Echo Series: Keen Observation
The Rare Barrel in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Series Out of Production|
Score
7.47
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Keen Observation is a golden sour beer aged in unrinsed Map of the Sun barrels (reuse of unrinsed barrels is the defining characteristic of Echo Series beers).
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
750 mL bottle poured, enjoyed as part of a blind barrel aged beers tasting. First sip, this was instantly a memorable one from this tasting. Delicious. It might help that this beer broke a streak of imperial stouts in the blind, so the refreshment was certainly highlighted. A clean pale golden pour, dry front. Soft bready like grains, that sit under a refreshing orange fruit sour constant. I would guess a white wine barrel with this. An incredible sour here for sure. Loved it. After reveal, I was of course stoked to try this beer for one, and also, can't figure out how I didn't notice the apricots before. Certainly obvious now. Delicious sour. Cool to compare notes from this beer to the Map of the Sun.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2018
at 16:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Brown bottle, 1 pint 6.4 ounces, bottle #034, savoured on December 9 2016; eye: yellowish with a whitish hue, opaque, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: acidity, wild yeasts, citrusy, green apple, slight woody, slight wild yeasts; mouth: acidity, wild yeasts, citrusy, green apple, slight woody, slight wild yeasts, light sourness, citrusy finale with presence of acidity, medium body, average carbonation, lightly sweet, slick texture; overall: fine
FRAN�AIS
Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6,4 onces, bouteille #034, savour�e le 9 d�cembre 2016; �il : jaun�tre avec une teinte blanch�tre, opaque, pas d�effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : acidit�, levures sauvages, citrique, pomme verte, tr�s l�ger bois�, tr�s l�ger levures sauvages; bouche : acidit�, levures sauvages, citrique, pomme verte, tr�s l�ger bois�, tr�s l�ger levures sauvages, l�g�re aigreur, finale citrique avec pr�sence d�acidit�, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, l�g�rement sucr�e, texture coulante; en r�sum� : bien
FRAN�AIS
Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6,4 onces, bouteille #034, savour�e le 9 d�cembre 2016; �il : jaun�tre avec une teinte blanch�tre, opaque, pas d�effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : acidit�, levures sauvages, citrique, pomme verte, tr�s l�ger bois�, tr�s l�ger levures sauvages; bouche : acidit�, levures sauvages, citrique, pomme verte, tr�s l�ger bois�, tr�s l�ger levures sauvages, l�g�re aigreur, finale citrique avec pr�sence d�acidit�, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, l�g�rement sucr�e, texture coulante; en r�sum� : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2017
at 16:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a pale dirty yellow color ale with a white foamy head with OK retention. Aroma of tart notes with some acidic notes also perceptible. Taste is a mix of sour and acidic notes with some overwhelming amount of acidity. Body is about average with good carbonation. Too much PH for my taste and somewhat one-dimensional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2016
at 14:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Paul. Pours a cloudy yellow with small white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is peach, apricot, oak, funk. Thin body, funk, oak, cheese, apricot, peach, low acidity, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2016
at 20:28
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
A hazed golden ale with a thin white head. In aroma, nice tart lemon malt with light Brett, light lactic notes, light horse blanket, very nice. In mouth, a nice tart lemon malt with sustained sourness, lemon juice, light Brett, light lactic notes, very nice and complex. Bottle at Ottawa Xmas gathering 2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2016
at 21:48
7.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by ippopotamo36 @Mad for Beer (Rome), thanks Alberto! Pours cloudy pale yellow, opalescent, with a minimal head. Aroma is citric and funky, yellow fruits, apricot, barnyard, hay, wood. Flavour is medium to heavy (persistent) sour, fruity, light saltiness, tart. Medium body, light carbonation. Impressive stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2016
at 22:36
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
At the source in Rare Barrel brewpub, Berkley-USA. Pour hazy bright gold color, white foam. Nose: great rich funk, white vinegar, apricot, cellar. Incredible. Mouth: golden approach becoming acetic, sweet somehow, ripped yellow fruitiness, fantastic sour! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
on 05 May 2016
at 20:42