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.
8.4/10
Tried
on 03 Jan 2023
at 17:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Large bottle. Poured a dark cola color with a small white head. Aroma was big lavender, a little soapy. Flavor was light sweet and light tart sour notes, elderberries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2022
at 04:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
750ml bottle. Label says it's a barrel aged golden ale. Golden? Nah. Bruin all the way. Dark fruits too. Acid. Solid malt backbone. 7 4 7 4 13
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2022
at 21:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy, pale golden color and a nice white head. Sweetish tangerine, tart guave,citric. Dry-sour finish
Tried
on 17 Dec 2022
at 14:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
I taste some sort of berry for sure. No idea what elderberry tastes like. Well balanced. Some lavender. Some heather. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2022
at 23:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Draught at Muted Horn, Berlin, 29 July 2022) Dark red colour with frothy, pink head. Fruity, sourish nose with notes of blueberries, lemon, oak wood and vanilla. Fruity, tart taste with blueberries, oak wood, lemon, a touch of vinegar and a dry and tart finish. Hardly any bitterness. More than medium body, dry. Rich acidity and a good berry presence. Complex, still in good balance. Very nice.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2022
at 22:12
8/10
Tart and fruity, white grapes, vinous, honeydew melon. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2022
at 23:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours hazy chestnut, small beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is roasty raspberries, bourbon, bugs, oak tannin, vanilla, wood, lemon. Flavor is medium tart, light funk, roasty, raspberry notes. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2022
at 02:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, courtesy of Forrest. Pours red. Raspberry, orange, tart, sweet raspberry, barrel. Medium body. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2022
at 00:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Golden beer with a cream head. Spice and light citrus aroma. Citrus and light grain flavor with light spice. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Citrus and light grain linger with light spice.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Nov 2022
at 18:51