Forces Unseen (Blend 5)
Cellarmaker Brewing Co. - The Rare Barrel
- From:
- Cellarmaker Brewing Co. - The Rare Barrel
- California, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 5.4%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.1 | pDev: 7.07%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 09, 2017
- Added:
- Jan 09, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
The Forces Unseen series highlights our passion for experimenting with new and different microbes to create various flavor profiles. This new iteration of Forces Unseen blends 5 different golden sours together to create a nuanced and complex golden sour beer. Undiscovered until mixed together, the assorted yeast and bacteria used in this blend reveal notes of lemon zest, dry cider, & candied lemon.
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Ratings by SadMachine:
Rated by SadMachine from New Jersey
4.41/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Dec 31, 2016
4.41/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Dec 31, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.67/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.67/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Is it me or does Rare Barrel just seem to have essentially two beers? Golden sour base, and dark sour base. Then they just change a few things to those two, and voila! Here are 75 different beers!
This one (shock, gasp) pours golden, thin 1/3" white head. Lactic sour nose with lemons in the aroma, taste and mouthfeel. Finishes dry. Saliva inducing. Even though it is a blend of like 5 beers, it seems rather simplistic. No funk, clean, lemon sours, golden base. Plenty of acidity. Maybe some ginger.
As usual for Rare Barrel, its a good beer. As usual as well, it doesn't have much to distinguish it from a lot of their beers.
Dec 28, 2016This one (shock, gasp) pours golden, thin 1/3" white head. Lactic sour nose with lemons in the aroma, taste and mouthfeel. Finishes dry. Saliva inducing. Even though it is a blend of like 5 beers, it seems rather simplistic. No funk, clean, lemon sours, golden base. Plenty of acidity. Maybe some ginger.
As usual for Rare Barrel, its a good beer. As usual as well, it doesn't have much to distinguish it from a lot of their beers.
Reviewed by Kurmaraja from California
4.22/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I found this much more tropical than the other reviewers. A touch warmer the acidity mellows and it's juicy tropicana with a good deal of grainy flair that reminds you it's beer. A touch watery in a pleasant way that enhances drinkability. Only flaw is appearance IMHO.
Jul 20, 2016
Reviewed by scottfrie from California
3.69/5 rDev -10%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -10%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from the new Ambassadors growler into matching stemware.
A: Clear golden in color with a short-lived white head that faded into a fuzzy collar.
S: Bright notes of clean lactic tartness over a mix of cracked grains and bready yeast. Light and tart nose, like a crisp blonde ale with lacto. Slight lemon.
T: Grainy notes like the nose with just a kiss of golden fruit or apple juice sweetness near the finish. Almost lager-like in flavor, but without the lager yeast. Very slight stone fruit. Finish is drying with a touch of lemon citrus and gritty tannins.
M: Medium-light body, crisp mouthfeel, bright tartness, clear acidity, full tingly carbonation.
O: A very mellow flavored and light tasting sour. Acidity is bright and tart but more well-rounded and less acidic than the last couple batches. Lighter in flavor than I remember, but I’m loving the smoother mouthfeel.
Mar 03, 2016A: Clear golden in color with a short-lived white head that faded into a fuzzy collar.
S: Bright notes of clean lactic tartness over a mix of cracked grains and bready yeast. Light and tart nose, like a crisp blonde ale with lacto. Slight lemon.
T: Grainy notes like the nose with just a kiss of golden fruit or apple juice sweetness near the finish. Almost lager-like in flavor, but without the lager yeast. Very slight stone fruit. Finish is drying with a touch of lemon citrus and gritty tannins.
M: Medium-light body, crisp mouthfeel, bright tartness, clear acidity, full tingly carbonation.
O: A very mellow flavored and light tasting sour. Acidity is bright and tart but more well-rounded and less acidic than the last couple batches. Lighter in flavor than I remember, but I’m loving the smoother mouthfeel.
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