Pickleback
Burning Barrel Brewing Co
- From:
- Burning Barrel Brewing Co
- California, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 9.2%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.04 | pDev: 5.2%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 11, 2020
- Added:
- Feb 09, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Bourbon barrel aged imperial sour treated with dill pickle juice. Emulates a dive bar pickleback shot.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by TheSixthRing from California
3.83/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
From tasting notes 02/10/20
Had on-tap at Burning Barrel Brewing in Rancho Cordova, CA
Appearance - Served up 8oz into an 11oz snifter, murky and dark orange in color with a mostly barren surface and a thin ring of suds around the edge of the glass. No lacing.
Smell - A little disjointed at first, with polarizing notes of whiskey and sweet, slightly sour pickle. Aroma gels as it warms, adding a nice oak and vanilla character that bridges the gap.
Taste - Tastes much better than it smells. Mostly a briney, pickle sourness with hints of oak, vanilla and a faint touch of bourbon booziness. Aftertaste is mostly the same as the aftertaste as when you eat a pickle, minus the lingering traces of the bourbon character.
Mouthfeel - Medium-bodied with fair carbonation. Slick, easy drinker before a dry finish.
Overall - Interesting brew for sure, and one hell of an idea, and while they pulled it off, it doesn't quite do it for me. I love pickle juice, but in a beer?
Feb 11, 2020Had on-tap at Burning Barrel Brewing in Rancho Cordova, CA
Appearance - Served up 8oz into an 11oz snifter, murky and dark orange in color with a mostly barren surface and a thin ring of suds around the edge of the glass. No lacing.
Smell - A little disjointed at first, with polarizing notes of whiskey and sweet, slightly sour pickle. Aroma gels as it warms, adding a nice oak and vanilla character that bridges the gap.
Taste - Tastes much better than it smells. Mostly a briney, pickle sourness with hints of oak, vanilla and a faint touch of bourbon booziness. Aftertaste is mostly the same as the aftertaste as when you eat a pickle, minus the lingering traces of the bourbon character.
Mouthfeel - Medium-bodied with fair carbonation. Slick, easy drinker before a dry finish.
Overall - Interesting brew for sure, and one hell of an idea, and while they pulled it off, it doesn't quite do it for me. I love pickle juice, but in a beer?
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