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Panil Barriquée (Sour)

Panil Barriquée (Sour) - Sour Ale

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Brewed by Panil Birra Artigianale - Birrificio Torrechiara
Style: Sour Ale

Torrechiara-Parma, Italy

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5233.97/5.03.95/5.08%91.3Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler
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Note: this is the version of Barriquée available only in North America that has been intentionally soured with lactobacillus bacteria. See the Mild entry for the European version (including Italy, although the Sour version may be obtained at the brewery).

Suddenly beer-lovers here in the States are all a-titter over dark, sour, wood-aged ales. These complex, fruity-tasting beers, native to the Netherlands and Belgian Flanders, represent one of the oldest beer styles in the world. In their traditional form, these Sour Reds – also known as ‘Flemish Red’ or ‘Oud Bruin’ beers – are related to real lambic beers: a touch of wild yeast and bacteria coming from the wood give acidity, both lactic (sour) and acetic (vinegar). Trouble is, it’s become nearly impossible to find a true, traditional Sour Red, even in the place where the style was born. The spate of Sour Reds turning up here now leaves most drinkers crying in their beer. They’re too damned sweet! Crass commercialization has brought even the generally recognized ‘classics’ of the style to their knees. They’re pasteurized, and sometimes laced with sugar or artificial sweeteners to make them appealing to the less-discerning beer drinker. The traditional complexity, character, and dryness are missing in action. But now comes Panil Barriquée, and not a minute too soon. Barriquée is the only all-natural, traditionally-made example you will find today, and it comes from, of all places, Italy. This masterpiece is ‘triple-fermented.’ Primary fermentation is in stainless steel. The deep earthy, sour character results from three months of maturation in cognac barrels from Bordeaux, followed by re-fermentation and further aging in the bottle. Barriquée is not pasteurized or filtered, and no sweeteners are added, so it is uncompromisingly dry and complex, and endlessly interesting.

Last creation of Renzo, lover of wood from time immemorial, is an absolute novelty in Italy. These dark beer is aged in French oak barrels.The barrique hosts three fermentations, 15 days in iron vessel, 90 days in barriques coming from cognac and bordeaux and 30 days in bottle. The result is a beer who marries a strong alcohol strenght, 8% with an extraordinary drinkability and a incomparable bouquet of aromas.

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 PorterPounder (3132), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 19, 2009  
Orlando, Fl. - Knightly Spirits, 750 ml bottle. Pours a murky orangeish-purplish with a soft, silky white head. Full bodied sour aroma with hints of sour cherries and vinegar. Solid sour flavor with sour cherries. Very enjoyable. Still trying to find the words to describe a sour beer - but the words escape me - I’ll let the numbers do the talking. Tangy, full-bodied mouthfeel. Well done.


 punkrkr27 (608), Berkley, Michigan, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/517/20
Apr 14, 2009  
2005 bottle. Deep ruby pour with about 2 fingers worth of fizzy, short lived, off-white head. Aroma’s of brett, tart cherry, oak, damp leaves, and brandy waft from the glass. Super tart and acidic flavor. There’s more tart berries, oak, red wine vinegar, brett, tobacco, and grapes. Dry medium body with lots of prickly carbonation.


 agl108 (503), Manayunk, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/102/514/20
Apr 13, 2009  
750 mL bottle courtesy of lamas. Bottled in 2006. Poured deep amber. Absolutely zero head and zero carbonation, I’ve got to believe there’s something wrong with this bottle. Flavor is sweet and tart with cherry and raspberries the most predominant on the tongue. Wine-like. Without the carbonation, I’d compare it to a shiraaz. Disappointing, but I’d definitely give it another shot.


 SudsMcDuff (1691), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/512/20
Apr 13, 2009  
2005 i think or maybe 2006: pours a dark red brown color with lox carbonation, low head .. . abv is very mellowed out .. . chocolate and raspberry notes, with slight vinegar and wood .. . a nice dirty italian brew from dirty italy .. .


 JohnnyJ (1283), Carlsbad, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 4, 2009  
Pours a dark red/brown color. Sour fruit, cherries, oak. It’s good, but just doesn’t stand out to much.


 Zinister (1199), Houston, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 15, 2009  
GABF 2008 at Dr. Bill’s tasting. Dark brown pour. Flavor of wood, fruits, brett and milk.


 yespr (11644), Copenhagen O, Denmark
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/518/20
Mar 13, 2009  
75 cL bottle, bordeaux coloured capapparently Johnnys Offlicense in one of the only places to get this in Europe. Pours dark and hazy brown with a redish glare. Light milky aroma and solid fruity. Sweet fruity and acidic to lacto milky on the back of the tongue. Loads of brett, acidity, wood and mild milky notes. Ends fruity and dry brettish. Fantastic.


 nearbeer (1833), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Mar 11, 2009  
750 ml, 2005 vintage. Reddish-brown with a lasting head. Nose of cherry, oak and light vinegar. Tastes of sour cherries, raspberry and oak. Medium bodied and acidic-dry.



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