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The Rare Barrel Playing For Keeps
Sour Ale 6 º
Playing For Keeps is a vibrant Straight Sour Beer that showcases The Rare Barrel’s mastery of microorganism fermentation and adjunct integration. It opens with an intense, lactic-driven profile that immediately yields to a tropical trifecta of passion fruit, orange zest, and guava. The fruit character is bright and punchy, harmonizing with a delicate, crackery malt base. Effervescent and sharp, it delivers a clean, refreshing acidity that cuts through the exotic sweetness of the guava. This is a high-stakes, fruit-forward experience that remains remarkably balanced, offering a crisp, bone-dry finish that highlights the complex interplay of zesty citrus and lush tropical stone fruit.
Appearance. Very pale straw to light gold (2-3 SRM); hazy to opaque due to fruit solids; large, dense white head with moderate to poor retention; highly effervescent.
Aroma. High intensity; sharply sour lactic character dominates; massive tropical fruit esters of tart passion fruit and sweet guava; bright, citrusy orange zest; subtle crackery, pilsner-like malt; no hop aroma; clean fermentation with no funk.
Taste. Initial impression is sharp, clean lactic sourness; dominant flavors of tart passion fruit and musky guava; orange zest adds a citrusy, slightly pithy complexity; very low crackery malt support; undetectable hop bitterness; finish is bone-dry and crisp; lingering tart fruit acidity.
Mouthfeel. Medium-light body; high carbonation; crisp acidity provides a puckering sensation; very low alcohol warmth; slight creaminess from fruit pulp; no astringency.
Sensory Profile.
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Muted Horn
The Rare Barrel - Playing For Keeps 2021
A golden sour ale aged in oak barrels with passionfruit, Cara Cara orange and pink guava. The stake ...a collection of microorganisms, this sour stacks flavors of passion fruit, orange and guava. An explosion of tropical fruits that turns faces up. ...
17,50 €
The Rare Barrel - Playing For Keeps 2021 - Muted Horn 
17,50 €
Muted Horn products
A golden sour ale aged in oak barrels with passionfruit, Cara Cara orange and pink guava.
The stakes are high, adrenaline is pumping, we brought our best and we're playing for keeps.
Fermented with a collection of microorganisms, this sour stacks flavors of passion fruit, orange and guava. An explosion of tropical fruits that turns faces up.
The stakes are high, adrenaline is pumping, we brought our best and we're playing for keeps.
Fermented with a collection of microorganisms, this sour stacks flavors of passion fruit, orange and guava. An explosion of tropical fruits that turns faces up.
Beer Republic
The Rare Barrel Playing For Keeps 2021
Golden Sour Beer Aged in Oak Barrels with Passion Fruit, Cara Cara Orange, and Pink Guava The stakes ...h a collection of microorganisms, this sour stacks flavors of passion fruit, orange and guava. An explosion of tropical frui ...
11,29 €
The Rare Barrel Playing For Keeps 2021 - Beer Republic 
11,29 €
Beer Republic products
Golden Sour Beer Aged in Oak Barrels with Passion Fruit, Cara Cara Orange, and Pink Guava The stakes are high, adrenaline is pumping, we brought our best and we're playing for keeps. Fermented with a collection of microorganisms, this sour stacks flavors of passion fruit, orange and guava. An explosion of tropical frui
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