Forces Unseen (Blend 6+)

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

Sour / Wild Beer Series Out of Production

Score

7.73

ABV: 5.6%

IBU: -

Ticks: 20

Forces Unseen is a blend of different golden sour beers aged in oak barrels. The forces behind the complexities found in this sour include two strains of Brett, two strains of Lacto., and one strain of Pedio.

[All unmarked bottles, or vintages newer than 2016, should be rated here.]

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rouhlas (5046) reviewed

Forces Unseen (Blend 6+) from The Rare Barrel

9 years ago

8.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9

From tap at the brewery. Clear golden color with white head. Malty and yeasty aroma, light funky, grassy, tart citrusy, lemon, spicy, wood, vinous. Light sweet and moderate acidic sour taste. Light to medium oily body with soft carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 15 Feb 2017 at 15:32

jtclockwork (20055) reviewed

Forces Unseen (Blend 6+) from The Rare Barrel

9 years ago

8.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8

Bottle - pours gold white head - nose/taste of oak, sour funk, stone fruit, lemon and citrusy acid - medium body

Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2017 at 14:50

djd07 (28873) reviewed

Forces Unseen (Blend 6+) from The Rare Barrel

9 years ago

8.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9

On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear golden with small white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is strong oak, apple skin, wheat. Thin body, oak, stone fruit, nice tartness, low acidity, really enjoyed this.

Tried from Draft on 27 Jan 2017 at 20:28

bb (18961) reviewed

Forces Unseen (Blend 6+) from The Rare Barrel

9 years ago

7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9

Draft. Golden beer with a whitish head. Yeast and light sour aroma. yest and sour flavor with light fruitiness. Medium bodied. yeast and sourness lingers with light oak.

Tried from Draft on 06 Jan 2017 at 17:55

fiulijn (28377) reviewed

Forces Unseen (Blend 6+) from The Rare Barrel

9 years ago

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5

Tasting at Matt’s
Cloudy blond color. Notes of apricots, strawberries, grapes; strong acidity, with aggressive lemon notes, but enough body to support all.
Elegant, aggressive. Excellent.

Tried on 13 Dec 2016 at 22:04

Ferris (26019) reviewed

Forces Unseen (Blend 6+) from The Rare Barrel

9 years ago

7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8

Bottle - Funky stone fruit and citrus. Cloudy gold. Stone fruit and nice tart notes with a bit of aspirin on the finish. Solid and well done.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2016 at 22:04

Oakes (34517) reviewed

Forces Unseen (Blend 6+) from The Rare Barrel

9 years ago

7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8

Cloudy, pale, no head. The aroma The aroma has a peachy, lychee fruit note, showing lots of tartness and a bit of wild complexity. Sweet sugary fruits, and a clean tartness. Has a touch of barrelly character.

Tried on 13 Dec 2016 at 22:03

mcberko (49004) reviewed

Forces Unseen (Blend 6+) from The Rare Barrel

9 years ago

7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

750mL bottle, pours a cloudy golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is quite effervescent, with lots of funky wild yeast, some apricots and other stone fruits, and a nice champagne-y quality. Flavour is dynamic and well-structured, with lots of oak barrels, wild yeast and pungent apricots / stone fruits. Just the right amount of acidity, with a touch of an acetic quality. Expertly blended. Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2016 at 22:01

77ships (14506) reviewed

Forces Unseen (Blend 6+) from The Rare Barrel

9 years ago

8.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9

Thank you Mathieu87 + PriorL for the effort! 750 ml. bottle sampled @ Samson en Geert Bierproef Avond. Saw no specific mention of batch front, says just B16. Very bright hazy golden with zero head. Nose is nice mellow lactic profile, lightly acidic, zest, lemon, sour profile is similar to the other 3 Rare Barrel beers tried at this tasting. Taste is strongly lactic going to acidic, burns a bit in the throat, nice puckering profile, acid burn, lemon, vinegar. Hugely sour & puckering, simple but very pleasant sour profile. Body is massively lactic, acidic. Simple, pleasing good. Liked it quite a bit more than the first blend.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2016 at 05:57

Kraddel (15992) reviewed

Forces Unseen (Blend 6+) from The Rare Barrel

9 years ago

7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9

Pours unclear blonde, small white head. Smell is milksourbacteria, oak. Taste is full, sour. Milksourbacteria, bit oaky, fruity. amazing US sour.

Tried on 17 Oct 2016 at 17:09