Barrel-Aged Blackberry Sournova
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.30
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Sour Ale Aged In Oak Barrels With Blackberries.
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6.8/10
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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
7.9/10
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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
7.5/10
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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
7.4/10
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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
7.6/10
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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
8/10
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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
7.5/10
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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
7.6/10
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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
7.2/10
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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