The Rare Barrel Feed the Monster

Feed the Monster

 

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

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production
Score
7.62
ABV: 6.2% IBU: - Ticks: 44
Golden sour aged in an oak barrel with blueberries.
 

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7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle @ CBC 2016. Light red color, thin white head. Mild funky, ripe fruity. Some berries soaked in vinegar. Complex. Good balance.
Tried from Bottle on 14 May 2016 at 04:36

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sample from bottle at CBC2016, Copenhagen. Colour is cloudy light red with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, red berries, some tartness and sourness.
Tried from Bottle on 14 May 2016 at 04:32

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
14.05.2016, 0,75l bottle sampled @ CBC:
Tiny fizzy shortlasting head, hazy orangy color. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish fruity, red berries, oak, mild vinegar, sorrel, minerals, berry skin, bark. Taste is sour-ish dry, sour red berries, vinegar, oak, berry skin, sorrel, bark, grass, fruit stones. Medium bitterness, dry acidic mouthfeel. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 14 May 2016 at 04:17

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
A hazy red beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of berries, brettanomyces, and straw. The flavor is sweet and sour with notes of berries, brett, and straw, keading to a tart finish.
Tried on 14 May 2016 at 03:13

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours clear and golden irange to pink. Small pink head. Aroma is smooth fruity, slight wineous fruity. Dry, citri and lingering fruity finish.
Tried from Draft on 14 May 2016 at 03:08

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle at the De Garde Anniversary. Pours a cloudy pink ruby with medium frothy off white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is strong berry, oak, lemon zest, funk. Thin mouth, tart berry, lemon, oak tannin, light acidity, very good.
Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2016 at 15:43

8/10
Bottle at craig’s. Pours hazy pale orange, nose is funky, tart blueberry, oak, taste is quite tart, blueberry, oak.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2016 at 07:39

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Craigs, dregs run. Pours clear red gold with no head. Aromas of fruit, light sour tang. Taste is sour, tangy, red fruit. Sour, tart finish. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2016 at 08:37

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at home.. Thanks to Homer321... Hazy pink.. Thin white lacing.... Soft berries fruit... Light funk.. Soft tart nose... Soft sweet fruits.. Zezty berries.. Light tart finish.. Soft fruits
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2016 at 16:20

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at craig’s. Pours hazy pale orange, nose is funky, tart blueberry, oak, taste is quite tart, blueberry, oak.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2016 at 12:41