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Barrel-Aged Raspberry Sour
Avery Brewing Company
- From:
- Avery Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #385 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #4,353 - Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 6.75%
- Reviews:
- 162
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 01, 2022
- Added:
- Jan 24, 2015
- Wants:
- 49
- Gots:
- 207
Luscious ripe red raspberries are elegantly intertwined with a bountiful amount of lactic acidity and delicate barrel nuances to cultivate this stunning sour ale.
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Ratings by Bdel34:
Rated by Bdel34 from Pennsylvania
4/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dec 30, 2017
4/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dec 30, 2017
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
4/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
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?
Sep 16, 2021Appearance: 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?
Reviewed by chum_husk from Minnesota
4.02/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
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
May 28, 2021Dark 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
Reviewed by KT3418 from Colorado
4.5/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
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
Mar 18, 2021Reviewed by Mark-Leggett from Missouri
3.64/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
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.
Jan 01, 2021Reviewed by Gajo74 from New York
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
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.
Jun 23, 2020As 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.
Reviewed by DaveMaciolek21 from New Jersey
3.52/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
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.
May 17, 2020Reviewed by Ohknows from Nevada
3.75/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
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.
Apr 26, 2020Reviewed by Ahypercube from California
3.83/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
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.
Oct 26, 2019L: 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.
Barrel-Aged Raspberry Sour from Avery Brewing Company
Beer rating:
92 out of
100 with
853 ratings
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