Proportional Response
The Rare Barrel in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.25
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Amber Sour Beer Aged In Oak Barrels
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught @ CBC 2016, Copenhagen. Pours dark orange with a tiny head. Aroma of tart berries, vinegar, sourness and funky yeastiness. Taste is smooth, slightly vinegary and tartish with some funky yeastiness. Finish is sourish and funky with some vinegar and earthiness. Okay.,
Tried
on 13 May 2016
at 09:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the brewery, 29/01/16. Rich amber topped with a decent light beige swirl. Nose is funk, wood must, tarte berry skins, herbal notes, radiator piss, decaying orange. Taste comprises fruit balsams, cherry skins, must, damp hay, mouldy lemon, citric doused straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, moderate vinegar strokes in the close. Decent enough sour red.
Tried
on 11 May 2016
at 11:30
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at Rare Barrel. Clear light copper liquid with small white head. Aroma of wood, lemon, apples, grain and red berries. Taste is very light sweet and high sour with notes of lemons, wood, red apples and light red berries. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Nice, but very sour.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2016
at 10:46
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the rare barrel. Clear amber dark orange coloured pour with a fading white head. Aroma.a is vanilla, toffee, light vinegar. Sour, flavour is composed of semi sweet, spicy finish. Palate is spritzy funky. Tart , lemon citrus.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jan 2016
at 20:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle thanks to Darrel.Pours out a cloudy golden topped with a white head. Nose is funky barnyard barrel berries and plenty of tartness. Taste is more of the tartness funk cherries and some citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2015
at 22:37
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to William. Pours a cloudy copper orange with small frothy off white head. The aroma is citrus and oak. Thin mouthfeel with nice sour fruit, stone fruit, cherry skin, light oak, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2015
at 17:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Rare Barrel tasting @ Malt Attacks, Brussels, thanks Pierre for sharing the bottles. 75cl, de couleur ambrée, col fin blanc-cassé. Arôme est légèrement malté pâle moins complexe que la SkusMe, pointe de brett, avec un léger côté acétique plus prononcé. Palais est boisé - chêne, note surette, pomme caramélisée, tanin. Râpeux et terreux avec une fine note fruitée de griotte - yeah puckering comes to mind.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2015
at 07:29