25


8

Huge french Bordeaux barrel notes, basically a dark red wine without too much tannic notes, lots of chocolate and vanilla sour notes.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2020 at 21:14


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

13th September 2017
Cloin's 20K @ T42. Thanks to Coleeen. Cloudy dark brown beer, no head. Palate is light, fairly dry and has decent fine carbonation. Sour and vinegary dark fruits. Lemon acid and acetic Dark Fruits. Dry lemon acid finish. Dry and pretty sour, too sharp for my taste.

Tried on 04 Jan 2018 at 08:05


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared on Level 42 for Cloin's 20K Tasting, 13/09/2017. Many thanks to Colin for this one. A reddy mahognay broen coloured pour with a loose beige head. Aroma is sweet caramel brown sugars, vanilla, raspberry. Flavour is composed of semi sweet and sour, red berries, hint of vinegar, hint of brown sugars, tangy dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Sep 2017 at 15:31


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

Bottle shared in London on cloin's 20k - cheers! Pours hazy brown with a creamy, tan head. Loads of dried berries in the nose, sweat, leather. Medium sweet flavour strong acetic bite, salt, tart berries, aged leather. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Sharply acetic finish, more aged berries, aggressive lemons. Really quite aggressive overall. Hard to take down a lot of this.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2017 at 14:53