Panil Barriquée (Sour)
Panil Barriquée (Sour)
Rated 4.021 by BeerPalsBrewed by Birrificio Torrechiara
Langhirano, Italy
Style: Flanders Red
8% Alcohol by Volume
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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.
ID: 16657 Last updated 2 days ago Added to database 19 years agoKey Stats
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| Overall Rank | 156 |
| Overall Percentile | 99.8 |
| Style Rank | 3 of 137 |
| Style Percentile | 97.8 |
| Lowest Score | 3.3 |
| Highest Score | 4.7 |
| Average Score | 4.106 |
| Weighted Score | 4.021 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.352 |
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36 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9
750ml bottle shared by Doug, thanks man
Appearance: Hazy brown with a small off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Sour fruits and woody
Taste: Sour fruits, vanilla, woody with a dry finish
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
From a 75cl bottle slightly hazy amber with a white head. Aroma of barnyard, malt, fruits, hops and a hint alcohol. Possibly medium sweet with a very nice sourness and a hint of bitterness in the finish. Very refreshing. Delicious sour!
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8
2005 vintage courtesy of a beer savant no doubt. Pours mildly murky brown with gold edges and thin off white head. The aroma is Brett like sourness followed by un-ripe cherries and faint malt sweetness. The taste is refreshing to say the least with cherries moving into tartness and mild sourness. The tiny pulse of cherry fruity sweetness is but a brief murmur amid the tarter notes. It obviously ends dry and quenching and tears the palate clean. It isn’t an overwhelming tart bomb but allows other notes to come out and be heard.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9
Bottle shared at the Suffolk RateBeer gathering: Poured a reddish brown with tan head. Aroma is fruit, oaky, vinous. Taste is fruity, tart sour woodsy, malty earthy finish. Why have I not had this sooner, a phenomenal beer!
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7
Maybe I've kept this beer too long. Cloudy brownish/red pour. Head sucks, no lacing. Takes me half a bottle to get my taste buds around it. I enjoy sour/tart beer but have a hard time rating them. I can say though, by the time I'm finished I want more. Paired well with my Guinness cheese butty
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7
A bit pricy right off the bat. Shared this one with my better half. Pours a thick frothy creamy looking head and has a really dark amber appearance. Good lacing. Has aromas of mild cherries, sweet malts and resin hops. Flavours are of green apples, light mild spices, herbal and earthy hops. Very sour, tarty, especially in the finish. Faint carbonation. Chalky drying mouthfeel Much more bitter and sour than sweet. Not bad. This one's kind of all over the place and in your face. 750ml bottle is better when shared. :)
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8
This wasn't even on my Wish List because I thought I'd never see it; Alas it was featured at Embrace The Funk Fest @ Yazoo Brewing. Win. Red brown pour with little head, some lacing. Tart and sour nose and flavors: red wine grapes, woodsy oak, tart berries, not overpoweringly vinegary or sour, more sweet, SweetTart - candyish, still ultra flavorful and rich. Long earthy funk linger. Wow. Just thankful that I got to try this one. Very very good.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7
A pretty mild sour overall. No real depth to it considering the hype of the product description. The nose was dry but typical, no unique barnyard, just a bit of funky fruityness. Clean and bright flavor, not like enigma but still sort of fruity and easy drinking. Not bad but no way is it worth twenty bucks a bottle.
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Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
750ml bottle
8.0% ABV
Queen's Quay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
March 23, 2012
The beer pours a deep, semi-translucent copper colour with a very thin white head. Aroma is earthy funk, and tart cherries. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with mild carbonation. Flavour is sour funk, wood, and tart fruit. There is a definite vinegar tome to this sour. -
Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9
2009 Batch #11 Bottle #1519. Pours deep brown red with a small white ringlet. Sour, funky, tart, oak, tangy goodness. Goes great with stinky cheese, although it has a smidge much worcestershire going on. Definitely reminds of the Duchesse too. Fun stuff.
