The Rare Barrel
Microbrewery
in
Berkeley,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Cellarmaker Brewing Company
Associated Venue: The Rare Barrel
Established in 2012
Contact
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.
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours clear golden, small white fizzy head, hint ofv lacing. Aroma has strong stone fruit notes, hint of strawberry, oak, lemon, tannin, bugs. Flavor is light tart, light plus funk, peach skins. Light plus body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2021
at 02:16
8/10
A little tiny bit of sea salt on a solid saison vibe golden ale, not sure I understand the coriander in it but it's tasty and easy going. Almost classic rare barrel finish though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2021
at 23:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy burgundy, small pink-white head, some lacing. Aroma is Merlot forward, with funk, bugs, dust, oak, and hints of acetone. Flavor is dry, full of red wine, medium funk, a bit sharp and off-putting. Medium body. Not my thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2021
at 21:26
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours clear pale reddish pink, medium pinkish white head, good lacing. Aroma is raspberry, yogurt, strawberry, funk, bugs. Flavor is light tart, light plus lactic yogurty funk, pleasant berry notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2021
at 02:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours clear mahogany, small beige head, good lacing. Aroma is tannic, vinous, roast, cocoa. Flavor is light tart, light funk, tannin. Medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2021
at 02:27
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours clear golden, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is lemon, grapefruit, musty basement, funk, socks, green apple. Flavor is light plus tart, light funk, musty finish, lemon and citrus hops. Light body. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2021
at 02:09
8/10
Least acidity TRB I've had I think, nice strawberry and rhubarb funk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2021
at 21:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Hazy yellow. Bretty funk, oak, a bit spicy, a bit of manure, somewhat green hops, rustic, earthy, some fruitiness, moderately sour, bitterish finish. Really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2021
at 16:06
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours clear rose magenta, small fizzy off white head, some lacing. Aroma is vinous, funky, yogurt, oak, must, skins. Flavor is light tart, light plus funk, earthy, vinous. Merlin body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2021
at 23:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 2018. Pours clear pale golden straw with a medium white head, a bit fizzy with some lacing. Aroma is pear, bugs, oak, tannin. Flavor is light plus tart, light funk. Pear has faded but is still present. Light body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2021
at 19:24