3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Taste thanks to Sara!
Murky tan-red, wispy cream head. Nose of oak, light vanilla, and some raisin couples with acidity and malt that remind of vomit. Acidity rules the flavor, which becomes lemon, red grape, and oatmeal with some warmth. A lot more at the start than the finish, where the heavy body, beastly carbonation, and puckering acidity muddle the profile, leave the beer tasting empty, and probably strip a layer of enamel from your teeth.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Shared by Allen, a real treat. The beer pours a medium brown. Smells sour and sweet, there are some barrel notes in here as well. This one tastes like sour candy to me and I think it is one of the best sours I’ve had. Slightly acidic but just enough to make it over the top. Really enjoyed it.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
1/21/12. 750mL bottle courtesy MaxxDaddy! Nice red pour with a solid khaki head. Wonderful tart aroma with wood, vanilla, sweet tarts, and tart cherries. Nice sour, tart flavor as well that parallels the aroma. Nice!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle thanks to Chris... a really nice easy to drink dark sour, well worth trying but let it age a bit
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Name: Barrel Select, Brett and Oak
Date: August 11, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: muddy dark amber, creamy beige head
Aroma: spicy funky aroma, touch of caramel sweetness, light chocolate
Flavor: sweet and tart flavor, sweet malt, big fruity tartness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+ /4
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
25oz bottle. Tasted just after the release last year. Looks fantastic red/brown darker hue, white head, great lacing. Aromas are potent, funk/tart/sour notes, cherry, ripe plum, woody, earthy. Amazing palate, sour fruit, with an acidic finish. This will get better over time, I’m happy to have 5 more where that came from.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
750mL shared by Bill, the geekest beer geek in KC. I got the bottom of the bottle. Aroma is lots of acetic and acidic berry fruitiness but not over the top. The flavor is thinner that I would like but not too thin. The thinness that usually comes from bad acetic beer. A little low on the carbonation. The beer is tart-sour, acetic mainly but not too much. I like the berries that come out of the flavor. A little thin and just a bit of a novice sour beer. I like it but it needs to be better.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hazy copper color/ lingering beige head. Big dry wood, tart cherry, lemon, musty earthy aromas. Medium bodied with soft co2. Nicely tart lemon, cherry, wet wood bug flavors with some toasted caramel sweetness--bottle FC/BB Feb2010
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle.
Pours brown red with a yellowish head.
Nice tart taste of strawberries. This is a well made beer but not my favourite style...
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Pours red-brown, small head. The aroma is sweeter than the taste. Both the aroma and the taste has some strong strawberry notes. The taste has also got a touch of wood. Fruity. High drinkability.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
750ml shared at a small CL themed tasting. Pours a dark hazy light brown. Vinous notes, some caramel sweetness and toastiness on the smell. In taste, I get sour notes, some tartness, and sweet dark fruit with lots of depth. Dark red grapes and light oakiness dominate the tongue, but it’s extremely well balanced. One of my favorite CL sours alongside Castleton, Barrel Select has continued to impress me the last 3 times I’ve had it.
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