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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7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as The Rare Barrel Seditious Ways (by The Rare Barrel):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5

27/IX/19 - 75cl bottle @ Borefts Day 1, BB: n/a - (2019-1595) Thanks to the international RateBeer Crew for sharing today's beers!
Pretty cloudy red brown beer, no head. Aroma: sourish, funky, caramel, berries. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very sourish start, some vinegar notes, citrus, lemony, quite some wood. Aftertaste: sourish, lots of berries, vinegar, dry, lemony.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2019 at 22:16

9/10
Tried on 27 Sep 2019 at 18:50

7/10
@Bbf’19, bruin, lichte kraag, fruitig, eiken, zuur, Kersen, aardig, zit wat weinig diepgang in.
Tried on 27 Sep 2019 at 18:32

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
27th September 2019
Borefts XI Day 1. Bottle. Hazy amber beer, small pale tan head. Light palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Tart lemony sourness, getting acid. Some lemon sherbet on the finish. Overall a bit too tart!
Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2019 at 18:23

7.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sampled at Borefts 2019. Hazy very dark brown with small beige head. Sour grains, cherries, oak, oxidized malts, cherry pits, almonds, soft leaves. Medium sour, light sweet and bitter. Solid medium bodied.
Tried on 27 Sep 2019 at 17:43

8/10
75cl bottle. A murky brown beer. Aroma of sour cherries, wood, some vinegar. Taste of intense sour cherries, red grapes, blackcurrant, wood. Nice!
Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2019 at 16:53

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle pour at Weldwerks Invitational 2019. Hazy red with white head. Fruity, berries, citric, funk, barrel, medium sourness. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2019 at 19:57

5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
Tasting at Matt's, bottle
Ugly rusty dark amber colour. Berry and lavender, smell of ass too, light mint. Strong acidity, lean and oily mouthfeel, light dough-y yeast, slimy fruit presence.
Uncoordinated and unpleasant.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2019 at 05:20

8.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours deep hazy purple with lace. Aroma of as the Romanians say, fructe de padure. Notes of raspberry, cherry, tart blueberry, bugs, oak, skins, mustiness. Flavor, is light tart, a touch of berry sweetness, light yogurt funk, oak tannin, more berries. fullish body, creamy mouthfeel. Pretty solid beverage.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2019 at 02:29

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
MBCC. Hazy amber with small head. Aroma is malt, fruit, lemon and berries. Flavour is malt, fruit, berries, lemon, citric, medium sweet and a little dry.
Tried on 22 Sep 2019 at 10:19