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5814
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Brewed by Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck
Style: Sour Red/Brown
Ingelmunster, Belgium
Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RATINGS: 180   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.14   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Van Honsebrouck is a family owned brewery in West Flanders Belgium. It makes a range if beers including Bacchus, a beer in the local style of the region. It is on this beer that the kriek and framboise is based, a premium fruit beer for which Belgium is well known. Hand wrapped and presented in half champagne bottles. This is a remarkable beer.


Finwe's rating

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Finwe (330) - Grankulla, - NOV 4, 2012
375 ml bottle. Pours red with a small head. Very fruity flavour of raspberries with some malt and citric tones in the aroma. The flavour features more raspberries, other red berries, some sourness and earthen tones. Rather dry finish with the raspberries still present.


most recent ratings

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
thellgren (102) - Helsinki, FINLAND - MAY 19, 2013
Well, half a champagne bottle (no champagne cork, though) wrapped in paper. Bought from Alko. Colour is dark brown with white brownish head. Strong taste of raspberries, too sweet for my taste. In the end I found also some hints of wheat. Quite refreshing.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
danlo (342) - Durham, ENGLAND - APR 30, 2013
375ml bottle. Pours a brown-red colour, foamy beige head with a pink tinge that leaves some lacing and raspberry syrup aroma. Taste is very sweet with raspberry jam, cola, and some tartness. Smooth slightly syrupy mouth feel, medium bodied, low carbonation. Quite OK.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
77ships (2156) - Antwerpen, BELGIUM - APR 18, 2013
375 ml. bottle wrapped in paper @ Gollem. Pours a dark amber with ruby shadings, very little in the way of tanned head. Smell is like cheap raspberry jam, white sugar, very sweet, light touch of tartness, candy, grenadine,… Taste is sweet raspberry jam, coca-cola, white sugar, light nectar, cheap honey, very, very light tart, candy,…. Light carbonation, drinks like a soda. To Kraddel – I think that the low rates are here because this is like drinking a glass of raspberry jam mixed with water… sorry. Good alternative for coca-cola.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
kraddel (846) - deurne, BELGIUM - APR 12, 2013
Bottle @ gollem antwerp Pours dark pink / red Big white steady foam Smell is fresh raspberrys . Yummie! Surprisingly complex for a raspberry beer !( raspberry is my fav fruit , but raspberty beers are always so sweet or sour and thats usualy it) this has earthy hints , sweetness( no overkill) , fruityness ( a fruit bomb that is) Perfect carbo . Impressive ! The only thing i dont understand of this beer is the low rates ..

2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
oppear (26) - Tallinn, ESTONIA - MAR 31, 2013
Aroma was cherry decent but appearance weak, top was almost nonexistent and the taste largely like cherry champagne, heavy fruit and non-beer.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Kingi (277) - - MAR 30, 2013
Sweet fruit aroma, dark red juice. Taste is very different, light sourness, light sweetness. Very refreshing, good juice beer.

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
thirstyrabbit (719) - Tallinn, ESTONIA - MAR 23, 2013
37,5 cl bottle wrapped in paper. Looks reddish brown like a cola drink, with a small head. Aroma has raspberry candies. Way too sweet and plain taste of raspberries. Only minimal tartness. Finish is too sweet, even for me. Has no depth. Overpriced.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
MrHangover (1099) - Den Haag, NETHERLANDS - MAR 20, 2013
Bottle, wrapped in pink paper. Pours a dark pink-ish coloured beer with a nice, firm, light tanned head on top. Aroma has raspberry upfront, light malty notes as well. Flavour is quite sweet for a sour, yet it finishes quite sour. Light on the palate, watery mouthfeel.. Decent sour, but not my thing..

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
hens (195) - Tallinn, Estonia, ESTONIA - MAR 20, 2013
0,375L bottle. Clearly raspberry and burnt caramel aroma, little sommer flavors aroma. Enyoiable bitter tone that radiates summer raspberry flavor. Little raw apple at the end. Otherwise, good evening sleep beer.

3.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
BitchPls (237) - FINLAND - FEB 17, 2013
Dark red with a huge pink head. Smells like raspberry lemonade. The taste is actually milder than I expected. It isn’t overly sweet. The raspberry taste is there but it’s not overly strong. This drink would probably be best with a dessert like cheesecake.


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