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
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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7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
Draft. Golden beer with a cream head. Tart and light sour aroma. Sour and light lemon flavor with light oak and light spice. Medium bodied. Sour and lemon linger with light oak and light spice.
Tried from Draft on 13 Jan 2020 at 23:31

EB from 2016
Tried on 13 Jan 2020 at 16:06

EB from 2016
Tried on 13 Jan 2020 at 15:18

EB from 2016
Tried on 13 Jan 2020 at 15:17

EB from 2016
Tried on 13 Jan 2020 at 10:41

8/10
EB from 2016
Tried on 13 Jan 2020 at 10:40

7.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Light mouldy funk, oak, citrus, unripe stone fruit.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2020 at 21:20

7.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Soft funk, lime, barnyard funk, hay. Soft texture, well-balanced flavour. Good stuff!
Tried on 07 Jan 2020 at 18:07

9/10
Nice and sweet peach funk, I bet it's even better in 5 minutes when it's an additional year old.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2019 at 23:55

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle shared at Prodigal Son share. Thanks Shu! Pours a clearish gold with a finger of white foam that dissipates. Big stone fruit aromas with apricot and peach with jammy berry notes as it warms. Tart with lactic acidity on the palate. More berry and stone fruit notes with a crisp, clean and tart finish.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2019 at 23:50