Surviving Trace
Cellarmaker Brewing Co. - The Rare Barrel
- From:
- Cellarmaker Brewing Co. - The Rare Barrel
- California, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 4.09 | pDev: 8.8%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 15, 2021
- Added:
- Feb 25, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A blend of golden sour beers aged in previously dry-hopped barrels, this beer showcases a bright acidity with notes of dry cider and a surviving trace of tropical hop aroma and flavor. An echo to a process that we once used to dry-hop sour beers, Surviving Trace is a nod to our past as we continue to explore this decades long experiment.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by KMachHops from California
4.16/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look: Pour from a growler. Pretty much no head and golden yellow.
Smell:Tons of citrus and some funk.
Taste: Lemony and finishes with a nice tartness.
Feel: Right amount of carbonation with some chew.
Overall: Solid golden sour beer but nothing spectacular. I didn't get any of the hops.
Mar 11, 2016Smell:Tons of citrus and some funk.
Taste: Lemony and finishes with a nice tartness.
Feel: Right amount of carbonation with some chew.
Overall: Solid golden sour beer but nothing spectacular. I didn't get any of the hops.
Reviewed by scottfrie from California
3.27/5 rDev -20%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.27/5 rDev -20%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Growler poured into tulip.
A: Pours a slightly hazy golden with lemon highlights beneath a couple fingers of very active bright white bubbly head that quickly fixed away into nothingness.
S: Bright acidity to the nose with hints of stone fruits hops and earthy barrel spice. The acidity and hints of hops give off a citric acid quality along with the stone fruit. Faint notes of peach and nectarine as the beer warms.
T: Golden base beer flavors and very slight stone fruits. Mild earthy spice and dry grains poke though. Lemon and citrus acidity in the finish.
M: Medium body, very tart with strong acidity, dry finish, bright carbonation. Acidity is very strong and puckering. Makes my mouth water long after the swallow. Borderline rough to drink.
O: An interesting concept. Hop flavors are subtle but delicious and add a nice lay or of complexity to an otherwise straightforward golden sour. Acidity is strong but not necessarily harsh, although this beer did became a bit of a chore to drink after a while. Personally too acidic for my taste but those that like a sharp bite will love this.
Mar 01, 2016A: Pours a slightly hazy golden with lemon highlights beneath a couple fingers of very active bright white bubbly head that quickly fixed away into nothingness.
S: Bright acidity to the nose with hints of stone fruits hops and earthy barrel spice. The acidity and hints of hops give off a citric acid quality along with the stone fruit. Faint notes of peach and nectarine as the beer warms.
T: Golden base beer flavors and very slight stone fruits. Mild earthy spice and dry grains poke though. Lemon and citrus acidity in the finish.
M: Medium body, very tart with strong acidity, dry finish, bright carbonation. Acidity is very strong and puckering. Makes my mouth water long after the swallow. Borderline rough to drink.
O: An interesting concept. Hop flavors are subtle but delicious and add a nice lay or of complexity to an otherwise straightforward golden sour. Acidity is strong but not necessarily harsh, although this beer did became a bit of a chore to drink after a while. Personally too acidic for my taste but those that like a sharp bite will love this.
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