Pricklish
Cellarmaker Brewing Co. - The Rare Barrel
- From:
- Cellarmaker Brewing Co. - The Rare Barrel
- California, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.41 | pDev: 3.17%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 30, 2018
- Added:
- Oct 27, 2016
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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A blend of golden sours aged in oak barrels with prickly pears. In order to showcase the delicate flavors of prickly pear, we added a ton of pureed prickly pears to a 4 oak barrel blend that was fermented with a mixture of Brettanomyces and Saccharomyces yeast and soured with Lactobacillus and Pediococcus bacteria.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by scottfrie from California
4.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Growler into tulip.
A: Pours a beautiful shade of dark red that’s a little more rich and glowing than cranberry juice. A thin cap of fizzy off-white foam briefly surfaced after the pour before dying down into a faint collar. No lace.
S: Amazing nose that is hard to describe having never had a prickly pear fruit or a prickly pear beer before. The fruit profile is a sweet smelling combination of pear mixed with dark berries, dark grapes, and light melon. The nose is also musty and earthy with a touch of funk as well, and as it warms I get notes of stone fruit and peppery, earthy spice.
T: Prickly pear flavor dominates the profile with that strange combination of what tastes like red pears, honeydew melon, red grape skins, and a touch of boysenberry. I get a hint of peach and ambiguous stone fruit, and maybe just a touch of kiwi. The finish is sweet with a slightly citrus feel to the aftertaste. Flavors remind me a bit like fruit punch at times.
M: Medium-light body, sweet and slightly stick flavors but the finish is quite dry, with soft carbonation and a solid acidic sour punch. Gritty tannins clean to my throat after each swallow. Tartness is clean and not overly harsh or vinegary.
O: Prickle pear is an amazing fruit to flavor a beer with as this is one of the more interesting flavor profiles I’ve experience in recent memory. Another well-executed sour from TRB, and one I definitely hope they make again.
Nov 02, 2016A: Pours a beautiful shade of dark red that’s a little more rich and glowing than cranberry juice. A thin cap of fizzy off-white foam briefly surfaced after the pour before dying down into a faint collar. No lace.
S: Amazing nose that is hard to describe having never had a prickly pear fruit or a prickly pear beer before. The fruit profile is a sweet smelling combination of pear mixed with dark berries, dark grapes, and light melon. The nose is also musty and earthy with a touch of funk as well, and as it warms I get notes of stone fruit and peppery, earthy spice.
T: Prickly pear flavor dominates the profile with that strange combination of what tastes like red pears, honeydew melon, red grape skins, and a touch of boysenberry. I get a hint of peach and ambiguous stone fruit, and maybe just a touch of kiwi. The finish is sweet with a slightly citrus feel to the aftertaste. Flavors remind me a bit like fruit punch at times.
M: Medium-light body, sweet and slightly stick flavors but the finish is quite dry, with soft carbonation and a solid acidic sour punch. Gritty tannins clean to my throat after each swallow. Tartness is clean and not overly harsh or vinegary.
O: Prickle pear is an amazing fruit to flavor a beer with as this is one of the more interesting flavor profiles I’ve experience in recent memory. Another well-executed sour from TRB, and one I definitely hope they make again.
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