Another World
The Rare Barrel

Frosty11161 from California

3.83/5  rDev -8.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Jun 12, 2017

macrosmatic from Florida

4.26/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Thanks to eyebereej for sending this one! Reviewed from notes. Poured from a 750 mL bottle into an El Catador Barrel-Aged glass.

A: Pours a ruddy brown. Moderately hazy, with a good level of visible carbonation. A thin white head quickly downgrades to fluffy white patches.

S: Mixed acetic and lactic sourness and sour cherries. Some woody dryness. A horse blanket funk with a good bit of feet and cheese as well. More sour lactic acid. Some lightly toasted malts are there if you look for them, but they're snowed under the sour flavors. Very nice and complex.

T: Puckeringly sour up front – more lactic acid, but some acetic as well. Sour cherries and dry oak tannins. Sour lemony citric acid. Passingly fleet flavors of light bready malts, but they disappear quickly. More wood, mild vinous, and mildly funky. More acetic acidic sourness swells up right before the swallow, and it finishes with some drying sourness – like more underripe berries - and acid.

M: A medium to a bit light body, and a low level to almost disappearing carbonation sensation. Minimal alcohol burn.

O: I am really digging this one. Some serious sourness, though it's not terribly funky. An enamel-stripping sourness, but it has enough other flavors to make it work. Not a beginner’s sour...there's a good bit of pure acetic tang...but I think pretty damn tasty.

May 19, 2017

PhineasMcClintock from Massachusetts

4.24/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Jan 09, 2016

leroybrown10 from Missouri

4.75/5  rDev +13.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

Oct 09, 2016

chinchill from South Carolina

3.15/5  rDev -24.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25

Large shared bottle.
Moderate to high tartness.
Very good feel with lively, medium-high carbonation.
Good example of a sour that tastes way better than it smells.

Jul 05, 2015

stephensinner from Missouri

4.28/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Jul 25, 2015

jaydoc from Kansas

4.26/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Jan 21, 2017

NorCalYeti from California

4.33/5  rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

May 30, 2015

atlbravsrno1 from New Hampshire

3.75/5  rDev -10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Jul 27, 2015

GRG1313 from California

4/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

May 31, 2015

zimm421 from Ohio

4.21/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Poured into a teku - appearance is a nice clear brown with hints of ruby coming through the edges. The head is off-white and quickly fizzes away to nothing. The aroma is tart cherries, a touch of sweetness and oak. The first sip is puckering-ly sour, with tart cherries, amber and caramel malts, good Brett notes and some oak. The finish is slightly drying, but the feel as a whole is smooth, with good body. Overall, another winner from the Rare Barrel.

Mar 12, 2017

sweemzander from Illinois

4/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Dec 21, 2016

jwhancher from Pennsylvania

4.79/5  rDev +14.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Had at the tasting room in Berkeley. Smells amazing with an acetic character with sour cherries even though no cherries are added to this beer. Tastes fabulous with a noticeable oak and slight vanilla character. Maybe a touch of char or even light cocoa from the wood. Very refreshing and tart, crisp, and easily drinkable. Nicely done!

Sep 13, 2015

Sammy from Canada (ON)

4.1/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25

very nice carbonation and complement to le lion. age took off the edge.

May 05, 2020

scottfrie from California

4.1/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

750ml bottle into TRB tulip. 2015 release.

A: Pours a clear ruby iced-tea color with a couple fingers of very active light tan head that quickly fizzed away into a faint collar.
S: Tart red fruit notes on the nose with scents of dried cranberries and cherries mixed with hints of currents and raspberries. I get a touch of caramel and musty basement as well. Lactic acidity is bright and clean smelling.
T: Smooth flavors of caramel, currents, and raspberry, with hints of leather and buttery oak in the finish. The acidity is smooth and well-rounded without any harshness. A touch of greasy caramel and sweet fruit juice linger in the aftertaste, and there is a hint of doughy brett throughout.
M: Medium body, soft and creamy mouthfeel from a combination of smooth tartness and fluffy carbonation.
O: Drinks extremely well. I was worried the acidity would be too biting, but this was a pleasure to drink. Flavors are light and . Overall a very clean and easy beer.

Feb 23, 2016

oline73 from Maryland

4/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Oct 07, 2015

petermethot from New Jersey

4/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Dec 19, 2015

masterofsparks from Ohio

3.77/5  rDev -10%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Sep 14, 2015

orangesol from Pennsylvania

3.99/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Oct 12, 2015

Knapp85 from Pennsylvania

4.09/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Jan 09, 2016

aasher from Indiana

4.06/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Jul 03, 2015

duceswild from Heard & McDonald Islands

4.21/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Sep 18, 2015

IrishColonial from Texas

3.83/5  rDev -8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Sep 06, 2015

mtomlins from Canada (ON)

4.4/5  rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Big thanks to tbadiuk for the bottle.

Pours a nice clear, reddish-light brown in color with a short, fizzy off-white head that falls quickly leaving no lacing. The nose starts with nice tart, Brett punch, sweet cherries, oak, leather; really nice. The taste is also nicely tart, acid (balsamic?), sweet cherries, oak. Medium body and nice carbonation keep this tart sour ale easily drinkable. This is a great Flanders Red-esque ale with excellent balance of tart sour notes with residual sweetness.

Jun 12, 2016

UCLABrewN84 from California

3.81/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Thanks to mrbubbler for sharing this one at his tasting.

2015 vintage. Blend No. 022.

Pours a murky dark orange-brown with a foamy bone head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is sour with grain, fruit, acidic, and wood aromas. Taste is much the same with sour fruit, acidic, and wood flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of acidity bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that is tasty, but the sour qualities are slightly better in the smell to me.

Serving type: bottle.

Jun 02, 2015