Sourtooth Tiger
The Rare Barrel

Sourtooth TigerSourtooth Tiger
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From:
The Rare Barrel
 
California, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
5.4%
Score:
91
Avg:
4.11 | pDev: 9.49%
Reviews:
18
Ratings:
194
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 28, 2022
Added:
Mar 28, 2014
Wants:
  42
Gots:
  24
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Ratings by Hopheadjeffery:
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Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

4.07/5  rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Tasted in a Rastal Teku from a 1 pint 9.4 fl oz bottle on February 2, 2018. A golden sour beer aged in oak barrels with ginger. Fermented with a collection of microorganisms, this sour beer showcases a tame acidity to pair with a ginger bite.
Feb 05, 2018
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.89 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Jan 28, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by drstalker from Illinois

Mar 20, 2021
 
Rated: 4.16 by impending from California

Feb 17, 2020
 
Rated: 4.02 by Taybeh from Minnesota

Jan 10, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by BerryKumquat from California

Dec 24, 2019
 
Rated: 4.31 by Montanabeerz from Montana

Nov 06, 2019
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

3.93/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
2019-09-15
750ml bottle poured into a pair of WABL glasses. Don't see a date on it, but there's an 18 under their logo that makes me think it's probably a 2018 bottle.

Pours clear golden with a small head sustained by a lot of carbonation. Smell is mild tartness and strong ginger.

Taste is tart and ginger -- makes me think very clearly of the pickled ginger that came with my dumplings the last time I ate at the Dough Zone.

Mouthfeel is light, clean, and effervescent. Overall, it's a good beer.
Sep 16, 2019
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

4.28/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Golden body with some white lacing. Smell has that ginger with plenty of oak, but I also get orange, peach, lime, and slight funk. Taste I thought was executed to a deeper degree than the rest of the beer, everything is so intentional. Oak backing looms large, both in wood and sour pucker, ginger and citrus cut in wonderfully, leading to a finish of ginger, mango, lime, candied peach, lemon, orange, melon, hay, slight brett/barrel funk, and lingering acidity. Feel is sour, slightly acidic in the finish, and bright.
Sep 02, 2019
 
Rated: 4.49 by KensWorld from Florida

Jul 28, 2019
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Reviewed by AmeriCanadian from Tennessee

3.92/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Nice golden body with a soft opaqueness and a creamy off-white head of various-sized bubbles that leaves some uneven but strong lacing.

Not really getting any of the advertised ginger in the nose, and the barrel characteristics are extremely mild. Very crisp and cidery personality. Funky and sharp, citrusy with pleasant white grape and pear notes, herbal and grassy. Very solid, but not charting any new territory here. Would have really liked a noticeable ginger presence.

Flavors follow the nose, with a heavy crisp cider front end, followed by notes of pear, light citrus, white wine, some Brett personality, and a distinct but not abrasive funk. Definitely tart and funky but not sour, and very dry. Again, really only picking up the faintest of ginger notes, if any at all, and the only hint (for me) of barrel aging is the layered (but mild) complexity and hints of oak.

Well is well-carbonated, medium-light In feel, very dry, slightly puckering, and very refreshing.
May 09, 2019
 
Rated: 4.18 by jvillefan from California

Sep 22, 2018
 
Rated: 4.23 by jschott75 from Illinois

Oct 30, 2017
 
Rated: 4.06 by Futbolmanby from Michigan

Sep 19, 2017
 
Rated: 3.73 by mltobin from Connecticut

Sep 11, 2017
 
Rated: 4.44 by rjp217 from Massachusetts

Sep 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by Rhettroactive from Virginia

Jul 31, 2017
 
Rated: 3.87 by billab914 from Virginia

Jul 31, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by knicks19947 from New York

Jul 24, 2017
 
Rated: 3.94 by Jhfinn from New York

Jul 19, 2017
Sourtooth Tiger from The Rare Barrel
Beer rating: 91 out of 100 with 194 ratings