Barrel-Aged Raspberry Sour
Avery Brewing Company

 

 

Poured from 16-oz can into a tulip. Canned 11/25/19, so this example has a couple years of age on it at this point.

Appearance: dark red-brown hue with lots of murk and two fingers of lively tan foam atop. I think it's quite pretty indeed!

Smell: rich raspberry aroma, with a noticeable tartness but is rounded out by a sweet background that is almost like brown sugar. I like it a lot!

Taste: quite tart and a lot drier than I imagined based on the aroma. There's a good raspberry flavor, although not a lot of barrel-aged quality jumps out at me. It's a lovely raspberry sour, but perhaps not an amazing one.

Mouthfeel: medium-light body with a moderate carbonation and a decent creaminess.

Overall: man, I want to like this beer. But the tartness builds up as rather unbalanced over time. It's good, but not super duper quaffable, you know?

22oz bottle from June 2016 poured into a mug

Dark ruby color, not much head. Smells of apple cider vinaigrette and slight malt in the background. Taste opens very tart, but mellows out and has ample smooth malt that compliments the fruit flavor

After checking out the other reviews, it seems time has mellowed this one out. Very good flavor and an excellent sour

 

Solid acidity and tartness from the lacto. Good fruit flavor which is important since I feel like the lacto makes it sour and drowns the fruit but this is a good balance of the wild profiles as well as raspberry

Poured from a can. Brownish red in color with a large tan head. Smells of fruit and it smells like a sour. Fruit with a touch of sweet and it's got a very tart middle to it.

 

From the bottle it pours a dark amber, brown and ruby red color. It has some clarity and is elegant looking. A modest head quickly dissipates but yields a thin ring of lacing.

As expected, the nose highlights raspberry along with a tart and oaky/woody aroma. Furthermore, the aroma is quite vinous with notes of currants, red grape and raisins.

Very tart and mouth puckering with a vinegar and dry cider . The flavors of raspberry help somewhat temper the acidity. The oaky flavors evoke notes of wood and spice. There is a strong complexity of wild yeast, including fruity brett and yogurt like lactobacillus. Vinous notes of grape, currant, raisin, and zesty lemon and lime round out the fruity and tart flavors amidst a bready and doughy malt backbone.

Medium bodied, acidic and moderately carbonated. The finish is bone dry and refreshing.

Reminded me of a cross between a Flanders Red Ale and a Gueuze. I really enjoyed the complexity and intensity of this one.

 

 

The deep red color of this beer let's you know there will be ample raspberry presence--and there is. It's an aggressive sour, rich tart raspberry flavor. But the oak barrel aging does a nice job slamming the brakes on sourness before the beer would become a too tart bomb. Really nicely done. Have it on a hot day for max rewards.

This beer is a nice dark red color. You can taste the raspberry’s. The beer is sour and tarty. I feel this beer is good in small amounts. Too tarty for me.

 

 

 

Firstly, the pint can I have says its ABV is 6.0%, so I'm not sure if I'm reviewing the same beer that everyone who reviewed the earlier batches was drinking.

L: Pours into a large flute, it produces a big applesauce-colored head that dies rapidly, leaving behind an extremely thin amber body that looks like it has a splash of raspberry jam in it. Very active carbonation, and a long-lived head for a sour ale of medium-light body.

S: Sour cherries, raspberry and pomegranate jams, oxidized lemons, quince, oak, polished leather, bandaids, caramel. maple, toffee. Very metallic and medicinal aroma.

T: Not a bad one. Cherry, raspberry, pomegranate, cough syrup, oaky oak barrel, not too charred, with a dry finish of lemon and quince juice; crisp, clean, and concise.

F: A little thin and metallic. Something about that gives it a clingy feel in a bad way. Like it's a little... rusty?

O: Tasty sour. For the price though, really not impressed.

 

 

 

Aroma is raspberries, mild lambic-style funk and an astringent hint. The flavor is raspberries/fruit, malts and a mix of mild lambic barrel funk and and puckering tart in the finish.

 

Bottled April 2015; drank 5/30/15 @ the Palace.

Semi-opaque red rust appearance.

Minimal tan head; minimal lace.

Tart raspberry jam notes in the nose.

Medium thick mouthfeel. SUPER tart raspberry jam flavor; way too puckering for me to love.

Too bold, but nice & fruity as well.

Reviewed from (very) long-standing notes. Poured from the 22 oz. bottle into a Cigar City Brewing goblet.

A: Reddish brown and hazy - darker than expected. A thin off-white head forms and fades almost instantly. Visible carbonation on the low side, but there are a few streams of bubbles up the sides.

S: Lactic and malic tartness, mild acetic underneath. Underripe berries, acidic with a touch of dry tannins in the background. While cold, it’s decent but unexciting. As it warms, it comes up with some more juicy raspberries, but not much else seems to be added.

T: Acidic tartness, sour underripe raspberries and blackberries, and lactic acid. Dry woody tannins give this a bit of a vinous feel as well. Just a bit of biscuit malts. More drying acid (malic, citric, lactic) in the finish, but not overly acidic or sour in the hang.

M: A thin body – not quite watery, but thin enough to detract a bit. Average carbonation sensation. Low alcohol presence.

O: Nothing particularly offensive here, but just not big enough flavors; and the thin body accentuates this. Not a big sourness, or any funk to speak of, or big juicy raspberries. Or even a particularly big barrel presence. Not truly flawed, and I’m being picky here…but it’s just more bland than I expected. Reasonably enjoyable, but nothing I’d go out of my way to drink again.

Avery Oak Barrel-aged Raspberry Sour, 6.5% ABV. Pours dark red with a slight off-white head. Nose is funk and raspberry, taste is raspberry and vinegar, slight bitterness, moderate sour. Excellent mouthfeel overall excellent.

16 oz can. Pours slightly hazy dark brownish red with no head. Aroma is oak, brett, raspberry. Taste is tart raspberry, brett, with a dry woody finish. Excellent.

 

Presentation: 16 oz. can with the canning date printed on the bottom. Served in a Rastal Harmony tumbler.

Appearance: The light tan, two finger head disappears almost immediately and leaves behind a little bit of lacing in small spots. It's a murky, dark brick color.

Smell: It's fruity at first with a strong raspberry aroma. Then there are some musty, damp wood scents and a soft herbal note.

Taste: It's tart, sour and juicy with a strong raspberry flavor and that's pretty much it.

Mouthfeel: It's smooth medium bodied, and slightly cloying with medium-high carbonation.

Overall: A nice and easy to drink sour with the raspberries as the stars of the show.

 

 

 

 

This has a strong raspberry , sour,funk aroma . The taste is more intense than the aroma with it being very similar to aroma. It has a very strong vinegar taste that is stronger than the sour tartness

 

 

22 oz bottle poured into a snifter.

Amber brown with a one inch off-white head

Nose: tart raspberries and oak

Taste: sweet berries up front with moderate tartness coming in quickly. Oak undertones and tart finish.

Feel: tart with medium-high carbonation

A garnet color. No head.
Fruity aroma, some oak.
Great taste. Raspberries, sweet and tart. Oak. A hint of vinegar.
Pleasantly tart and sour.
I could drink more than one these.

on tap at independent ale house in south dakota. absolute jammy big tart. really one to love. close to a perfect sour for me. COlour, taste, mouthfeel.

Lots of raspberry, everywhere - in the dark pink hue, on the nose, and in the flavor up-front-and-center. Nice amount of funk and white wine barrel character.