Pretentious Barrel House
Microbrewery
in
Columbus,
Ohio,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Pretentious Barrel House
Established in 2017
Contact
Description
Pretentious Barrel House is the first dedicated sour brewery in the Columbus Area. Our extensive knowledge of sour beer production and microbe management provides consistent amounts of high-quality sour beer. By manufacturing a wide range of beer along the sour spectrum, our consumers can ease their way into this unique style. Our goal is to produce award-winning sours that change people’s perspectives regarding craft beer.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Pinkish bubbly pour. Tart fruits, yeasty funk, pretty refreshing reall
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:59
7/10
Medium to light tart fruity with some notes of lemon, grapefruit, apricot, medium to light body and acidity, tangy tart fruity finish.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2025
at 11:32
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Hori blind tasting at Hopa. Pours deeper, blackish brown with a tan head. Nose is packed with chocolate, coffee, funk and earthy notes, lovely. Taste is moderately tart, funky, showing lots of coffee, cocoa, earthy notes, leather, berries, stone fruits and vineous notes. Closes with a long lasting, fruity, funky, coffeeish finish, has a medium, somewhat dry body and soft to average carbonation. I'm admittedly partial to coffee sours but boi this is delicious.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
This beer is a cloudy purple-maroon color with a medium thin purplish-white head that burns away steadily to a dense film. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of tart fruit, chili pepper, chocolate and cinnamon. Medium body with flavors of tart berry, ancho chili, chocolate malt and cinnamon. The finish is tart fruit up front with a chili and chocolate aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
from Can
from
The Hills Market
on 28 Feb 2025
at 00:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a clear dark copper-amber color with a medium frothy off-white head that diminishes gradually to a dense film. Sticky strings of lacing. Aroma of oak, fruit, spice and yeast. Medium body with an oaky gin character and flavors of almond, yeast and citrus. The finish is tart and oaky with a gin and spiced almond aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried
from Can
from
The Hills Market
on 29 Jan 2025
at 22:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This brew is a slightly hazy bright golden color with a medium thin white head that evaporates steadily to a film. Short strings of lace. Aroma of strawberry, yeast and oak. Medium body with flavors of strawberry, floral yeast, piney gin and malt. The finish is oaky and fruity with a sweet-tart strawberry aftertaste. Pretty good all around.
Tried
from Can
from
The Hills Market
on 29 Jan 2025
at 22:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle. Almost opaque, darkest brown colour with weak ruby shimmer and average, firm, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, dark beige head. Vinous fruity, slightly woody, minimally spicy and dark malty aroma, notes of blue grapes, black cherry, some oak, vanilla, sherry and zesty citrusy overtones. Taste is tart-ish, vinous fruity, mildly spicy, slightly dark malty with some residual sweetness, minimally woody, notes of vanilla, hints of blue grapes, black cherry, oaky and zesty citrusy overtones; treacle undertones in the finish. Creamy texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously minimally astringent palate, medium, dense, mildly prickly, foamy carbonation. Decent composition, mild tartness, good balance - enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2024
at 20:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at Derive during the Wild Springs: Saison And Sour Fest on 06/01/2024.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2024
at 19:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at Derive during the Wild Springs: Saison And Sour Fest on 06/01/2024.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2024
at 19:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2023
at 18:18