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
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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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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Small brownish head, fast gone over deep redbrown to mahogany beer. Raspberry, vanilla, fresh oak, lactic acid, pralines with raspberry ganache. Raspberry, incense, vinous, serious lactic acid, lemon. Puckeringly acid, acidburn, overattenuated. Superb, outstanding beer!
Tried
on 09 Aug 2015
at 03:13
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle - Pours amber tan head. Nose/taste of raspberry with pit, funk, chocolate, oak, sour fruit - medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2015
at 00:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Kyle. Pours a hazy deep amber brown with a the near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of sour red fruits with a decent amount acid a bit of dark grains for the backbone. Flavor is similar with sour red fruits and dark grains as well as touch of acid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2015
at 20:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
The beer is a deep magenta with some brown to it. Small, fizzy-ish head, beige. Looks rather cloudy. The aroma is satisfyingly jammy and definitely beats the taste for me. Lots of raspberries with a good mix of sour and sweet, so mostly sour. Light funk and moderate oak. Taste is nice but the fruit gets a bit muddled and doesnt quite have the bright jammy flavor of the aroma. Tart berries with underripe apricots. Some sour grape-iness. Light oak. Fairly dry. Medium body, thins out some in the finish. Good sour, up near the top for what I’ve had from TRB.
Tried
on 10 May 2015
at 17:20
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Rare Barrel tasting @ Malt Attacks, Brussels, thanks Pierre for sharing the bottles. 75cl, sur un acajou profond, voire brun foncé, col léger blanc-cassé. Arôme offre un somptueux caractère de framboise avec ce bouquet aigrelet-fruité très terreux et accompagné d’un léger malté. Palais est fruité avec un profil framboise qui est vraiment bien placé et ajoute caractère et raffinement à la bière. Pour une fois, le côté brett reste en retrait. Fin malté et caramel avec une petite pointe de grillé le tout assemblant très bien les framboises.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2015
at 07:44
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 mL bottle shared by OldSock at the DC Summer Saison & Sour Tasting, 7/12/14. Pours a hazy copper color with a thin head. Fair head retention. Aroma of tart sour berries, peppery funk, jammy fruits. The taste is tart jammy fruits, mild vegetal notes. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2014
at 19:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of Mad Mike, thank you! Cloudy brown color. Aroma of dark fruit, roast. Taste is softly sour winter fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2014
at 12:39
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle thanks to Mike. Pours a cloudy brown ruby with small frothy off white head. The aroma is strong oak, cherry skin, and tannic. Medium mouthfeeel with strong vinious and oak flavors, tart raspberry, and lingering dryness. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2014
at 13:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Lots of raspberry here with a little cherry. Finishes sour and very tart, with a good dose of underlying bretta. Pours reddish brown with ok head and lacing. Thanks to Oldsock for sharing this bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2014
at 12:30
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sample at Culmination Fest: Poured a reddish brown with a tan head. Aroma is sour fruit. Taste was tart with raspberry, woodsy, and sour finish.
Tried
on 27 May 2014
at 20:03