Grant Oost-West Rode Bier

Brewed by Huisbrouwerij Sint Canarus
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Deinze-Gottem, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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330mL thanks to argo0. Oh joy, imperial red. To quote my friend ryan, "Whoever came up with this style should be shot." The pour is a muddy, dirty amber with a large, tan head. Big retention and webby lace. Nose is huge cheesy hops, which I have decided goes as a 5/10 for aroma. Hard to know what to think of a massive cheesy aroma. Yes, at one time maybe it smelled good but now it is just all pine and cheesecake. Taste is boozy, earthy, mildly tart. Nothing stand out.

Date: March 21, 2012
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: clear dark amber, fine beige head, streaks of lace
Aroma: big stinky earthy hop aroma, malty sweetness, dry caramel, phenolic spicyness, growing mustyness
Flavor: sweet caramel flavor, plenty of hops, touch of citrus, phenolic spicyness, long bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ** /4

11.2 ounce bottle. A big tan head lasts a long time. A cool opaque brown that has lots of bubbles floating up. A nose of sweet fruit, orange sherbert, and yeast. Big fruit and pine are tasted. Malt is sweet but is not caramel and has a big presence. Bitterness is very light but alcohol is definitely tasted. The after taste resembles a barley wine. Each sip begins with an inocuous sweetness and then alcohol heat kicks in. After that the BW after taste. Dangerous stuff! Tasty stuff, too.

Appearance: Pours a dark amber-hued body, somewhat clouded, and crowned with a tall, foaming, light beige head.

Smell: Well-toasted malt, trifling caramel, a bit of bland spiciness, tainted fruit, booze, and vegemite.

Taste: Lowly sweetish, lightly toasty malts marked by booze, a sad, savory dead yeastiness, stale spicy hops, and a bit of scantly tart fruit. It’s the same sordid story until the warming finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium-plus carbonation.

Overall: Wholly unacceptable. Feel free to go ahead and pass on the Oost-West Rude Bier, folks!

33cl bottle pours a clear copper amber with some frothy, white head. Nose is bready, prunes, candy sugar, banana, tropical fruit, booze. Flavor is sugary, caramel, bananas, Christmas fruit cake, cherry. Full bodied, boozy finish.

Massive burnt sugar, caramel nose with meaty autolyzed yeast. Very sweet and astringent lots of burnt toffee and meaty unanimous Bleh.

33cl bottle shared by argo0: Pours a clear deep amber with a spotty-lacing white head. Has a sweet toasty dark caramel malty nose with some piny resiny hops. Starts with some sweet toasty caramel and biscuity malts with fresh resiny hop flavor before a drier warming finish. Could hide the alcohol a little better, but still pretty complex.

Bottle shared by argo0. Pours lightly hazy brown with a large, frothy off-white head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (biscuit, straw, caramel), light spicy hops, and light fruity esters with notes of plums and dates. Flavor is moderate malt, light bitter hops, dark fruits, and a lightly sweet finish. Medium-full body, medium warmth and carbonation.

Bottle courtesy of argo0, who for some reason actually brought a good beer to this tasting. Hazy chestnut color, large fluffy off white head. Aroma of sweet red plums, cranberries, citrus. Taste is malty red fruit of some sort.

33cl bottle. Medium beige head, clear copper body. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, grapefruit/orange, pine, light spicy. Taste is moderately sweet, orange, some grapefruit, caramel, light alcohol warming. Medium body, somewhat sticky, low carbonation.