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.
7/10
Wchuj kwasne, nieco owocowe, tak mandarynkowomorelowe, ryj wykrecony, 3.7
Tried
from Bottle
at
Mikkeller Bar Warsaw
on 06 Sep 2019
at 22:38
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle shared with the KL Tasting Crew. Poured a clear reddish brown colour with a short-lived fizzy, round, off-white head. The aroma is malt, molasses, sour red berry fruits. The flavour is moderate to strong sour, with a crisp, super tart, red berry fruit, light spicy palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation. Nice, but only in small volumes. Lacks balance and way too sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2019
at 19:05
8.5/10
Tropical and orange tartness with a nice vanilla finish that lingers long after.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2019
at 15:56
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2019
at 16:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample at MBCC2019, Copenhagen. Colour is clear brown with very small white head. Aromas and flavours: Berreis, fruits, dryness and sourness.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2019
at 10:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at MBCC2019, Copenhagen. Colour is cloudy orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, dryness and some sourness.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2019
at 10:38
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sample at MBCC2019, Copenhagen. Colour is cloudy golden wtih small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, dryness and some sourness.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2019
at 15:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Glass, brown bottle, 1 pint 9.4 ounces, batch no 025, savoured on August 24 2018; eye: caramel, hazy, no effervescence, ring of tan head, no lacing; nose: acidity, sourness, fruity, citrusy; mouth: acidity, sourness, fruity, citrusy, sour candy, finale in acidity with presence of sour candy, medium body, average carbonation, lightly sweet, slick texture; overall: fine
FRANÇAIS
Verre, bouteille brune, 1 pinte 9,4 onces, lot no 025, savourée le 24 août 2018; œil : caramel, trouble, pas d’effervescence, anneau de mousse fauve, pas de dentelle; nez : acidité, aigreur, fruité, citrique; bouche : acidité, aigreur, fruité, citrique, bonbon sure, finale en acidité avec présence de bonbon sure, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
FRANÇAIS
Verre, bouteille brune, 1 pinte 9,4 onces, lot no 025, savourée le 24 août 2018; œil : caramel, trouble, pas d’effervescence, anneau de mousse fauve, pas de dentelle; nez : acidité, aigreur, fruité, citrique; bouche : acidité, aigreur, fruité, citrique, bonbon sure, finale en acidité avec présence de bonbon sure, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2019
at 19:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample at MBCC2019, Copenhagen. Slightly cloudy golden with small white head. Fruits, some dryness and some sourness.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2019
at 10:49