Rodenbach Foederbier

Brewed by Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm)
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Roeselare, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Had this beer at Het Waterhuis in Gent - 10/2008 I’ll just start this review by stating that the Foederbier was amazing... If you’ve had Rodenbach Grand Cru, you know exactly what this beer looks like. It is the familiar cherry wood color (perhaps a shade darker) with a thin tan head that dissipates to a wisp. Lots of oak, sour dark fruit and strong acetic acid in the nose. Imagine the difference in degree of acetic sourness between Rodenbach and Rodenbach Grand Cru. Apply that same increase in intensity from the Grand Cru to this beer and you have an idea of what you get in the Foederbier. Sour and woody but after the initial shock to the tastebuds, refreshing and wickedly drinkable. Puckeringly sour but ultimately delicious. Long sour and tart fruit aftertaste. Lightly spicy, woody and a hint of vanilla. Maybe the best beer I had during my whole trip to Belgium.

Yellow amber colour, light white head. Aroma of wood, apple, malts. Rather sour. Tart flavour, wood astringent, lactic acid, loads of wood. Very dry. Strong carbonation, dry, tart finish, wood.
Very nice and outspoken beer. Love this stuff!
(Draught @ ZBF ’12)

@ ZBF 2012. Hazy light brown coloured beer with small off-white head and no carbonation. Very sour aroma flavoured with nice wooden hints. Full sparkling palate. Finish is strong sour dry. You like it or not. I liked it, nice one!

Cask @ ZBF’12. Orangée brumeuse, col épais blanc/beige. Arôme est pure vinaigre restant somme tout modéré avec pas mal de note terreuse, malté et balsamique, tout cela sur un bouquet boisé de foudre de chêne. En bouche, profile vinaigre couvre le tout laissant un côté balsamique se faufiler. Le tout débute sur un palais malté/grains voire avec une pointe sucrée, la gorgée se suit pas un vinaigre venant recouvrir la fin de bouche qui persiste.Le tout sur ce côté boisé, chêne moyennement épicé. Sans être trop agressive au palais, la bière est déjà une belle étape dans le style des rouges flamandes. Dommage que le verre se termine si vite. Que dire? grandiose, et on en redemande.

On tap at the De Heeren 20th Anniversary party during last week’s trip to Belgium. Reviewed from notes. Served in a mini snifter. Pours a light caramel color with a very small head that receded quickly. No lacing. The nose immediately brought quite a bit of vinegar. Some light cherry and oak, but mostly vinegar. Super strong and along the lines of Vin de Cereal but without the cookie dough-type sweetness. Flavor was straight sourness, though not completely overpowering like some of the more out there American wilds that I’ve had. Light body and thin carbonation with a heavy sourness. Not fantastic but certainly not bad either. An interesting experience.

Cloudy reddish maroon color, small edge head. Aroma of sour oak, red plums, lemon peel. Taste is extremely sour vinegar and summer fruits. Rough.

had it on tap (beerpassion Antwerp & zythos beerfestival st. Niklaas) Like the sourisch taste. Depends on the barrel (foeder)

draft@Bierpassion Weekend 2011: dark brown with a red hue, very small eggwhite head, smell is very sour with lots of vinegar going almost acidic & lots of very sour grapes, taste follows smell with a very sharp acidic touch to the aftertaste that really hits you & a malt body to go along with it, least vinous of the different versions I have tried, rawest one, amazing stuff, pretty much completely flat, hint of spice & acid almost rotting wood, yep great stuff

head: offwhite , bubbly
colour: amber, very hazy
smell: sour, vinegar, sour red fruits, malts, glue , bit boozy
taste: red fruits, glue, malts, peaches, malts, slightly acidic , very rich , end is bit of dry , quite good !!

Dezent säuerlicher, sehr frischer Antrunk mit ebenfalls säuerlichen Eichennoten, die überaus passend sind. Die Säuerlichkeit bkeibt in seiner Intensität weitestgehend konstant und wirkt immer erfirschender, die Komplexität des Anfang, wo auch Kirsch- und Traubennuancen wirken, schwindet allerdings. Sie gefällt nun zwar, ist zum Ende aber weniger aromatisch. Im Abgang noch einmal passend holzig, etwas nach Zitrusfrucht, trocken. Sehr erfrischend! /12/12/10//11

Draught at ZBF 2011. CLoudy red/brown - offwhite head. Vinegar, sharpness, acid, wooden, tartness, rubber, nutty, sourness, grape fruity, berries. Lovely.