Ensorcelled
The Rare Barrel

 

Appearance: Very dark brown color with a medium sized beige head that gradually faded. A nice appealing look for a wild ale.

Smell: Moderate musty notes, grassy hay notes, some sweet fruity notes, and a hint of Bourbon. A nice nose.

Taste: Tart berry notes, modest grassy/hay notes, and moderate Bourbon notes come through in the taste profile. The palate is complex and all the elements work well together. The finish is moderately dry. No alcohol presence in this beer.

Mouth-feel: On the light side of medium bodied with a fairly generous level of carbonation. Definitely a fuller mouthfeel than the typical Wild Ale.

Overall: A very good Wild ale. The sourness is at a good level and the taste profile is complex and very nicely balanced.

 

De Mikkeller. En copa Teku. Leyendo modos de direccionamiento de ensamblador y jugando a God of War 2 HD.Una sour muy amable, con una acidez marcada pero suave, sin que las frambuesas se vayan de madre. No obstante, no proporciona una experiencia lo suficientemente memorable como para justificar su precio

Appearance: poured a turbid brown color, like prune juice. Head was very short lived, disappearing instantly.

Smell: strong aroma of funk, very vinegary to the point it was quite astringent to the nose, almost like a burning sensation. Some raspberries in the background.

Taste: quite a pucker in the mouth but quickly balanced out by juicy raspberries layered with cocoa. Also hints of dark tart cherries and sweet malt. Drinks quite like a raspberry chocolate cake.

Mouthfeel: quite acidic and sour. For that, its a sipper.

Overall: honestly quite impressed how a fruited dark sour can give you an impression of drinking a raspberry chocolate cake.

 

A big rush of jammy raspberries up front with oak, funk, tannins, dark roasted malt flavors, a flash of vinegar tartness, sour raspberry notes on the finish. Interesting and delicious.

 

A: Poured into a tulip glass to a dark beer which is dark reddish brown with a rocky two finger light tan head which fades slowly to a collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Smells of raspberries, oak, and an almost bitter dark chocolate note from the roasted malts. Nice sourness as well.
T: Taste is raspberries up front with a hint of dark chocolate and roasted malts, nice oak, pleasant sourness with a slight jammy raspberry flavor, very light funk, touch of caramel. On the swallow there's a huge rush of juicy raspberries with some light roasted malts and oak with some lingering sourness toward the end.
M: This beer has a body which is on the lighter side of medium which is slightly slick in feel. Carbonation is adequate and just below prickly while the beer has a drying finish due to the acidity.
O: Overall this beer is amazing. Great fruit flavors and some really nice complementary notes from the base beer make this one a real pleasure to drink. Well worth a try if you can get your hands on it.

 

 

Dark semi-clear mahogany body with a cap of brown foam that fades. I love how the raspberry is in the taste, ripe, fresh, tart, sweet, and you get aspects of the skin, fruit, and juice, all fits in well with the oak, funk, and decent malt bill. The front of the taste is the best part, very deep in the flavor, but the finish is more on the basic sweet and sour notes. The smell however is more uniform around the tart and sweetness of the raspberry juice and oak. Feel is a little heavy given the delicacy of the fruit, but the textures, tartness and oak are all on point. Nice raspberry sour

Appearance - The beer was a dark brownish red color. In appearance, it resembled a Flanders.

Smell - Raspberries are apparent in this one. There was a hint of the sour notes to come.

Taste - The initial taste leaned rather dry. Once that passed, sweet vinegary raspberries dominated the palette. Oak undercurrents were lying in wait. The profile was not overly acidic and demonstrates good balance.

Mouthfeel - The carbonation seemed to make the sourness more aggressive. There was viscosity with the body.

Overall - Everything about this made me think of a Flanders with raspberries. I could drink a lot of this.

 

 

What a sleeper! I'm just not accustomed to raspberry by means of a dark sour delivery device.

Ensorcelled reminds me primarily of a cabernet or a merlot - it's deep, rich, dark, and acetic. It's frighteningly sour for some, and just about perfect for me. The tartness is measured, though again, the sourness is serious business. The raspberry adds huge depth to the flavor profile. It smells quite pleasant as well.

While my teeth have been melted, it's an amazing beer!

Dark blackish-purple with minimal head, this is seedy, toasty and almost vinegary. It's a mature raspberry sour that somehow is not too sour, but is certainly on the edge.

 

Dark beer with a tiny tan head that fades quickly. Smells mainly sour with the Brett and a hint of raspberries. Lightly sweet and funky with a nice amount of raspberries. Nice tasty sour.

 

Pours a dark red with fine, pink foam.

Smell is tart with huge notes of ripe raspberries and blackberrries, along with a bit of lime.

Taste is superb. Raspberries and blackberries in all their sour glory, underscored by a perfect acidity and some notes of lime and grass. Sourness is excactly right, gettting your mouth watering for the next sip, but not assassinating your tastebuds outright. Great balance, complexity and execution.

Mouthfeel is medium, creamy and well cabonated.

Overall, this is world class. It rivals almost any raspberry sour I've had, and I looove raspberry sours.

750 ml bottle into tulip glass; 2015 vintage bottling, blend #019. Pours fairly crystal clear dark ruby red/light brown color with a 1 finger fairly dense light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of huge sour/tart/tangy raspberries, fruit skin/seeds, cranberry, cherry, strawberry, lemon, orange, peach, plum, fig, pear, apricot, currant, red/green apple, red grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, brown sugar, and toasted bread; with lighter notes of peppercorn, cocoa, oaken vanilla, leathery/musty/lacto funk, red wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Incredible aromas with amazing balance and complexity of raspberries, fruity/funky/acidic yeast, dark/bready malts, and oak barrel notes; with big strength. Taste of huge our/tart/tangy raspberries, fruit skin/seeds, cranberry, cherry, strawberry, lemon, orange, peach, plum, fig, pear, apricot, currant, red/green apple, red grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, brown sugar, and toasted bread; with lighter notes of peppercorn, cocoa, oaken vanilla, leathery/musty/lacto funk, red wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang, and light yeast/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sour raspberries, fruit skin/seeds, cranberry, cherry, strawberry, lemon, orange, peach, plum, fig, pear, apricot, currant, red/green apple, red grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, brown sugar, toasted bread, light leather/funk/vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of raspberries, fruity/funky/acidic yeast, dark/bready malts, and oak barrel flavors; with an awesome malt/tart/sourness and tangy fruit balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness frrom lingering tart/sourness and tangy fruit, Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, fairly acidic/tangy, and lightly tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.8%. Overall this is an amazing fruited sour red! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of raspberries, fruity/funky/acidic yeast, dark/bready malts, and oak barrel flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly acidic/tangy/tennic/drying finish, not overly lactic. Insanely jammy raspberries with balanced Brett/Lacto complexity, dark/bready malts, and nice oak presence. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing style example. Best sour I have had from them so far.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours dark brown with small beige head.
Aroma is straight raspberry jam, oak, balsamic, vinegar,
Taste is lots of raspberry but not as much the aroma, oak, little sour, dry.