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.
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 22fl.oz. shared @ BBF 2019 11th. edition [ Borefts Beer Festival 2019 ] @ Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands.
[ As The Rare Barrel Seditious Ways ].
ABV: 6.9%. Hazy - murky medium brown red colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, dark malt, sweet malt, tart cherry, oak, tobacco, funk. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration, tart, cherry, oak, funky, caramel - sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20190927]
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Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2020
at 16:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Oddly different experience than previous rater. Pours clear pinkish orange, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is sea air, limes, hint of bugs, oak, berries, but nondescript. Flavor is light tart, more from thr cranberry than the bacteria, light funk, sea breeze and limes. Soft mouthfeel. Quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2020
at 01:12
8/10
Still gnarly good, I need to find 2018, tons of raspberry jam nose, stone fruit forward and finish, nice blend of fruit funk. Bit of an acidic finish but that's the rare barrel yo!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2020
at 22:43
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2019 bottle. Clear orange-amber color with a medium white head that diminishes gradually to an outer ring. Partial rings of lace. Aroma of apricot, oak, yeast and malt. Light to medium body with flavors of vinous oak, tart apricot, citrusy hops, mildly funky yeast and doughy malt. The finish is tart and oaky with a peach and citrus aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2020
at 15:30
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours clear golden, small white head, decent lacing. Aroma is Citrus, mineral, oak, bugs. Flavor is light tart, light funk, crisp, bright, clean, balanced, complex, nuanced. Light body. Excellent
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2020
at 22:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours clear golden yellow, small white head, decent lacing. aroma is funky, leafy, citrus, basement, musty. Flavor is light tart, quite funky, Brett, citrus, leaves. Light body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2020
at 01:43
8/10
Strawberry forward, sweet funk, mangoes on the finish a bit and peaches throughout, mellow fun sour
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2020
at 20:39
8/10
Still a bit acidic on the finish but tons of apricot and peach flavor upfront. And nice funk. Gnarly aging. Thanks Jose G. !
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2020
at 17:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 mL bottle poured, shared by Tcon. Thanks! Lots of juicy mango, tropical fruit, soft orange. Moderate sour, less than the usual Rare Barrwl offering. Nice oak, tart orange fruit finish. Really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2020
at 03:01
7/10
Bottle. Pours a pale orange gold with small white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is strong funk, pear, apple, oak. Thin body, strong funk, oak, light tartness, dry finish, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2020
at 03:28