Map of the Sun

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

Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular

Score

7.65

ABV: 7.7%

IBU: -

Ticks: 87

As apricots ripen in the orchard, these delicate, golden-orange fruits develop complex tartness and funky floral aroma. Our fascination with the flavors this fruit exhibits inspired the creation of Map of the Sun. Golden sour beer was conditioned on apricots in oak barrels, maximizing the rich jammy notes and velvety mouth expressed by the fruit. This beer celebrates the beginning of summer highlighting all of the delightfully sour nuances of an apricot.

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7.9

bergstaden (9465) reviewed Map of the Sun from The Rare Barrel 10 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Hazy dark golden with a white head - Tart fruity aroma - Tart tropical fruity flavour - Fruity flavours goes into the finish - This was good

Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 20:01

allinthenameofbeer (11735) ticked Map of the Sun (2022) from The Rare Barrel 1 year ago

Medium high acidity but packing tons of apricot flavor.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2024 at 14:37

Gripweed57 (8703) reviewed Map of the Sun from The Rare Barrel 1 year ago

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

375 ml bottle from Tavour. 2022 vintage. Hazy pale gold pour. Pillowy white head. Tart, funky malt aroma. Flavor is mildly funky. Sour apricot, biscuity malt, very subtle oak. Smooth and approachable.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2024 at 03:16

Chris_Ofstad (9272) ticked Map of the Sun from The Rare Barrel 1 year ago

From backlog. Taster , from Bottle, at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2024. (As 2015 Vintage) Cloudy Golden with white head. Wood, apricots, yeasty, brett.

Tried from Bottle on 26 May 2024 at 18:33

7.4

oh6gdx (50921) reviewed Map of the Sun from The Rare Barrel 2 years ago

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

Draught@CBC2016. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Aroma is citrus, some funk, apricot, some tropical fruity elements as well as some biscuity and bready malts. Flavour is somewhat tart with pricots, lemongrass, some biscuity maltiness and a bit of wooden tones. Nice dry palate, which makes you long for another sip.

Tried on 02 Dec 2023 at 15:04

7.4

explosivedog (14053) reviewed Map of the Sun from The Rare Barrel 3 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle, shared by Forrest. Pours dull murky brown. Apricot, biscuit, grape, almond, fragrant, funk, heavy tartness. Medium body. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2022 at 23:31

7.6

Ungstrup (52101) reviewed Map of the Sun from The Rare Barrel 5 years ago

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

Draft. A hazy golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of citrus fruit, funk, apricots, wood, and malt. The flavor is sour with notes of apricots, funk, lemons, wood, and malt, leading to a dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 16 Apr 2020 at 07:31

allinthenameofbeer (11735) ticked Map of the Sun (2019) from The Rare Barrel 6 years ago

Citrusy boi

Tried from Draft on 16 Nov 2019 at 14:20

8.8

Klimaet (3578) reviewed Map of the Sun from The Rare Barrel 6 years ago

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

Bottle @ Dangerous Bottleshares. Pours hazy orange with a medium white head. Aromas of apricots, lots of oak, funk, vinegary, lactic. Taste is apricots, oaky, vanilla, funky, some green apples, sweet candied apricots, lactic, funky. Really liking these Rare Barrel burz.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55

radagast83 (13439) reviewed Map of the Sun from The Rare Barrel 6 years ago

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

Sampled at Snallygaster 2019. Poured a super hazy peach yellow color with a small white head. Aroma was a lot of apricot juice. Pleasant citrus juice, apricot. Light tartness.

Tried on 06 Nov 2019 at 04:24