Panil Barriquée (Sour) (European Version)

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

Bottle at home with Doppelganger ... Deep brown ... light woody sour nose ... less woody and sour than many (and thus more ot my taste) little malt vinegar ... little balsamic vinegar... good depth ... im really enjoying this.

I’m nearly certain this is the best sour / lambic style of beer I have tried from outside of Belgium. Pours a clear caramel brown, not quite what I would have expected. Aromas are mild but clearly show some sour tangy character. Sour flavour is harder in the mouth but the intenseness is more on the bitter side rather than an out-and-out citric acidity. I think I would have preferred a touch more intensity but regardless a very well made beer and a good interpretation of the style.

25 oz bottle, via anders37. Pours a clear orangish amber body with a small fizzy off-white head that retained as a wispy film. Light visible carbonation. The nose is woody and corky with a slight hint of tartness. A good bit of cellar mustiness. Flavor is dry and slightly tart with tons of oak tannins. A lot of funky mustiness, a little light cider vinegar on the back end, but not anything puckering at all. Mouthfeel is dry with a tannic bite on the finish. Perfect soft pinpoint carbonation. Not as in-your-face as the regular Panil ’05 that I had and loved, but in a way it’s a little more drinkable because it’s a little more mellow.

Dusty cellar, yeast and a bit of cherries. Surprisingly (well, perhaps not if I had figured out there are two varieties of the Sour) sweet and mellow tasting but still with some tartness. Fruity, sweet cherries in the mouth and a citrusy finish of grapefruit.

750 ml bottle provided by Kalli at haukur’s tasting on 1 May 2008. Pour is somewhat cloudy brown-amber with a 1/2 inch off-white head. Aroma of dusty, musty earthiness - sour cherry - Beautiful nose. Taste is sweet sour - sugar and lemon. The sour is very citric. The earthy, dryness shows up in the finish. Taste becomes a bit metallic is it opens / warms. Nice, refreshing and tasty. Only complaint is that the taste was not as complex as the nose. Takk Karl!

bottle- thanks to tom, i hope im rating the right one here. pours cloudy brown, clear grey thin head, smells sour cherry, slight plastic latex, and spice, taste is sour apple, apple pie, bison grass, very good and not overpowering but subtle spicyness. well rounded. nose is questionable, but taste is wonderful.

dry and dusty aroma, cherries at first but kind of fades out. Nice dry taste, lemons, sour grapes, finish is watery at first but gets better when the yeast is poured into the glass. Some metal, but nice nonetheless.

Bottled. Cloudy orange color, thick frothy head. Aroma of horseblanket, walnut, yeast, slight fruity. Tart taste, berries, dry, slight yeast. Somewhere in between a gueuze and a fruity white wine.