The Rare Barrel Ensorcelled (Batch 1)

Ensorcelled (Batch 1)
(Batch of Ensorcelled)

 

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

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production
Score
7.62
ABV: 5.8% IBU: - Ticks: 62
Ensorcelled is a blend of our oak-aged red sour beer (Scott Tenorman) and oak-aged black Brettanomyces beer. After blending our red and black sours together, we added raspberries and let the beer age in barrels for a few more months.

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7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draught @ CBC 2016. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of sourness, malt, yeast, oak, light vanilla, tart fruit, raspberry. Flavor is heavily sour, malt, yeast, brett, oak, tart fruity, rich raspberry. Thin to medium body, average carbonation, very acidic finish. 140516
Tried on 14 Jul 2016 at 13:45

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap@Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016, Copenhagen - amber red pour with off white head. Medium sour fruity aroma and taste with high raspberry prominence, red berry fruity backing, light wooden notes, lovely.
Tried from Draft on 02 Jul 2016 at 10:18

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
CBC. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is malt, little roasted malts, sour fruit, oak and wood. Flavour is malt, little roasted malt, sour fruit, oak, wood, vinegar, berries, medium dry and medium sweet
Tried on 21 Jun 2016 at 12:46

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Draught @ CBC 2016, Red session, København
Pours dark reddish brown with a off-white beige head. Aroma has notes of malt, raspberry, caramel, tart and funk. Taste is medium sweet and medium sour with a long dry, sour, raspberry, tart and funky finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried on 20 Jun 2016 at 03:11

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Keg at cbc16.. Dark brown.. Rich deep Berries.. Dark fruit malts nose.. Dark fruit... Dark Berries.. Rich sour woody fruit...
Tried on 14 Jun 2016 at 12:54

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
From tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016 - Red session. Dark brown color with off white head. Malty an yeasty aroma, tart fruity, berries, caramel, vinous, wood. Sweet and acidic like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 12 Jun 2016 at 10:21

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
CBC. Hazy brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, raspberries and bretty. Flavor is quite sweet and rather acidic. Dry and rather acidic finish. 140516
Tried on 07 Jun 2016 at 11:21

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
[5/14/16] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016. Red session. Brown. Huge raspberries aroma with oak, funk, lacto. Sour flavor of juicy raspberries, lacto, vinegar, a bit acidic in the throat. Medium-bodied.
Tried on 27 May 2016 at 18:31

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
On tap at CBC 2016, day 2. Dark ruby pour with no head. A boatload of fruit sourness, no vinegar whatsoever, a bit of brett dryness and raspberries. Excellent.
Tried from Draft on 19 May 2016 at 06:34

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sample at CBC 2016. Almost black with a small head. Tart with berries, funk, some dark malt and dark chocolate. The finish was dry and tart. A nice one.
Tried on 17 May 2016 at 08:50