Cuvée De Ranke

Brewed by Brouwerij De Ranke
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Dottignies/Dottenijs, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

I got to try this back in Nashville thanks to Barrios!!! Hazy gold, thick frothy beige head. Aroma of lemon, funk, sweat, barnyard, oak, sour berries, mint, pineapple. Taste is sour, deliciously dry, lots of funk and tart berry, lemon. Light body, medium high carbonation. This was one of those beers that I don’t want to drink because I just want to keep smelling it.

Cloudy orange, nice white head. Smells of lemon and cold steel. Very lemony flavor, with notes of vinegar and dust. dry finish. Very tasty.

Bottle @ home. Very excited to finally try this for the first time. Cloudy, bright orange appearance with a fluffy white head. Funky, tart lemon citrusy, musty aroma. Tart citrusy, lemon, mild acetic sour, funky, hay, straw, musty, effervescent flavor with a mild, tangy, tart finish. Tart lemon, lightly funky aftertaste. Great flavor with sourness that isn’t overly assertive but still a nice quality in the flavor. Very flavorful beer. Wish it was around more often.

Very sour aroma. Large, white head. Good lacing. Mostly diminishing longevity. Clear, orange body. Heavy bitter flavor. Light to medium palate.

750ml. Pours a very clean orange with a large bubbly head after an aggressive pour. The head diminished quite fast. Very nice aroma of some barnyard funk, lemon rind, and some menthol. Subtle, yet nice. Its fairly light bodied without a ton of sharp acidity. Its acidic, but not over the top like a gueuze. Thin with soft carbonation. Flavors of lemon citrus, hay, stale grass, horse blanket. Lightly tart. Could use some more. What is present comes though mostly in the finish. I want more tartness damnit!

Bottle shared by mtjoseph. Clean, apple juice color to this with a small white head. Larger bubbles appear toward the edge of the class, while in the middle it is more tightly packed. Fades to just a white skin. Nice fruity aroma with some sapple, and pineapple, and a slight smokey character. Taste lacks a little bit. Sweeter sugary notes, slight barnyard character, cheese, slight acidity towards mid palate. More fruity pineapple character comes out towards the finish. I want to like this even more than I do, but I just feel like it is missing something. It’s a bit thin, to me, and the aroma lead me to believe that this was going to be more acidic. Still a really good beer.

75 cl bottle.
The bottle had leaked during delivery leaving it completely without CO2.
Pours hazy amber colour with no head. Aroma of earth, brettanomyces, ripe fruits, barnyard notes and some lemon. Flavour of citrus, earth, wood, ripe and sour fruits, rowan berries and some grapes. Sour palate, could have used the missing carbonation.
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Bottled. A pale amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of brettanomyces, horseblanket, and wood. The flavor is acidic with notes of wood, brettanomyces, and sour berries, leading to a tart finish.