Almanac Beer Company Barrel-Aged Blackberry Sournova

Barrel-Aged Blackberry Sournova

 

Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular
Score
7.30
ABV: 5.8% IBU: - Ticks: 9
Sour Ale Aged In Oak Barrels With Blackberries.
 

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

Can from Beer Republic. Aroma is tart blackberries with wood, vanilla, tart red 'n dark fruits, red wine. Tart and mild sweet flavour, lots of tart berries and oak. Medium body and creamy.

Tried from Can on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:29


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

Can. Pours hazy purple, small off white head, decent lacing. Aroma is berries, yogurt, mineral water, funk. Flavor is light plus tart, light funk. Medium body. Noice

Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2022 at 05:03


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

cloudy inky purple color. Beautiful oak, sour blackberry nose with just a touch of vanilla in the background. The fruit character really shines. Semi dry. The vanilla is more pronounced on the palate and it’s less fruit forward, but still nicely present with good sourness, high carbonation. Oak and vanilla finish at the end. Pretty nice but depth on palate doesn’t match the nose.

Tried on 04 May 2020 at 02:32


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Canned 05-03-2019. Big gusher, kept blowing off CO2 for quite some time. Fairly light, but loads of flavour present. Blackberry, of course, and a nice and fruity sourness. Pretty funky, tons of wood. Not so much carbonation in the mouth, luckily. Nice!

Tried from Can on 11 Mar 2020 at 23:00


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16 ounce can. Hazy purple pour. Frothy off-white head. Sour malt nose. Tart berry flavor. Real blackberry fruit flavor. Quite tasty and refreshing.

Tried from Can on 13 Oct 2019 at 04:50


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

Can into a taster showing deep blue and a finger of purple tinged foam. The nose shows moderately intense tart notes of blackberry with a light vanilla background. The palate is well carbonated and medium bodied. Light tartness restrained by the barrel. Blackberry forward with light notes of sweet vanilla. Finish shows more sweet vanilla that follows for quite a while. Barrel and fruit combined very well.

Tried from Can on 28 May 2019 at 14:08


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

Can - pours purple with white head - nose/taste of blackberry, oak, sourness - medium bodied

Tried from Can on 23 May 2019 at 23:53


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Cap Tap. Pours darkly ruddy berry color with a transient lightly pink tinged head. Aroma of tart/sour blackberry. Near med body. Flavor is tart/sour/oaky. A little musty. Definitely blackberry. Approachable, but it has a small portion of BFM destructiveness. Perhaps not a beginner drink. Crisp and refreshing, but a bit too musty for clean. Good tho.

Tried from Can on 14 May 2019 at 00:36


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

The Aromas are vinegar, blackberries and biscuit. Flavors are medium tart slight hint of sweet, berry, hint of Funk. Not overly complex. Decent body and finish.

Tried on 18 Apr 2019 at 21:33