The Rare Barrel Wise Guise

Wise Guise

 

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

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production
Score
7.57
ABV: 5.4% IBU: - Ticks: 58
Wise Guise is a blend of Ensorcelled and our golden sour. Fermented with Brettanomyces yeast and Lactobacillus bacteria, this moderately tart sour beer displays notes of raspberries and citrus fruits.
 

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Tried on 26 Mar 2025 at 12:35


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

Draught @ MBCC 2019 - Blue Session
Pours hazy reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, fruity, tart, funky and berries. Taste is light sweet and light sour with a long fruity, berry, tart and fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 13 Jul 2020 at 18:12


7

Tried from Draft at Muted Horn on 18 Apr 2020 at 19:38


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle thanks to Bursprak and Lukasmh. Pours hazy orange with a fizzy offwhite head. Aromas of lactic tartness, vinegar, tannins, raspberries, mold, oak. Taste has cherries, lactic, moldy, vinegar, oak, tannins, funk.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

How: Draught.
Where: MBCC 2019.
Appearance: Amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Caramel, malt, vinous, raspberries, citrus.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Caramel, vinous, raspberries, malt, sour.

Tried on 28 Oct 2019 at 14:44


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

MBCC, 6.7%. Hazy brown with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, lemon, yeast, funk and spices. Flavour is malt, fruit, lemon, citric, little sour fruit, dark fruit and medium sweet and sour.

Tried on 14 Sep 2019 at 10:23


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

Sample@Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2019 - red pour with a off white head. Medium sour fruity with notes of raspberry, berry skin, wooden accents, medium body and acidity, tart berry fruity close.

Tried on 30 Jul 2019 at 08:04


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

9-3-8-4-15
Bottle, vintage 2018, shared with Inbreak and friends. Pours translucent maroon, with a finger thick, creamy head. Aroma is lactic acid, tart fruity notes of raspberries, musty fruits and minerals, as well as wine grapes, tannins and wooden barrels. Medium to creamy body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is lactic notes with tart fruity notes of raspberries, musty fruits, shrubbery and minerals, as well as berries and wooden barrels.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2019 at 13:42


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

04.07.2019, 0,75l bottle (2018 vintage) shared with friends @ home:
Soft gusher. Nice fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, sour raspberries, grass, hay, minerals, oak, berry skin, heather, bark, raspberry candy. Taste is dry sour-ish fruity, grass, sour raspberries, bark, minerals, fruit stones, hay, berry skin, oak, roasted malts, citrus, raspberry candy. Medium bitterness, slightly watery and dry sour-ish fruity mouthfeel. Nice enough.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2019 at 20:41


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

06-06-19 // taster from tap. Wise Guise (2018) by The Rare Barrel at Muted Horn Oaky woody dominated. With a sharp rasperry acidity. Mild vanilla in the warming end. Great.

Tried from Draft on 11 Jun 2019 at 09:52