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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Mansquito
Mansquito (19756) reviewed
Stone Age Love from The Rare Barrel
6 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Grand Delancey: pours pinkish red with small head. Aroma is cherry and mostly funk and tree. Taste is like a tart cherry soda with an element of woodiness. Quite good. Very mellow and light.
Tried on 23 Feb 2020 at 23:42
Idiosynkrasie
Idiosynkrasie (18368) reviewed
Sourtooth Tiger from The Rare Barrel
6 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
750ml bottle. Opalescent, yellow-ish, pale golden colour with average, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, snow-white head. Rather weak, spicy, slightly oaky and minimally citrusy fruity aroma, notes of ginger, a touch of lime. Taste is slightly dry, sour, spicy, rather restricted notes of ginger, hints of lime. Quite monotonous, boring - nothing to come back to.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Feb 2020 at 17:25
fonefan
fonefan (85958) reviewed
Soakin Up Rays from The Rare Barrel
6 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8

Draught @ #MBWAC20 - Mikkeller Baghaven Wild Ale Celebration 2020, P1, Refshalevej 189, Refshaleøen, 1432 Københaven K, Danmark.

[ As The Rare Barrel Soakin Up Rays ].
ABV: 7.9%. Hazy light to medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is wheat, fruit, peach, passion fruit, guava, minerals. Flavor is tart fruit, peach, passion fruit, guava, minerals, tart tropical fruits. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20200208]
8-3-8-3-16
Tried on 16 Feb 2020 at 13:55
fonefan
fonefan (85958) reviewed
Queen of the Rodeo from The Rare Barrel
6 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5

Draught @ #MBWAC20 - Mikkeller Baghaven Wild Ale Celebration 2020, P1, Refshalevej 189, Refshaleøen, 1432 Københaven K, Danmark.

[ As The Rare Barrel Queen of the Rodeo ].
ABV: 6.9%. Unclear medium amber colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is caramel, sweet malt, chamomile, citrus - lemon - fruit, sour, oak, medicine notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration, caramel, chamomile, minerals, citrus - lemon - fruit, sour, barrel - oak, medicine notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20200208]
7-3-7-3-15
Tried on 16 Feb 2020 at 13:48
fonefan
fonefan (85958) reviewed
Together We're Better from The Rare Barrel
6 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8

Draught @ #MBWAC20 - Mikkeller Baghaven Wild Ale Celebration 2020, P1, Refshalevej 189, Refshaleøen, 1432 Københaven K, Danmark.

[ As The Rare Barrel Together We're Better ].
ABV: 7.5%. Hazy light yellow colour with a small to average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, white head. Aroma is peach, wheat, stone fruit, nectarine - apricot - mango - pineapple - passion fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and acidic with a long duration, wheat, peach, stone fruit, nectarine - apricot - mango - pineapple - passion fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20200208]
8-3-8-4-16
Tried on 16 Feb 2020 at 13:37
fonefan
fonefan (85958) reviewed
False Fruit from The Rare Barrel
6 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7

Draught @ #MBWAC20 - Mikkeller Baghaven Wild Ale Celebration 2020, P1, Refshalevej 189, Refshaleøen, 1432 Københaven K, Danmark.

[ As The Rare Barrel False Fruit ].
ABV: 7.5%. Light unclear light red colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is wheat, figs, wood, tart, clove - cardamon. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration, wheat, figs, spicy, clove, cardamon, peppery. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20200208]
8-3-7-3-14
Tried on 16 Feb 2020 at 13:22
Beertalk
Beertalk (16424) ticked
Together We're Better from The Rare Barrel
6 years ago
7/10
Enjoyed at Mikkeller Baghaven Wild Ale Celebration 2020, at Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. Tropical fruit juice
Tried on 15 Feb 2020 at 12:39
Beertalk
Beertalk (16424) ticked
False Fruit from The Rare Barrel
6 years ago
6/10
Enjoyed at Mikkeller Baghaven Wild Ale Celebration 2020, at Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. Dry and tart with heavy spice
Tried on 15 Feb 2020 at 12:38
ben4321
ben4321 (11959) reviewed
Stone Age Love from The Rare Barrel
6 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
750 ml bottle from Tavour, 2/13/20. Pours an unclear pinkish-orange color with a fizzy head. Aroma is wood, funk / brett, cherries, and lemon. Bright, funky and fruity flavor. A little tart, mild sweet. Really balanced. Great drinkability. Pretty tasty. 8/4/8/4/16
Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2020 at 21:17
tiong
tiong (22254) reviewed
Hello Yellow from The Rare Barrel
6 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle pour @ MBWAC 2020, Copenhagen. Tart, intense and sourish with loads of peaches and nectarine juice notes, oak and wood. Pretty heavy.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2020 at 15:14