SHIG (13882) reviewed Ensorcelled (Batch 1) from The Rare Barrel 11 years ago
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.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Shadows of Their Eyes from The Rare Barrel 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle thanks to Russell. Pours a clear amber with small frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is strong oak, lacto, and dark fruits. Thin mouthfeel with strong lacto and oak with light dry sourness. Very good.
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Proportional Response from The Rare Barrel 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap. Pours clear amber orange with a small off-white head that dissipates fairly quickly. Aroma is lightly tart, lemon, oak, cherry. Finish is tart and vinous. Medium body. Not that complex, but decent enough.
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Egregious from The Rare Barrel 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap. Pours hazy butterscotch, small white head, bubbly, some lacing. Aroma is citrus, dank pine needles, oak, cut grass, touch of funk, Brett. Flavor is light sweet, light tart, bretty, cheesy funk, citrus, quite odd. Medium body. I am not sure what to make of this one; its kind of off by itself and I don’t know whether I want another or a glass of water. Re rate. Much better. Dry hopped sours rule.
tiong (21350) reviewed Grainsta's Paradise from The Rare Barrel 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draught @ The Rare Barrel, Berkeley, CA
Pours orange with a smooth white head. Aroma of tart fruits, spices, wood, oak and yeast. Taste is smooth, tartish fruity and exotic spicy with some wood, sour vinegar, vanilla, grainy malts and yeast. Finish is smooth, grainy and yeasty with some sourish vinegar, tart fruits, oak and wood. Almost like drinking a mix of a sour saison and some green tea.
tiong (21350) reviewed Fields Forever from The Rare Barrel 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught @ The Rare Barrel, Berkeley, CA
Pours reddish orange with a smooth head. Aroma of strawberry juice, tart vinegar, wood, oak, yeast. Taste is smooth and juicy with some tart strawberry notes, oak, wood and vinegar. Finish is tart, juicy and woody with some strawberry notes. Quite an unique beer once again from these guys.
tiong (21350) reviewed All Systems Go from The Rare Barrel 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught @ The Rare Barrel, Berkeley, CA
Pours dark reddish brown with a smooth white head. Aroma of coffee, cocoa, wood, vinegar and tart berries. Taste is sourish with massive coffee flavors, cocoa, wood, oak and vinegary yeastiness. Finish is tart, sourish and vinegary with loads of coffee, cocoa and wood. Quite an unique beer.
tiong (21350) ticked All Systems Go (Batch 2) from The Rare Barrel 11 years ago
Sour coffee?! What is this I don't even... still very tasty though!
tiong (21350) reviewed Egregious from The Rare Barrel 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught @ Mikkeller Bar, San Francisco
Pours golden orange with a smooth white head. Aroma of tart fruits, wood, bretta, citrus and hops. Taste is smooth, mildly sour with some mild bretta, tart citrusy fruits and hops. Finish is tart fruity, hoppy and mildly sourish with some wood, vinegar and yeast. Quite interesting and refreshing sour.
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Scott Tenorman from The Rare Barrel 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap. Pours hazy reddish chestnut, small beige head, good lacing. Aroma us tart cherry, oak tannin. Flavor is medium sweet, medium tart, cherries, oak, nutty, a bit of finishing funk.