The Rare Barrel

Microbrewery in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Cellarmaker Brewing Company
Associated Venue: The Rare Barrel

Established in 2012

Contact
940 Parker St, Berkeley, CA, CA 94710, United States
+1 510-984-6585
info@therarebarrel.com
Description
Picture yourself eating a handful of red raspberries, drinking a glass of fresh squeezed lemonade, or sipping on a glass of fine wine. Those sour, tart, and acidic flavors you are currently imagining are what makes sour beer taste quite different from traditional beers. These flavors, which are unique to sour beers, are the product of time and the right mix of microorganisms. While our sour beers age in oak barrels for an average of one year, a blend of microorganisms will shape the sour, tart, and acidic flavors that we’ve come to desire. Yes, sour beers take an exceptionally long time to develop, but we think that sour beers are well worth the wait.
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djd07
djd07 (28874) reviewed
Summer's Gonna Hurt You from The Rare Barrel
4 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden with small white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is oak, peach flesh, lemon zest. Thin body, tart peach, nectarine, lemon, oak, acidic, very good.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2021 at 04:37
Chris_Ofstad
Chris_Ofstad (9963) ticked
Sourtooth Tiger from The Rare Barrel
4 years ago
7/10
A big Bottle, shared with Bergstaden, at Wakeup Copenhagen. Light Golden with big white head. Sour, light, barrel, oak, ginger, Smooth.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2021 at 20:41
DSG
DSG (25996) reviewed
Map of the Moon from The Rare Barrel
4 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Cloudy yellow-orange. Funky, oak, apricots, dried apricots, sour, acidic, lemon. Really good.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2021 at 14:42
solidfunk
solidfunk (22312) reviewed
Once Upon a Dream from The Rare Barrel
4 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Citrus and bretta. Clear golden amber pour with ok head. Tangerine. Some pepper. Light raspberry. Tangy end. Bottle at Snally. 2019 version.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2021 at 20:03
explosivedog
explosivedog (14049) reviewed
Kerfuffle from The Rare Barrel
4 years ago
8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle, shared by Max. Pours pinkish orange. Raspberry, oak, toasted oak, soft strawberry, raspberry seeds, orange zest, rhubarb. Tight carbonation. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2021 at 04:01
solidfunk
solidfunk (22312) reviewed
Cosmic Dust (Batch 1) from The Rare Barrel
4 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Some vegetable forals and decent citrus. Hazy amber pour with decent head and lacing. Some oak. Not a ton of complexity here, but easy drinking and decent. Light tangy end. Tap at Shelter.
Tried from Draft on 04 Oct 2021 at 01:01
allinthenameofbeer
allinthenameofbeer (11529) ticked
Crocodile Fun-Dee from The Rare Barrel
4 years ago
8/10
Mmm the apricot is so nice in this and some pineapple sweetness rounds out the finish. It's got a great tropical stonefruit nose and not the usual the rare barrel acidity either.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2021 at 21:15
JAbrams72
JAbrams72 (12777) ticked
Arrows of Neon from The Rare Barrel
4 years ago
8/10
Tons of lime, oaky vanilla barrel notes, lovely tart clean refreshing
Tried from Draft on 30 Sep 2021 at 21:21
djd07
djd07 (28874) reviewed
Mister Tea from The Rare Barrel
4 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
On tap at GABF. Pours a hazy gold with small white head. The aroma is earth, tea, oak, straw, citrus. Light body, oak, wheat, tea, citrus, dry finish, very good.
Tried from Draft on 30 Sep 2021 at 06:10
Zymurgeist
Zymurgeist (5863) reviewed
Hello Friend Ill at Ease from The Rare Barrel
4 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
On tap at The Running Shop and Hops in Morgan Hill. Another really solid beer from this side project!
Tried from Draft on 18 Sep 2021 at 16:12
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