Ensorcelled
The Rare Barrel in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.70
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Dark Sour Beer Aged In Oak Barrels With Raspberries
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8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
18.06.2018, 0,75l bottle (2017 vintage) shared with friends @ home:
14.05.2016, tap @ CBC:
Nice slightly fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish fruity, raspberry syrup, mild vinegar, sour raspberries, sorrel, oak, minerals, dark malts, berry skin. Taste is sour-ish dry, vinegar, sorrel, sour raspberries, oak, raw rhubarb, berry skin, red berries. Medium bitterness, dry acidic mouthfeel. Nice.
14.05.2016, tap @ CBC:
Nice slightly fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish fruity, raspberry syrup, mild vinegar, sour raspberries, sorrel, oak, minerals, dark malts, berry skin. Taste is sour-ish dry, vinegar, sorrel, sour raspberries, oak, raw rhubarb, berry skin, red berries. Medium bitterness, dry acidic mouthfeel. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2016
at 04:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is wineous, fruity. Toasted malty. Dry, citric, sourish. Crisp. Lingering fruity. Dry and smooth sourish finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 May 2016
at 03:07
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Blend 005. Bottle @ Bullerup Pubben’s , Re-Opening/Solar eclipse pt. 2. Pours dark amber with a creamy thin white head. Aroma is intense and complex wood, caramel, dark fruit and juicy raspberries. Vinous fruity and dry flavor. Absolutely stunning! Thanks to Hallinghansen and Plovmand for convincing me trading this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2015
at 15:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750mL bottle, pours a deep dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out juicy raspberries, a touch of oak and funk. Flavour is about the same, with loads of juicy raspberries, light funk and a touch of oak. Really well-balanced and forthcoming on the raspberries. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2015
at 14:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Shared by Jeff. Muddy brown color. Very good berry flavors with dry oak, wood, and red wine. Moderately sour, some balsamic. A little sweet. Lots of complexity. Thanks for sharing this, great beer. Low carbonation, which is fine.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2015
at 17:09
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Small brownish head, fast gone over deep redbrown to mahogany beer. Raspberry, vanilla, fresh oak, lactic acid, pralines with raspberry ganache. Raspberry, incense, vinous, serious lactic acid, lemon. Puckeringly acid, acidburn, overattenuated. Superb, outstanding beer!
Tried
on 09 Aug 2015
at 03:13
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle - Pours amber tan head. Nose/taste of raspberry with pit, funk, chocolate, oak, sour fruit - medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2015
at 00:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Kyle. Pours a hazy deep amber brown with a the near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of sour red fruits with a decent amount acid a bit of dark grains for the backbone. Flavor is similar with sour red fruits and dark grains as well as touch of acid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2015
at 20:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
The beer is a deep magenta with some brown to it. Small, fizzy-ish head, beige. Looks rather cloudy. The aroma is satisfyingly jammy and definitely beats the taste for me. Lots of raspberries with a good mix of sour and sweet, so mostly sour. Light funk and moderate oak. Taste is nice but the fruit gets a bit muddled and doesnt quite have the bright jammy flavor of the aroma. Tart berries with underripe apricots. Some sour grape-iness. Light oak. Fairly dry. Medium body, thins out some in the finish. Good sour, up near the top for what I’ve had from TRB.
Tried
on 10 May 2015
at 17:20
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Rare Barrel tasting @ Malt Attacks, Brussels, thanks Pierre for sharing the bottles. 75cl, sur un acajou profond, voire brun foncé, col léger blanc-cassé. Arôme offre un somptueux caractère de framboise avec ce bouquet aigrelet-fruité très terreux et accompagné d’un léger malté. Palais est fruité avec un profil framboise qui est vraiment bien placé et ajoute caractère et raffinement à la bière. Pour une fois, le côté brett reste en retrait. Fin malté et caramel avec une petite pointe de grillé le tout assemblant très bien les framboises.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2015
at 07:44