The Rare Barrel All Systems Go

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

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production
Score
7.09
ABV: 6.3% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Sour beer aged in oak barrels with coffee beans.
 

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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Growler shared by Eric at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours amber gold with a slight white head. Aroma of delicious coffee. Med + body. Flavor is sour, a bit citric, very coffee, malty. Seems to get a vanilla note with time. A very smooth, sour extremely tasty coffee sour. Finishes like having had a green coffee bean in the mouth. Done well indeed.

Tried from Growler on 05 Jun 2015 at 09:52


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

[2/14/15] Draught at The Rare Barrel in Berkeley. Big coffee aroma. Sourish fruity flavor with lots of coffee. Medium-bodied.

Tried on 15 Mar 2015 at 21:00


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

Draught @ The Rare Barrel, Berkeley, CA

Pours dark reddish brown with a smooth white head. Aroma of coffee, cocoa, wood, vinegar and tart berries. Taste is sourish with massive coffee flavors, cocoa, wood, oak and vinegary yeastiness. Finish is tart, sourish and vinegary with loads of coffee, cocoa and wood. Quite an unique beer.

Tried on 09 May 2014 at 17:28


8

Sour coffee?! What is this I don't even... still very tasty though!

Tried on 09 May 2014 at 17:23


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

Tap. Batch 2 . Pours clear chestnut, medium beige creamy head, nice lacing. Aroma is coffee, a bit of oak, tart cherry. Flavor is coffee forward initially, quickly giving way to tart cherries, oak tannins, a bit of ashtray. dry finish, medium body, puckeringly lingering tartness. Almost too much tartness.

Tried from Draft on 01 May 2014 at 20:04


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. Batch 2. Mahogany beer with a cream head. Big coffee aroma. Tart and sour flavor with coffee and light lemon. Medium bodied. Coffee and sourness lingers with light lemon.

Tried from Draft on 23 Apr 2014 at 09:55


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Nose is gigantic with coffee. Just acidic and bright and floral. That’s dominating. Beer is a reddish brown color. And the sip is interesting. Basically, it’s this burst of coffee followed by a big burst of vinegar tart and fruit finish is a melange of it all. The beer taste is in waves and unfortunately, I’m not a fan

Tried on 26 Jan 2014 at 09:01