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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7/10
Sweet raspberry with some dark oak woody notes and an extra sweet and tart finish. Nose is woody and slightly malty.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Aug 2019 at 23:05

9/10
My man Jose G. . Thanks for this raspberry jam in a bottle. It's delicious, thick, raspberry flavor, not too sour or tart, bit carby finish, but damn it's a lot of raspberries. Oh hey also 7abv.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2019 at 22:01

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draught @ MBCC '19 [ Yellow Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2019, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark.[ As The Rare Barrel Across the Sea ].Unclear medium yellow colour with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, white white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, moderate yeasty, fruity yeast, coriander, light sour and salty. Flavor is moderate sweet, light acidic and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, fruity hops, fruity yeast, coriander, pale malt, light salty, tart fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20190510] 7-3-7-3-15
Tried on 21 Aug 2019 at 19:50

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours deep reddish brown, nose is funk, oak, cherry, lime, taste is tart, juicy cherry, chewy caramel, oak, dry
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2019 at 11:29

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours deep reddish brown, nose is raspberry, funk, toffee, oak, even some blackberry, taste is tart, jammy berries, sweet, dry and funky.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2019 at 11:29

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours murky orange brown, nose is blackcurrant, BlackBerry, jam, funk, oak, taste is tart, juicy berries, funky, dry.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2019 at 11:29

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a dark purple with small off white head. The aroma is strong grape skin, oak, cherry. Medium body, vinous, dry finish, light tartness, very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2019 at 06:59

8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle. Pours a cloudy gold with small white head. The aroma is strong cucumber, earth, rosemary, oak, gin. Thin body, similar flavors to nose, very tart, enjoyed this.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2019 at 05:05

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Slightly hazy translucent golden color. Excellent soft peaches and nectarines in the nose with modest oak and good balance with sweetness. Very low carbonation, excellent fruit character in the finish. Slight warming finish. Very very nice
Tried on 16 Aug 2019 at 09:43

8/10
Not a lavender explosion like the mired, elderberry forward, flowery back, fruity flowery thing to repair a moody Monday. Lemony and fruit punchy.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2019 at 19:07