The Rare Barrel Breakfast Time

Breakfast Time

 

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

Collab with: Cellarmaker Brewing Company
  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production
Score
7.81
ABV: 6.7% IBU: - Ticks: 9
Golden sour beer aged in oak barrels with apricots and dry-hopped with Citra, Simcoe and Equinox.
 

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8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle from Carmine Street Beers, New York. Loads of apricot in the aroma with citrus, some funk, oak, peach, light pale malt, tangerine. Tart and medium sour, medium body. Lovely balance, lots of stone fruits, amazing!

Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:30


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle pour at Torst: pours gold with white head. Aroma is funk, apricot, nice. Taste is moderately sour, fruity, not too acidic. Pleasant.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2020 at 21:46


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

2019 bottle. Clear orange-amber color with a medium white head that diminishes gradually to an outer ring. Partial rings of lace. Aroma of apricot, oak, yeast and malt. Light to medium body with flavors of vinous oak, tart apricot, citrusy hops, mildly funky yeast and doughy malt. The finish is tart and oaky with a peach and citrus aftertaste. Good beer all around.

Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2020 at 15:30


9

Extremely balanced, very smooth, lots of fresh apricots, extremely fruity, funky, nice sipper for a 75 cl, also carbo, tx Patrick T.

Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2019 at 19:58


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and light sour aroma with citrus. Grapefruit and sour flavor with light acetic notes. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and sourness lingers with light acetic notes and light pine.

Tried from Draft on 29 May 2016 at 14:53


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

Growler thanks to Bruce. Pours a clear orange gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is strong apricot, citrus, tropical fruit. Thin mouth, funk, apricot, citrus, light acidity, tart finish, very nice.

Tried from Growler on 16 Jul 2015 at 19:12


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

Tap at the brewpub. Pours translucent gold with a white head. With imagination it looks like orange juice. Aroma of sour stone fruit. Med body, maybe more. Flavor is sour apricot, wood, citrus, herb. Moderately sour, firmly apricot (like not quite ripe apricot). Finishes well towards dry, sour and delicious.Goes down a treat.

Tried from Draft on 07 Jun 2015 at 20:08


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On tap at the brewery. Aroma has a medium apricot note with some great hop notes that add tropical fruit, melon and a bit of a spicy herbal note. Medium light citrus and acidity. Pours a hazy, golden orange with a meidum small, white head of moderate thickness and retention. Medium light lacing and small legs. Flavor is moderately acidic with a fairly strong apricot character and some light citrus notes. Some low bitterness and light oak notes. Medium light tropical fruit and citrus hop notes with a bit of lemon and herbal spice. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, this is a super beer that works really well. The hops really compliment and accentuate the apricot notes. The oak and acidity adds nice character. One of the best beers from this brewery.

Tried from Draft on 07 Jun 2015 at 14:21


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Tap. Pours cloudy orange, small off-white head, good lacing. Aroma is peach, dank, pot, citrus, blood orange, oak. Flavor is medium tart, very light funk, oaky, apricots, citrus, dank leaves. Medium body. Really good beer.

Tried from Draft on 08 Feb 2015 at 11:27